The problem of childhood obesity is especially urgent in the United States of America, where the rates of children who are overweight are the highest. Despite the fact that significant effort is made to improve the situation, still many people suffer obesity and many of them have been dealing...
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This association should be particularly examined in Latin America, where urbanization rates, car use and the prevalence of chronic diseases related to sedentarism are particularly high (Webber et al., 2012). While previous studies in the Global North have generally linked the suburbanization process ...
In contrast, people are all subject to the effects of aging, and it could be that the relationship between age and obesity rates is independent of spatial context when other factors are taken into consideration. When it is assumed that the same spatial scale applies to both of these ...
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The attendance lists, filled out by the lifestyle coaches, provided insights in the attendance rates and drop-out. 2.3.2. Body Weight Body mass index (BMI) of adults was objectively measured by the practice nurses, general practitioner and/or researchers. When objective weight data were missing...
The results showed that obesity prevention remains high in America and the situation is severe. 4. Discussion We have systematically and comprehensively analyzed the scientific research achievements on the relationship between cancer and obesity in the past 20 years through the visualization technology of...
Increased levels of obesity have been observed in both urban and rural Chinese populations with women displaying higher rates of obesity than men [22, 23]. There are some reports that higher education might protect against obesity in Chinese women [22], at least in urban areas [21] but none...
These results support our hypothesis that consumption of a diet high in trans-fatty acids induces higher rates of obesity, IR and hepatic steatosis in male C57BL/6 mice, possibly by suppressing the IRS1dependent pathway. Keywords: trans-fatty acid; obesity; insulin resistance; hepatic steatosis ...