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We find evidence that the American obesity epidemic would be much more severe without the mass immigration that began in 1965. In addition to confirming the erosion in immigrants' body composition advantage, we further find that this erosion is weaker for men than for women. Once immigration's ...
A growing number of dissenting researchers accuse government and medical authorities—as well as the media—of misleading the public about the health consequences of rising body weights
As an epidemic, obesity threatens to weaken the health, economy, and might of the most powerful nation in the world.\nIn __Killer Fat__, Natalie Boero examines how and why obesity emerged as a major public health concern and national obsession in recent years. Using primary sources and in...
Knowing the causes to obesity are important. Some causes of obesity are thought of off the bat. But some causes aren’t all that well known. Researchers have found many causes to the obesity epidemic in the U.S. Two main causes to obesity are added sugars/processed foods and genetics, sp...
“From then on obesity across the United States began to rise until 2005 when it hit a record of 35% of adults and 15% of children were obese”. Today, we call this massive spike in obesity rate the Obesity Epidemic. Usually when one hears the word “epidemic” they think of sickness...
The adverse consequences of obesity are much more complex than simply being an imbalance between energy intake and energy output. Learn the pathophysiology behind this epidemic and how to diagnose and treat this multifactorial disease.
Obesity Epidemic In America Across the nation, American’s have begun to notice that their favorite pairs of jeans seem fit just a little too snug for their liking all of a sudden. Many are quick to jump to conclusions and blame the fast food industries, but are they the true issue here...
Obesity: preventing and managing the global epidemic: report of a WHO Consultation on Obesity, Geneva, 3–5 June 1997. https://apps.who.int/iris/handle/10665/63854/ Pan American Health Organization. Plan of Action for the Prevention of Obesity in Children and Adolescents. https://www.paho....
Epidemic of obesity the medicines are combating the epidemic Vials, differential pricing, orals vs injectables Productivity of work force, coverage by employers health insurance vs Government to handle coverage 10 additional drug Xiayang Qiu, PhD, CEO, Regor Therapeutics six years ago, great opportuni...