Questions remain about the optimal role of the primary care provider in the treatment of obesity and the prevention of weight gain, as well as potential systems approaches to the treatment of obesity.doi:10.1136/bmj.g7846ArdWakeBMJ-BRIT MED JJ. Ard, Obesity in the US: what is the best ...
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Identifying periods of particular increases in obesity growth can potentially allow us to target more effective interventions. We start with adolescents, investigating the YRBSS which surveys a large cross-section of adolescents every other year. Although we cannot follow Heterogeneity in obesity among ...
To the Editor: The main findings of the articles by Dr Ogden and colleagues and Dr Flegal and colleagues were that in recent years the obesity epidemic in the United States among children and adults might be leveling off but that substantial differences continue to exist by race/ethnicity. We...
Obesity is high and holding steady in the U.S., but the proportion of those with severe obesity — especially women — has climbed since a decade ago, according to new government research.
Few resources exist for prospective, longitudinal analysis of the relationships between early life environment and later obesity in large diverse samples of children in the United States (US). In 2016, the National Institutes of Health launched the Environmental influences on Child Health Outcomes (...
Conclusions and RelevanceThe prevalence of adolescent obesity is approximately 21% in the US. Treatment options for adolescents with obesity include lifestyle modification therapy, pharmacotherapy, and metabolic and bariatric surgery. Intensive lifestyle modification therapy reduces BMI by approximately 3% whi...
> But in the 20 years since, the state’s childhood obesity rates have risen to nearly 24% from 21%, reflecting a similar, albeit higher, trajectory than national US rates. During the Covid-19 pandemic, the state obesity rate hit a high of more than 26%. ...
Since 1999,there has been a great rise in obesity,particularly in adults,without any"signs of it slowing down,"according to the study's lead researcher,Dr.Craig Hales,at the US Centers for Disease Control and Prevention. What is"very striking"-about this information is that there has been ...
obesity in us children and adults:prevalence of obesity and trends in body mass index among us children and adolescents, 1999-2010. to the editor: the main findings of the articles by dr ogden and colleagues and dr flegal and colleagues were that in recent years the obesity epidemic in .....