Modelling obesity trends in Australia: unravelling the past and predicting the futuredoi:10.1038/ijo.2016.165Background/Objectives:聽Modelling is increasingly being used to predict the epidemiology of obesity progression and its consequences. The aims of this study were(a) to present and validate a ...
This study investigated changes in obesity prevalence and their impact on obstetric outcomes in a regional hospital in Victoria, Australia. Methods All women delivering during 1 January 2010 and 31 December 2016 were eligible to participate. Trends over time and outcomes were assessed on body mass ...
2. Population Trends An increasing prevalence of obesity has been observed in most countries worldwide. This is considered to have led to an "epidemic" of type II diabetes. The progression of this epidemic, in tandem with cardiovascular disease and several other morbidities associated with obesity...
Future predictions of body mass index and overweight prevalence in Australia, 2005-2025. Health Promot Int. 2012;27(2):250-260.PubMedGoogle ScholarCrossref 37. Zaninotto P, Head J, Stamatakis E, Wardle H, Mindell J. Trends in obesity among adults in England from 1993 to 2004 by age...
Trends in the prevalence of morbid obesity in Australian children and adolescents from 1985 to 2008: what do we know about?doi:10.1038/ijo.2011.127A letter to the editor is presented in response to the article "Trends in the prevalence of childhood overweight and obesity in Australia between ...
The high prevalence of child obesity remains a global public health concern, but appears to be plateauing in many high-income countries, including Australia [1]. In Australia, sustained multi-level public health interventions have contributed to the recent stabilising of child obesity, but not amon...
The aims of the study are to analyse Swedish trends in overweight and obesityas measured by body mass index (BMI)between 1971 and 1995, and to examine socioeconomic and geographic differences between groups of individuals on the basis of information on 18-y-old military conscripts. The study ...
The aims of this study were to examine temporal trends in the prevalence of sufficient moderate-to-vigorous intensity physical activity (MVPA), high levels of screen time, combined measures of these behaviors and overweight or obesity in Australian adults during the period 2002–2008. Trends over ...
We calculated the posterior probability of meeting the target of halting by 2025 the rise in obesity at its 2010 levels, if post-2000 trends continue. Findings We used 1698 population-based data sources, with more than 19·2 million adult participants (9·9 million men and 9·3 million ...
Globally, 2.8 million people die each year as a result of being overweight or obese. In 2008, over one-third of adults over 20 years of age in Australia were overweight.[1] [2] Obesity is a growing problem in all westernised nations. In the United States the prevalence of obesity in...