Vitamin DIndigenous Australians have one of the highest rates of obesity in Australia. However, little is known about the factors that are linked to obesity for Indigenodoi:10.1111/1467-8454.12055BirchElisaAustralian Economic Papers
The Australian Diabetes, Obesity and Lifestyle Study (AusDiab) addresses the urgent need for data on diabetes prevalence, risk factors and associated conditions in Australia. Here we describe the methods used and the response rates obtained. AusDiab was a population-based cross-sectional survey of...
L. (2014), Rates of overweight and obesity in a sample of Australian young people and their carers in out-of-home residential care. Australian and New Zealand Journal of Public Health, 38: 591–592. doi: 10.1111/1753-6405.12288 Author Information 1 School of Psychology, Deakin University, ...
UNITED NATIONS, Nov. 12 (Xinhua) -- The number of adults with obesity in Latin America and the Caribbean increased dramatically to affect 24 percent of the regional population, a UN spokesman said on Tuesday citing a joint UN agency report. Farhan Haq, deputy spokesman for UN Secretary-Genera...
SYDNEY, May 16 (Xinhua) -- Parents need to lead by example when it comes to getting their kids active, according to a new research released on Tuesday, as Australia's childhood obesity rates reach crisis point. Data from the Australian Sports Commission found children of adults who are not...
However, even for nations that did not rank among the biggest food offenders, the study treated them to a generous slab of humble pie. In Australia, for example, obesity rates are climbing faster than anywhere else in the world, with almost a quarter of the country's children and 63 perce...
Sydney, Sep 6 (IANS) Residents in Australia's New South Wales (NSW) will be offered an array of ways to lose weight as part of a 10-year scheme unveiled by
The data shows that Australia is the world's children's obesity rate the fastest growing countries, is currently in the United States is 2 times 3 times in the United Kingdom. Published by the World Health Organization data show that Australia is one of the world only 11 child obesity rat...
As childhood-obesity rates skyrocket, doctors are seeing an alarming rise in a costly disease once unheard of in children: type 2 diabetes. Unlike type 1, or "juvenile" diabetes--an autoimmune disorder in which the pancreas stops producing insulin--type 2 diabetes is linked to diet and life...
In this retrospective study, we found that the incidence of stroke in 2019 was highest in Pavlodar, Karagandy, Kostanay, and East Kazakhstan regions and Almaty city. Modifiable risk factors that can lead to stroke episodes are high blood pressure, diabetes, smoking, obesity, and excessive alcohol...