Sentences with phrase «as obesity rates»

While fewer than 1,000 teens have the surgery in the U.S. each year (versus 200,000 to 250,000 adults), it is becoming more common among adolescents as obesity rates continue to rise.

Rates of type 2 diabetes have risen over the past few decades, just as obesity rates have increased.

Sekendiz reports that by the year 2020, Australia will be the third fattest nation after the USA and England as obesity rates are growing 15 percent each year.

«Just as obesity rates rise, there's been a marked increase in total energy consumption consumed away from home, with about one in four calories coming from fast food or full service restaurants in 2007.

As obesity rates climb and consumption of fresh produce decreases, we're left to wonder — is telling kids that «veggies make you stronger» enough to clear the plate?

Even as the obesity rates soar, however, there are concerns about schools and school districts cutting recess and P.E. time.

Every era has its health crisis, and as obesity rates in the U.S. population continue to soar to epidemic levels, sugar has become public enemy number one.

For the majority of consumers, the term «natural» equates with «healthier», and as obesity rates around the world continue to accelerate, consumers are increasingly attempting to take charge of their health.

Not exact matches

According to the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention, calories from added sugars in soda are down 39 percent since 2000 as Americans worry about skyrocketing obesity rates.

Prior to Obamacare's passage, many insurers were free to deny people with pre-existing conditions (including some as common as diabetes, heart disease, epilepsy, obesity, or even arthritis) access to any kind of insurance and could hike rates once a customer got sick.

As Dan Mangan reports for CNBC, «despite spending well in excess of the rate of any other of those countries in 2013, the United States achieved worse outcomes when it comes to rates of chronic conditions, obesity and infant mortality.»

As a result, most children consume too many calories — child obesity is rising at alarming rates — and still do not come close to having diets that meet nutritional recommendations.

Paleo experts took note of our modern - day behavior and thought, if obesity and disease rates are rising as quickly as processed foods are flying off shelves, maybe we should go back to our roots and eat like our early ancestors did?

Several reports established that eating less meat could significantly lower the risk of developing colorectal cancer or succumbing to heart disease, as well as helping cut spiralling rates of child and teen obesity.

Regulation suggests that you can reduce a problem (such as obesity) while keeping all the benefits (to individuals, companies and governments) that have led to higher rates of obesity.

Consequentially, conditions such as diabetes, obesity, chronic inflammatory disorders, and cancer are all at historically high prevalence rates.

Global examples have shown that soft drink taxes fail to have a meaningful impact on obesity rates and ultimately serve as a Band - Aid solution to a complex public health issue, which first and foremost requires access to adequate nutrition education and health care.

The incidence of obesity and related diseases such as Type 2 diabetes, particularly amongst youth populations, is rising at an alarming rate.

As more people head to cities and see their incomes increase, they're more prone to eating convenient packaged foods that critics say have fueled obesity rates in developed nations.

Public health advocates have suggested that there may be a link between the ingredient makeup of PepsiCo's core snack and carbonated soft drink products and rising rates of health conditions such as obesity and diabetes.

What with obesity rates as they are I can't believe something related didn't make the list.

As childhood obesity rates continue to rise (as I fear they will), and as we start to see ever more clearly the ill health effects of our current school food regime (replete with its a la carte junk), as well as our current agricultural policies, maybe our society will eventually embrace the idea of universal, free school fooAs childhood obesity rates continue to rise (as I fear they will), and as we start to see ever more clearly the ill health effects of our current school food regime (replete with its a la carte junk), as well as our current agricultural policies, maybe our society will eventually embrace the idea of universal, free school fooas I fear they will), and as we start to see ever more clearly the ill health effects of our current school food regime (replete with its a la carte junk), as well as our current agricultural policies, maybe our society will eventually embrace the idea of universal, free school fooas we start to see ever more clearly the ill health effects of our current school food regime (replete with its a la carte junk), as well as our current agricultural policies, maybe our society will eventually embrace the idea of universal, free school fooas well as our current agricultural policies, maybe our society will eventually embrace the idea of universal, free school fooas our current agricultural policies, maybe our society will eventually embrace the idea of universal, free school food.

Due to the rising obesity rate in children as well as adults the fat got taken out but maybe if it was not such a requirement to drink with every meal we could introduce the «real» full fat milk again.

When infants and young children are not breastfed or when breastfeeding is suboptimal, children risk not only increased rates of infectious diseases such as gastric and respiratory infections, but increasingly research is documenting the impact of not breastfeeding on the prevalence of life long chronic diseases such as cancers, diabetes, obesity and cardio vascular disease.

When infants are not optimally breastfed they are at risk for increased illness such as higher rates of gastrointestinal and respiratory infections, allergies, cancer, obesity, cardiovascular disease and diabetes and even death.

On the other hand, as I also noted in my JO post, I do tend to overlook some of Oliver's shtick — and questionable tactics — when I consider how much valuable attention he's drawn to critically important issues like childhood obesity and diabetes, our nation's over-processed diet and the abysmal state of school food in many places in the U.S. I'm just not sure he would have achieved the same high ratings with a measured, PBS - style documentary on the topic.

Is the increased maternal mortality caused by the high C - Section rate, or just associated with it and caused by the same factors, such as obesity, GD, high blood pressure, multiples, maternal age, and so on?

Take obesity as an example: our research shows obesity rates are higher in more unequal countries, and also that poor people are more likely to be obese.

Officials describe the dinner initiative as having three goals: hedging against childhood hunger, reducing alarming rates of obesity and drawing more students to after - school programs, where extra academic help is available.

As childhood obesity rates have skyrocketed, milk consumption has decreased.

Charts showing both the rising rate of obesity and the growing quantity of high fructose corn syrup (HFCS) in the food stream demonstrate a startling fact: The obesity epidemic started at the same time as the introduction as HFCS into the U.S. around 1975, at about the same time as sugar tariffs and quotas made imported sugar very expensive.

Not only is it bad for brain development but is also to blame for increases in agression and obesity in children as well as increased rates of ADD and ADHD.

Tailor communications to each target audience to focus on what is of greatest interest while connecting the messaging with common themes (greater success of students with healthier meal programs, reduced obesity rates, and improved food service area as a community asset).

Further factors such as family income, the birth weight of the child, as well as the education that the child receives are other factors that do impact rates of obesity and which were not taken into account.

This commentary will focus on some of the issues not covered by the three papers, such as the lack of dietary guidelines specifically designed for pregnant and lactating women and young children, the importance of breastfeeding for both mother and infant, and the emerging crisis accompanying increased rates of child and adult obesity.

Those meals have always been subject to nutritional guidelines because they are partially paid for by the federal government, but the new rules put broader restrictions on what could be served as childhood obesity rates have skyrocketed.

Corona has been singled out as having the highest rate of childhood obesity in the city, but City Councilwoman Julissa Ferreras (D - East Elmhurst) joined with local business owners and a new coalition last Thursday to say Mayor Michael Bloomberg's soda ban is the wrong way to fight it.

Launching the recent Conservative Draft Health Manifesto, Shadow Health Secretary Andrew Lansley recognised the current problems in the NHS, noting that under Labour, health inequalities have widened and public health problems, such as obesity and alcohol abuse, are increasing at soaring rates.

Known for years as one of the city's «food deserts,» where access to fresh fruits and vegetables are scarce, the South Bronx has some of the highest diabetes and obesity rates in the city, according to the Department of Health.

Certain factors, such as low socioeconomic status and a rural lifestyle, are correlated with lower dietary quality and higher obesity rates.

I see it as one country's attempt to stave off rising obesity rates, and its associated medical conditions, when other options seem less feasible.

However, the association is not as clear in adolescents, an age group that is known to lack adequate sleep and have an overweight and obesity prevalence rate of 30 % in the US.

«As the rate of obesity increases, the rate of knee dislocations increases.

They also collect meticulous data about possible risk factors, such as rates of smoking, obesity, hypertension and lack of exercise.

That's true, they note, even if obesity rates increase as little as 0.15 % per year over the next 15 years.

As a result, the scientific underpinning of the most critical health issue of our era — the burgeoning rates of obesity and diabetes and their complications — remains very much an open question.

Hawaii school - children rated by their teachers in the 1960's as less conscientious had worse global health status as adults and had significantly greater obesity, high cholesterol, and increased risk for cardiovascular disease.

Reducing obesity rates — through changing diets and increasing physical activity — is a key target for public health policy as it places individuals at greater risk for conditions such as diabetes and cardiovascular disease.

The average body mass index (BMI) of the men with childhood ADHD was 30.1, and 41.4 percent were obese whereas those without the condition as kids reported an average BMI of 27.6 and an obesity rate of 21.6 percent.

Previous research (pdf) has found support for both these theories, such as a study earlier this year showing that neighborhoods with more food and soft drink outdoor advertising had higher rates of obesity.