There's a troubling rise in breast cancer in women under the age of 50, but there are things you can do tohelp lower your risk.A recentAmerican Cancer Society reportfound breast cancer rates in this age group have increased 1.4% every year from 2012 to 2021. Since 2000,Asian American an...
Recently,childhood obesity has become the greatest cause for concern.For children in year six obesity rates have increased at a significant pace—around 5% a year for the past decade—so that now one in three children are obese by the time they leave primary school.The rate of childhood menta...
The rise in childhood obesity in recent years has been accompanied by a number of initiatives to treat the condition. However, such interventions have often been characterised by poor levels of adherence to treatment and corresponding high attrition rates. This article presents data drawn from qualita...
A 2006 review identified ten other possible contributors to the recent increase of obesity (1)insufficient sleep(2)endocrine disrupters( environmental pollutants that interfere with lipid metabolism), (3)decreased variability in surrounding temperature,(4)decreased rates of smoking, because smoking suppress...
prevent the increasing rates of metabolic disorders such as obesity and T2D in human populations. Reducing the use of plastics that contain obesogens will not only improve our health but will be good for the environment as well, considering the huge plastic garbage patches in the world's ...
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The rates of child obesity are on the rise. The food has gotten lower in quality over time, and the cafeteria lunches are not helping them stay trim. All those sugary drinks take their toll, too. While we stress that proper nutrition is the most painless way to maintain a healthy BMI ...
sin food tax on sugar-sweetened beverages (SSBs) and why the authors feel it is the right policy, but for the wrong reasons. According to the authors, as U.S. obesity rates rise, governments are employing a strategy known as the sin food tax to reduce consumption of calorie-dense foods...
“Long hours and the burden of overwork can have serious consequences like clinical depression and even suicidal behavior in employees,”states WHOin the “World Mental Health Report: Transforming mental health for all.” 8. “Karoshi” o...
While many South Africans have been bemused by the fact that the busiest man in the country has time for a morning walk, studies show that walking is a good way to tackle burgeoning rates of obesity and other lifestyle diseases. These have reached epidemic proportions in developed countries an...