Obesity is a major risk factor for covid-19 and people who are obese are more likely than those who are not obese to contract Covid-19 at a younger age, develop severe Covid-19, require hospitalization, oxygen, mechanical ventilation, intubation, or admission into ICU, end up in hospital...
aNo part of the world, no matter how remote, is immune from empty calories. Over the course of 30 years, the native population of Samoa has fallen victim to rampant weight gain--today more than half its residents are clinically obese. James Bindon, a biological anthropologist at Alabama Uni...
The United States is the most obese country in North America with about 36% ofpopulationhaving a body mass index of more than 30.0 [statistic]. Largely, this situation is caused bychoiceswe make in their everyday life [clarification of focus]. Many suffer from obesity in the US [effect],...
$683 a month in healthcare premiums seems much more reasonable for a healthy family of three. Unfortunately, due to drug price gouging, soaring liability insurance, general mismanagement, and a growing percentage of the population being overweight or obese, Americans who do ...
If the prevalence of obesity continues on its rising trend, almost half of the world’s adult population could be overweight or obese by 2030, imposing even greater personal, social, and economic costs. Effectively combating obesity around the world may
The obese endometrial cancer pa- tient: how do we effectively improve morbidity and mortality in this patient population? Ann Oncol 2016;27:1988-94.The obese endometrial cancer patient:how do we effectively improve morbidity and mortality in this patient population?. Bernal W,Murphy N,Brown S,...
Obviously, as a segment of the population, a higher percentage of older folks use wheelchairs than any other age group. Time has a way of catching up with us, after all. While there’s no particular reason why an elderly person couldn’t make use of any of the types of wheelchairs we...
Previous results showed a correlation between less physical activity and more food addiction among obese and non-obese persons [2]. To the best of our knowledge, there is no previous research on differences between addictive-like eating behavior regarding its associations with psychological distress, ...
Furthermore, due to China’s large population size, small changes in food consumption structure will cause dramatic fluctuations in total food demand [6,15]. It is vital to accurately predict the trends of future diets in China. These projections enable policy-makers to identify the future ...
But what is the basis for making decisions about the optimal number of doctors, such as cardiologists, at the level of a particular region? To date, such decisions are made on the basis of federal regulations, which contain standardised average coefficients that determine the number of doctors ...