Several European countries have seen notable increases as well. For example, Hungary’s obesity rate has climbed to about 32%, and the UK has an obesity rate of approximately 27%. These increases are attributed to dietary changes and lower levels of physical activity. Which country surprised you...
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 individual and systemic levels. ...
Objective Obesity is a common disorder in our country. Most widely used method to gaugeobesity is Body Mass Index (BMI) which is equal to weight in kilogram divided by height inmeter square. The objective of our study was to fi nd the levels of liver enzymes ALT, AST &GGT in two group...
The BJC is owned by Cancer Research UK, a charity dedicated to understanding the causes, prevention and treatment of cancer and to making sure that the best new treatments reach patients in the clinic as quickly as possible. The journal reflects these aims. It was founded more than fifty year...
All analyses showed the same trend: that participants with higher education levels had lower prevalence of obesity and lower odds of being obese. Table 3 Prevalence of obesity and odds ratio (OR) by education level in each year among men and women enrolled from the elderly health examination ...
In this increasingly common condition, a person’s blood sugar levels become chronically elevated. Up to 90% of adults with type 2 diabetes carry extra weight or have obesity, perhaps because excess weight causes cells to become more resistant to a hormone called insulin, which is responsible fo...
The article reports on the increasing obesity levels in Northern Ireland. According to the Northern Ireland Audit Office, more than 62,000 people in the country have type 2 diabetes which could rise to more than 81,000 by 2015. It also stresses that there were more than 2,100 deaths a ...
(ICU).17 Obesity has been shown to be strongly associated with circulating levels of C-reactive protein and fibrinogen, and chronic inflammation has been considered to be one pathophysiological mechanism explaining the increased risk of atherosclerotic disease associated with obesity.18 Although obesity ...
Birthweight of the girls, educational levels of parents, weights and heights of parents, and employment status of mothers were asked to the parents using a self-administrated questionnaire. The overall prevalence of overweight and obesity in this population was 18.6% and 5.9% respectively. ...