points toa tenfold increase in rates of obesity among children and adolescentsover the last four decades. This is the largest study of its kind and it paintsa startling and depressing picture of a world that is getting fatter.
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and deaths rose by 27.7%, with breast, lung, stomach andcolorectal cancershaving the highest death rates in 2019. Nasopharyngeal (head and neck) andprostate cancerssaw the fastest rise in incidence.
the more common means of dealing with obesity – reducing calorie intake, increasing physical activity to burn more calories or some combination of the two
But Doctor Misra is hopeful that the spread (蔓延,传播)of obesity can be slowed. And he says it must start in schools by giving all Indian children the same instruction on physical activity and diet. The World Health Organization says China is also moving up in obesity rates. The estimate...
In 2014, two parents were arrested because their son was obese. The boy weighed 210 pounds; however, his parents did not consider his weight to be a problem. They did not think that being obese was a big deal. Like this case, these days, the rate of childhood obesity is increasing gre...
Such stark statistics portray growing obesity rates as an insurmountable problem. Tackling such a large-scale issue requires an understanding of the root causes of obesity. Population health principles need to be applied creatively in order to design interventions that address underlying modifiable factors...
Research has also suggested several other factors may be driving the increase in early-onset cancers, Dr Grady noted. He said these factors include “increasing rates of obesity, decreasing physical activity, increasing incidence and younger age of onset of adult-onset diabetes mellitus, increased...
I should also mention that my wife is Costa Rican, spent most of her early life there, and all of her family still lives there. What I can tell you from everything I’ve seen and experienced first-hand is that obesity and chronic disease are rampant in this country (much like in the...
Anyone who has put on a few too many pounds knows they can slow you down. Over time, if those pounds grow into obesity, they may do serious harm, putting you at risk for a wide range of illnesses.