Small Pacific island nations like Nauru, Cook Islands, and Tonga have the highest obesity rates in the world. American Samoa, for example, has an obesity rate of over 75% which is the highest globally. These countries have experienced significant lifestyle and dietary shifts due to increased av...
The new figures come just a week after the CDC released its state map of obesity rates around the country, based on results from a different ongoing survey run by the agency, which found that more than a third of adults in 23 states were obese in 2023. That is up from no states with...
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...
The study also discusses the rates of type 2 diabetes, hypertension and poverty levels of the 26 states. The study concludes with various effective recommendations to help the federal government and the entire country to achieve the goal of reducing the obesity rates by 2015.S....
Diabetes rates are among the highest in the world.Fortyseven percent of the people in American Samoa have diabetes.So do 44 percent of the people in Tokelau,a territory of New Zealand. By comparison,the diabetes rate is 13 percent in the United States,a country that has its own problems ...
The article reports on the increase of the adult obesity rates in the United States, according to a research conducted by Trust for America's Health. The states of Mississippi and Colorado have the highest and lowest obesity rates respectively. The Southern states have high obesity rates, includi...
aWith obesity rates on the rise among Americans and their pets, two Californian women have come up with an all-in-one solution - a doggy bootcamp where dog owners and their canine friends work out together.[translate]
Cancer happens when cells in a part of the body grow abnormally or in an out-of-control manner. We don’t know exactly why obesity—or even just being overweight—seems to drive cancer rates, but one theory is that because insulin is a growth hormone, it can act as fuel for any abnor...
Using data from the China Health and Nutrition Survey, this study analyses two decades (1991–2011) of change in adult obesity in China with a focus on whether rising obesity rates result from all population cohorts becoming more obese across time (intra-cohort change) or recent cohorts being ...
The article reports on a data released by the Trust for America's Health and the Robert Wood Johnson Foundation regarding the increasing obesity rates in t... Stewart,Maren,C. - 《Managed Care Outlook》 被引量: 0发表: 2009年 Public Opinion and the Politics of Obesity in America Health pol...