Sentences with phrase «obese adult women»

Overweight and obese adult women were enrolled in a one - year behavioral weight loss program and randomly assigned to one of three diets consisting of either: low - fat and high - carbohydrate; low - carbohydrate and high - fat; or a walnut - rich, high - fat and low - carbohydrate diet.

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Of course, it should come as no surprise that the United States Department of Agriculture (USDA) estimates that 64 % of adult males and 72 % of adult women in the United States are either over-weight or obese.

Racial disparities in obesity rates among the third of U.S. adults considered obese are often blamed on socioeconomic status because of its influence on diet and physical activity, but new findings from the University of Alabama at Birmingham published in Obesity suggest otherwise — particularly for women.

Among adults, 58 percent of African American women and 38 percent of men are obese, compared to 33 percent of white women and 34 percent of men.

They found that a change in body mass index from overweight to obese (equivalent to an average size adult woman increasing in weight from 150 to 180 pounds) was associated with an increase of about 40 % in the risk of MS.

In fact, the World Health Organization (WHO) reported in 2008 that 1.4 billion adults were overweight, and of these 200 million men and 300 million women were obese.

Design, Setting, and Participants A controlled 3 - way crossover design involving 21 overweight and obese young adults conducted at Children's Hospital Boston and Brigham and Women's Hospital, Boston, Massachusetts, between June 16, 2006, and June 21, 2010, with recruitment by newspaper advertisements and postings.

Middle - aged men and women are more likely to be obese than young adults and the elderly.

We've all heard the statistics - roughly two thirds of American adults are either overweight or obese — but what hasn't been talked about is the massive and rapid rise of digestive problems (often called «irritable bowel») particularly in women.

Alford BB, Blankenship AC, Hagen RD.. The effects of variations in carbohydrate, protein, and fat content of the diet upon weight loss, blood values, and nutrient intake of adult obese women.