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Rising levels of childhood obesity in the United States and a 75% decline in the proportion of children walking to school in the past 30 years have focused attention on school travel. This paper uses data from the US Department of Transportation’s 2001 National Household Travel Survey to ...
Rising Obesity Rates in TheThe rate of obesity is still rising among US adults, despiteassumptions that obesity rates had...Hinckley, Story
"Africa is facing a growing problem of obesity and overweight, and the trends are rising. This is a ticking time bomb. If unchecked, millions of people, including children, risk living shorter lives under the burden of poor health," said Matshidiso Moeti, WHO Regional Director for Africa. ...
Obesity(肥胖) in children and adolescents is rising at an alarming rate. Currently over 15% of young people over 6 years old are obese, and obesity is also increasing among children aged 5 and younger. Children are considered to be overweight if the BMI(Body Mass Index) is over 85% of ...
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...
Rising rural body-mass index is the main driver of the global obesity epidemic in adults. Nature 569, 260–264 (2019). Google Scholar Monteiro, C. A., Conde, W. L. & Popkin, B. M. Independent effects of income and education on the risk of obesity in the brazilian adult population...
Obesity--can we turn the tide? The problem of rising prevalence in obesity may get much worse—rates could climb still further, bankrupting the health system and leading soon to red... M Lean,L Gruer,G Alberti,... 被引量: 0发表: 2007年 ABC of obesity Obesity--can we turn the tide...
Obesity rates still rising in many states By MARY CLARE JALONICK , Associated Press In 1995, no state had an obesity rate above 20 percent. Now, all but one does. An annual obesity report by two public health groups looked for the first time at state-by-state statistics over the last ...
UNITED NATIONS, March 14 (Xinhua) -- Economic growth has virtually eliminated hunger in Europe and Central Asia, but rising affluence is leading to an increase in the proportion of people who are overweight or obese, UN spokesman Stephane Dujarric said here Tuesday. ...