These overweight children can expect to live 14 years less than children of normal weight. If this problem continues to grow over the next decade, the average life expectancy in the U.S. will decrease by 5 years. Contributing causes of this health care epidemic include a lack of education a...
Never mind the obesity epidemic―Canada is (31) with an epidemic of bad ideas on how to fight obesity. The latest is to treat fast-food restaurants as if they were (32) to porn shops, and (33) them from―or at least limit their numbers in―neighbourhoods with schools or hospitals. ...
A. By proving that some scientists are funded by the weight-loss industry. B. By disputing that 60% of Americans will die of weight-related diseases. C. By disputing the idea that obesity reduces a person’s lifespan. D. By looking at death rates caused by previous E. pidemics. ...
Scientists are exploring all these questions as they seek to understand food cravings. The research is taking on new urgency with the nation's obesity epidemic, since cravings are widely believed to influence snacking behavior, binge eating and bulimia. obesity epidemic:肥胖流行症 snacking:吃零食,斗...
aA prominent example is the impending epidemic of obesity,which in the UK is predicted to present a challenge comparable to that of global warming.Employing this as a case study,equally applicable to other advanced Western states,how should the UK government address this crisis? 一个突出的例子是...
obesity is a key risk factor in diabetes, and obesity levels (measured by the age- adjusted percentage of the population with a body mass index of 30 or above) are 70% higher in the US than in Sweden, mainly owing to differences in diet. Sugar consumption in the US is 1.5 times highe...
Fat used to be considered the criminal responsible for the beginning of the obesity epidemic before we started blaming carbs. But just like now, it wasn’t the fat itself that lead to obesity. Many people simply consumed too large portions and highly processed and refined versions of this high...
Their research, published recently in the journalBMC Public Health, focuses on the epidemic of early childhood obesity affecting kids ages 2–5. It shows not only that the shift from working in silos to working across sectors works, but how it works. ...
By delving into the intricate interplay between science, society. and culture, this research underscores the legitimate conditions of public health actions in fighting against the development of the obesity epidemic.Jean Pierre PoulainMultidisciplinary Digital Publishing InstituteObesities...
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