Obesity is a worldwide health issue which is displaying increasing prevalence trend. World Health Organisation (WHO) has already given it a epidemic status. Many physiological parameters such as Body Mass Index (BMI), Waist Circumference (WC), Waist to Hip Ratio (WHR) are used for measurement ...
World Health Organisation was established in the year 1948 as a specialized agency of the United Nations Organization (UNO). Member countries of the UNO focused on the need to create an international body to look after the health problems of the world. The need to have an organisation was fel...
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Obesity is defined by the World Health Organization (2014) as the accumulation of excess body fat, which may negatively impact health. As highlighted by this physiological definition, obesity is not a psychiatric condition, nor is it defined by any behavioral, psychological, or cognitive profile. ...
Obesity is one of the most visible yet neglected public health problems in the world, according to the World Health Organisation,1while the UK has one of the highest rates of obesity in Europe and the developed world.2 The most recent figures from the Office for National Statistics (ONS) sh...
The World Health Organisation reckons that 7% of people in Africa had diabetes in 2014, which was more than double the rate in 1980. The prevalence of high blood pressure has risen too. Chronic diseases not only harm people. They also make them less productive, and therefore poorer than the...
The World Health Organisation reckons that 7% of people in Africa___(have)diabetes in 2014, which was more than double the rate in 1980. The prevalence of high blood pressure has risen too. Chronic diseasesnot onlyharm ...
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Introduction The World Health Organisation (WHO) defines obesity as 'Abnormal or exces- sive fat accumulation that may impair health'.1 Definitions of what is considered overweight vary with time and from coun- try to country. The current definition of overweight proposed by the WHO and the US...