Investigators need more data regarding eating habits, food expenditures, and infrastructure impacts of obesity, not only to combat the growing epidemic, but to better estimate the impact of the increasing obesity trend on our future spending.Watkins, Angela...
Furthermore, the global economic impact of overweight and obesity is predicted to increase from 1.96 trillion U.S. dollars in 2020 to 4.32 trillion U.S. dollars in 2035. When asked what the biggest health problems facing their country were, a survey from 2023 of people from 31 different ...
Obesity and Health Care Reform (in my opinion) HHS policies more likely to influence treatment rather than prevention Other government agencies (e.g., USDA, DOT) could have a larger impact on prevention Questions surround coverage for bariatric procedures and (eventually) other new drugs/...
obesity. Recent research into epigenetics shows how lifestyle and environmental exposures can alter gene expression without changing the DNA sequence itself, potentially increasing the risk of obesity. These epigenetic changes can impact how genes related to hunger, metabolism, and fat storage are ...
Obesity is associated with a range of disabling musculoskeletal conditions in adults. As the prevalence of obesity increases, the societal burden of these chronic musculosketelal conditions, in terms of disability, health-related quality of life, and hea
Aware of the complexity of enumerating these factors, we highlight eight main determinants (the physical environment, food exposure, economic and political interest, social inequity, limited access to scientific knowledge, culture, contextual behaviour and genetics) and discuss how they impact obesity ...
We now know that theenvironment—the social, economic, cultural, and even physical factors that surround us every day—has a surprisingly bold influence on what foods we eat, how much we consume, and how quickly or inefficiently we burn it off. What environments are likely to beobesogenic, ...
In real life, obesity is not just a matter of excess weight; it often stems from a complex interplay of factors, including genetics, environment, lifestyle choices, and socioeconomic status. People who struggle with obesity face an increased risk of numerous health conditions, such as type 2 ...
With each country, there are different stages of development, but in the western world (America), the socioeconomic slopes with “respect to obesity are both heterogeneous and in transition” (Rosengren et al., & Korbonits (2008). The impact upon the obese has resulted in the stigmatization ...
The economic impact of obesity is set to make up 3.6%, on average, of a nation's Gross Domestic Product (GDP)—the total value of annual goods and services—by 2060, if current trends continue, finds an 8-country modeling study, published in the open access journalBMJ Global Health. ...