In 1960 people in the US slept an average of 8.5 hours per night. A 2002 poll by the National Sleep Foundation suggests that the average has fallen to under 7 hours, and the decline is mirrored by the increase in obesity.We humans, like all warm-blooded animals, can keep our core ...
The article discusses a report on adult obesity in the U.S. sponsored by the Trust for America's Health (TFAH) and the Robert Wood Johnson Foundation coauthored by researcher Jeffrey Levi of TFAH.doi:10.1016/S0262-4079(10)61587-4Brock...
A new study ties the COVID-19 pandemic to an “alarming” increase in obesity in U.S. children and teenagers.
Black and Hispanic 5-year-olds were 5 and 3 percentage points more likely to be obese, respectively, while whites had a 1 percentage point increase in obesity. However, overall and among all subgroups the rate of growth in obesity from kindergarten through 3rd grade has declined in recent ...
What has happened since 2020 is not yet known. Some small studies have suggested an increase in childhood obesity — especially during the pandemic. During the pandemic, kids were kept home from schools. Their eating and bedtime schedules were changed and physical activity decreased. ...
What is"very striking"-about this information is that there has been a 30% increase in adult obesity and 33% increase in youth obesity from 1999-2000data to 2015-16,despite government-focused efforts to address the issue,according to Michael W.Long,assistant professor at George Washington ...
The past two decades have seen a dramatic increase in the prevalence of obesity in the US population. Although increasing obesity was observed in every sociodemographic group, at every point in time groups with lower education, African Americans and Nati
These findings, the NIMH notes on its website, appear to support what other studies have found - that obesity, which is on the increase in the US - is associated with increasing rates of depression and other mental health problems.
We used the US Bureau of Census method of grouping states into regions. Results The prevalence of obesity increased from 12.0% in 1991 to 17.9% in 1998 (Table 1). Obesity increased in men and women and across all sociodemographic groups (Table 2), with the highest increase among the ...
Obesity-related healthcare expenditure has been increasing in the US between 2002 and 2016 with evident disparities across gender and racial/ethnic subpopulations. Physician office visits and prescription drugs are the key contributing factors to the increase in the obese population. FUNDING SOURCES. N...