International students offer a unique window into the role environmental factors play in driving obesity. Na茂ve estimates of the relationship between environmental factors and obesity are often plagued by reverse causation, sample selection, and omitted variable bias. In this study, we survey ...
Although isolated genetic factors are unlikely to explain the increasing prevalence of obesity over the last few years. Certain genetic elements and the influence of environmental conditions likely enhance the risk of obesity. An example is that physical activity levels and diet composition influence obe...
969 Words 4 Pages Open Document Environmental Risk Factors Environmental risk factors such as poverty, lack of access to healthy foods, and crime in low-income communities can significantly contribute to obesity. Analyzing the effects of neighborhood environments is significant since it represents a bro...
百度试题 结果1 题目Environmental factors contributing to obesity include ___. A. lack of exercise. B. larger portions of food at restaurants. C. comfort eating. 相关知识点: 试题来源: 解析 AB 正确答案:AB *反馈 收藏
(HealthDay)—Childhood obesity is associated with multiple environmental factors, including exposure to smoking and air pollution, according to a study recently published inEnvironmental Health Perspectives. Ad Martine Vrijheid, Ph.D., from Universitat Pompeu Fabra in Barcelona, Spain, and colleagues use...
Today obesity has been recognized as a disease. Evidence suggests that obesity often has Genetic, environmental, psychological and other factors. Growing evidence points to heredity as a strong determining factor of obesity. The characterization of uncoupling proteins (UCP) represents a major breakthroug...
Diabetes in discordant twins may be mainly environmentally determined, although obesity, diet, parity, or other 忙tiological factors have not been incriminated, and the unaffected identical twins of diabetics are not "prediabetics"... RBTA Pyke - 《Lancet》 被引量: 1777发表: 1972年 Intrapair...
OBJECTIVE: To study environmental factors promoting obesity when genetic factors are identical. DESIGN: Monozygotic (MZ) twins discordant for overweight were examined during a 3-day stay in an inpatient setting. SUBJECTS: The subjects were selected from
As the prevalence of obesity increases in children and adults from the United States and around the world, the interest in prevention is also increasing. For obesity prevention to have a chance to be successful, it should be based on evidences of risk factors rather than on empiric interventions...
Maternal obesity, environmental factors, cesarean delivery and breastfeeding as determinants of overweight and obesity in children: results from a cohort. Maternal obesity, environmental factors, cesarean delivery and breastfeeding as determinants of overweight and obesity in chil- dren: results from a ...