Coverage of Obesity as a Global Health Issue by U.S. and British NewspapersK. ChangFu ChenE. Freedman
In America, almost one-third of adult population are obese (BMI ≥30 kg/m2)[1] and healthcare expenditure for obesity had reached nearly 75 billion USD in 2003[2]. A similar picture has been seen in developing countries as well where incidence of obesity is rising at an alarming speed....
The increasing number of overweight/obese individuals has established obesity as one of the most relevant health problems for years to come. Subfertility or infertility are silent problems that overweight/obese men have to face. This is particularly relevant since there is an enormous increase of ...
Most of the published data indicate that natural phenolic compounds can be effectively utilized as food or fortified foods, to manage obesity. However, there is still a need for systematic and targeted clinical studies before these natural compounds can be used as the mainstream therapy for ...
A further objective of the AFINOS Study is to assess the health status and lifestyle habits of an adolescent population in an effort to identify any protective factors that could be used as preventive measures, since many chronic diseases and their associated co-morbidities often persist from ...
Obesity has been recognized as a global epidemic by WHO, followed by many empirical evidences to prove its infectiousness. However, the inter-person spreading dynamics of obesity are seldom studied. A distinguishing feature of the obesity epidemic is that it is driven by a social contagion process...
Obesity as a clinical and public health problem: is there a need for a new definition based on lipotoxicity effects? The risk functions for obesity (defined as the quantitative relation between degree of obesity throughout its range and the risk of health problems) have b... TIA S?Rensen,...
Obesity is a global health epidemic. According to the World Health Organization (WHO), up to 57.8% of adults worldwide will be classified as obese by 2030 [1]. The prevalence of obesity among Chinese adults is ~ 11% [2]. Body mass index (BMI) is a widely used parameter to define...
Obesity is a serious health issue in the developed world and is becoming increasingly important on a global scale. The development of an obesogenic environment, due to ease of access to highly calorific food and reduced energy expenditure in work and leisure activities, has increased the proportion...