Sixty-three percent of Australians are overweight, up from 49 percent in 1980, a study published Thursday showed, highlighting the country's growing obesity problem. Australasia—Australia, New Zealand, New Guinea and neighboring islands in the Pacific Ocean—saw the largest absolute increase in adul...
The survey measured respondents’ perception of the obesity problem in Australia, and level of agreement on a 5-point Likert scale (strongly disagree to strongly agree) with proposed regulations in three domains; advertising, sponsorship of children’s sport, and taxation. Binary logistic regression ...
Adolescent obesity is a major public health problem in Australia, and in many other parts of the world. Recent data suggest that as many as one quarter of young people in Australia are either overweight or obese, and that the majority of obese young people have one or more risk factors for...
As in many developed countries, obesity poses a significant public health problem for Australia, with recent data indicating that 68% and 55% of men and women, respectively, are overweight or obese[46]. Arthritis (including OA) and obesity have both been designated as National Health Priority ...
Here we describe the problem of obesity worldwide and in Australia. Readers are introduced to the book's conceptual approach to exploring the way social structures can impact on key health behaviours. The book focuses on five key trends identified by experts as the most important contributors to...
obesity in australia The known issues that lead to obesity are right in front of people’s eyes, yet they still seem to allow their children to eat it, even knowing the consequences and that they are the future of the country. These fast food restaurants are saturating children and adults...
The study aimed to assess whether poor sleep duration and quality are significant risk factors for obesity in Australian adults aged over 15. Mr. Seidu said the team used the Household, Income and Labor Dynamics in Australia survey, which collects longitudinal data from more than 13,000 individu...
In Australia, as in many other developed economies, the prevalence of obesity has risen significantly in all age groups and especially in young males and females over the past decade. Using data from the Household, Income and Labour Dynamics in Australia (HILDA) Survey, this paper investigates ...
obesity in Australia has become the main driver of cancer and related burdens, how to effectively reduce the risk of obesity-related cancer may be a problem for researchers to think about in the future. Of course, this may also bring a certain degree to many obese individuals. Health ...