Obesity and overweight are increasing among young people in Britain. McCarthy and colleagues (p [624][1]) compared data from two large cross sectional surveys of British youth (aged 11 to 16) spanning a total of 20 years. They found that waist circumference, a measure of central fatness, ...
metabolic function, leading to a cascade of health issues, Metabolic disorders associated with obesity also include hypertension and fatty liver disease, which further complicate the clinical picture. These conditions not only increase the risk of cardiovascular diseases but also contribute to a reduced ...
Obesity rates are increasing almost everywhere in the world, although the pace and timing for this increase differ when populations from developed and developing countries are compared. The sharp and more recent increase in obesity rates in many Latin American countries is an example of that and re...
"You could see this as glass half-full, half-empty," said Marlene Schwartz, director of the Rudd Center for Food Policy and Obesity at the University of Connecticut. "On one hand, it's not just categorical shifts in BMI that increase health care costs -- it's small...
The progressive increase of food waste in America and its environmental impact. PLOS ONE 4, e7940 (2009). PubMed PubMed Central Google Scholar Scarborough, P. et al. Increased energy intake entirely accounts for increase in body weight in women but not in men in the UK between 1986 and...
Obesity is also found to increase the risk of kidney cancer, leukemia, multiple myeloma, pancreatic cancer, non-Hodgkin's lymphoma, ovarian cancer and, in some age groups, breast and bowel cancer, the study said. The researchers have warned that the obesity epidemic is set to worsen with ove...
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He is confident that science will, eventually, be able to 'cure' some forms of obesity but the only effective way for the vast majority of overweight and obese people to lose weight is a change of diet and an increase in exercise.F Despite the $500 million a year Australians spend ...
Severe and very severe hypertriglyceridemia increase the risk for pancreatitis, whereas mild or moderate hypertriglyceridemia may be a risk factor for cardiovascular disease. Individuals found to have any elevation of fasting triglycerides should be evaluated for secondary causes of hyperlipidemia including en...
8.Scientists fear rising energy bills may lead to an increase in obesity after discovering a link between poorly-heated homes and higher body-fat.Researchers from the University of Stirling's Behavioural Science Centre set out to explore claims that wa