While it is clear that obesity increases risk to a number of life threatening diseases, the link to mortality is less clear. In this regard, throughout the history of medicine, the connection between obesity and mortality has been of considerable interest and debate. There are four major method...
Obesity has been recognised as an important contributing factor in the development of various diseases, but comparative data on this condition are limited. We therefore aimed to identify and discuss current epidemiological data on the prevalence of obesity in European countries. Methods We identified re...
The prevalence of obesity-related hypertension and hypertension overall (systolic ≥130 mmHg and/or diastolic ≥80 mmHg or treated hypertension) was 22.8% and 57.4%, respectively, among all participants. For obesity-related hypertension, the prevalence was higher in women than in men (24.7% ...
OBJECTIVE: To determine changes in the prevalences of overweight and obesity between 1980 and 1991 in French adults.DESIGN: Two cross-sectional studies were performed in 1980 and 1991 by the French National Institute of Statistics and Ec... G Maillard,MA Charles,N Thibult,... - 《Internationa...
The prevalence of childhood obesity has increased dramatically in the last two decades and numerous efforts to understand, intervene on, and prevent this significant threat to children's health are underway for many segments of the pediatric population.
OBJECTIVE: To determine changes in the prevalences of overweight and obesity between 1980 and 1991 in French adults.DESIGN: Two cross-sectional studies were performed in 1980 and 1991 by the French National Institute of Statistics and Economics Studies in representative samples of the non-...
Trends in the unadjusted prevalence of high weight for recumbent length or obesity from 2003-2004 through 2011-2012 (using 5 time periods: 2003-2004, 2005-2006, 2007-2008, 2009-2010, and 2011-2012) were tested with t statistics and orthogonal contrast matrices. Trends were analyzed separately...
Prevalence of extreme obesity, youth 2-19 years, by age, US, 1988-1994 through 2013-2014 1. Barlow SE; Expert Committee. Expert committee recommendations regarding the prevention, assessment, and treatment of child and adolescent overweight and obesity: summary report. Pediatrics. 2007;120(suppl...
There is a high prevalence of childhood overweight or obesity in this Canadian preschool population, irregardless of growth reference used. Approximately one in three preschool children was overweight or obese. Similar statistics are being reported in other developed counties [18–27]. The short and...
When using Iranian or CDC references, the prevalence of obesity was defined as the percentage of children above the 95th percentiles of the BMI. When IOTF reference was used, the students who had a BMI more than the BMI equivalent to 30 at age 18 considered as obese. At the second stage...