For the past several years, researchers have been examining possible causes of the rise in of childhood overweight and obesity in the U.S. Now at near-epidemic proportions, the time has come to really delve into the causes of overweight children and propose some practical solutions to help the...
No longer. An overweight child is now known to be at risk for maladies ranging from asthma to cardiovascular disease, and obesity among American children has reached epidemic proportions. "Childhood Obesity in America "traces the changes in diagnosis and treatment, as well as popular understanding,...
The children should be taught to play outdoors instead of being stuck to online or video games because physical activities are equally important. 10 Lines on Obesity in America in English American obesity is an international concern. Bustling schedules are thought to be the reason for weight gain...
after which US obesity rates continued to grow. Now, more than one-third of adult Americans are obese or extremely obese while a further one-third or more are overweight; in addition, one-third of American children are at least overweight, and about one-sixth are obese. In this...
We propose that initiatives aimed at understanding obesity and hampering obesity growth in Latin America should involve multidisciplinary, global approaches that consider these determinants to build more effective public policy and strategies, accounting for regional differences and disease complexity at the ...
A new study adds to evidence that obesity is becoming more common in young children in America. The study appeared in the medical publication Pediatrics. The findings are similar to other national data, which suggests around 2.5 percent of all preschool-aged children were severely obese during the...
OBJECTIVE: To estimate the prevalence of childhood and adolescent obesity in Cyprus and define possible associated risk factors. STUDY DESIGN: Cross-sectional study of a representative sample of children 6–17 y of age performed during October 1999 to
while 0.06% of the non-obese children went on to develop ms, the rate more than doubled, to 0.13%, among people who had been obese during childhood. two-thirds of cases occurred in females, the study found, which mimics the general ratio of ms observed in women compared to ...
Obesity(肥胖症)is becoming a problem in our busysociety, and almost one in three American adults are nowconsidered to be obese. Children obesity is also at an all-time high.Obesity means being very overweight If you are obese,you have too much body-fat. If you eat more food than your...
Overweight and obesity in children is epidemic in North America and internationally. Approximately 22 million children under 5 years of age are overweight ... RJ Deckelbaum,CL Williams - 《Obes Res》 被引量: 657发表: 2012年 Childhood Obesity: The Health Issue - Deckelbaum - 2012 - Obesity ...