Sentences with phrase «obese populations»

Students interested in assisting obese populations often pursue a degree in public health.

Mr. Earl urged the committee approach any consideration of changing the focus of the guidelines from healthy Americans to America's overweight and obese populations with consideration to scientific evidence and effective change.

This would suggest that pea protein is a viable option for those seeking general weight loss and not just obese populations.

One theory is that carbohydrates are a major driver; as restricting them is very effective at reducing appetite in obese populations.

Humans: Trials Using the Intermittent Very Low Energy Approach: In overweight and / or obese populations, the majority of IER (60 - 85 % ER / alternate days) trials spanning four to 12 weeks have consistently demonstrated global improvements in cardiovascular risk markers, encompassing enhancements in glucose metabolism (described above) and lipid profiles 37 - 40, 42, 46, 49, 50 - 52 relative to baseline, which collectively would be expected to improve vascular function.

Stress resistance has not been assessed however and so the biological relevance of this finding is currently unknown.32 Several IER trials (75 - 85 % ER on restricted days) in overweight / obese populations have reported reductions in various markers of oxidative stress 37, 41, which in one study was accompanied by a complementary increase in the anti-oxidant uric acid.37 In a direct comparison of IER (75 % ER for two days / week) and CER, both ER strategies displayed equal efficacy in reducing levels of fast - acting advanced oxidation protein products (AOPP) after six months, which displayed a tendency to occur earlier (i.e. at three months) in the IER group.41 Levels of slow - acting (i.e. long term) AOPP tended to decrease in the IER group and increase in the CER group which the authors proposed may have resulted from IER - induced activation of autophagy, a key homeostatic cellular process in which dysfunctional or unnecessary cellular proteins are degraded and recycled.41 On the other hand, a follow - up study using similar IER / CER protocols demonstrated comparable reductions in AOPP in both groups after three months.48 Summary and Future Research Directions

At the same time we are faced with energy constraints and increasingly obese populations.

It further costs business in lost work productivity via increased sick days and premature death even before diabetes develops in the obese population.

The particular doctor who was interviewed from the research team said CA does WAY too many c - sections and that that, combined with an increasingly obese population (which I guess is something that makes OBs want to do c - sections?)

Endometrial cancer is the most common gynecological cancer, and its incidence is continuing to rise in an older and more obese population.

If the entire morbidly obese population of the U.S. lived in one state, it would be the 12th highest - populated state, with more people than Virginia.

«The current studies are important in supporting a healthier, less obese population in that we have defined specific metabolic pathways that are likely involved in the programming of obesity and can be targeted in either the mother or her offspring,» the authors say.

Also the growing obese population has also been a vivid display for me looking to make sure I don't go down THAT path either.

With its majority belonging to non-vegetarian food habits and ranking third in the list of countries with obese population, Indians really need to understand more about ketosis.

In obese subjects, a modified 8 - 10 week alternate - day fasting regimen resulted in weight loss, reduced blood pressure and heart rate, and improved markers for cardiovascular health, such as decreased total cholesterol, decreased LDL and triglycerides, increased HDL concentrations and decreased oxidative stress and systemic inflammation, suggesting that alternate - day fasting might be a novel strategy for decreasing body weight and improving cardiovascular health in the obese population (64,68).

An estimated 50 - 70 million Americans suffer from some form of insomnia, with the affliction most common among the obese population and those with hypertension (high blood pressure), anxiety, and depression.

That's the issue I'm trying... The issues that I'd like to see our research settle is, is obesity caused merely by eating too much, in which case no matter how you phrase it, it turns out to be some variant on a gluttony or sloth disorder, which I think is horribly naive and intolerably cruel to the obese population.

For the portion of the overweight / obese population with insulin resistance and chronically - elevated insulin levels, this is a fairly accurate description of why low - carb diets work so well.

The United Health Foundation, a nonprofit organization that publishes an annual «health rankings» of states, says that the Mountain State is 48th in the nation in «prevalence of obesity» in the population (only Mississippi and Alabama are fatter), but its 27.7 percent obese population is only five points higher than the national average, which is 22.8 percent obese.

Not exact matches

Its population is the country's most obese.

Life expectancy at birth Infant mortality rate (figures for Korea and New Zealand were taken from the CIA World Factbook, 2005 data) % of population over age 15 considered obese and overweight Prison population rate Motor vehicles per 1,000 people Road fatalities per million people Road fatalities per million vehicles (figures for Mexico taken from the North American Transportation Statistics Database)

Some studies suggest that for specific populations, like people who have been diagnosed with heart disease or are obese, fitness trackers can motivate them to move more, at least for several months.

In 1985, no state in America had more than 14 percent of its population classified as obese, according to data from the CDC.

Individuals with a BMI greater than 35 (medical obesity) accounted for a disproportionate 61 % of the organization's total costs, given that they only represented 37 % of the obese employee population.

In fact, more than one third of the U.S. population is now officially obese while the number of people classified as morbidly obese jumped more than 350 % in the past three decades alone.

SLIM invests in companies that provide services and products to the portion of the population that is obese, ranging from biotechnology companies that address obesity - related diseases and health problems, to standard health care companies, to weight - loss - program and supplement providers.

Drunkards and gluttons as well, so next time you see one of the 30 % of the Souths population that is extremely obese, please treat them the same way you and your Christian friends treat gay people.

Based on the body mass index scale — which some experts are wary of — people with BMI of 30 and higher account for about 33 percent of the adult population and about two - thirds of American adults are obese or overweight.

Alabama and Mississippi: the most unhealthy region (e.g., the most obese, the most with cardiovascular diseases and etc.), the highest illiteracy rate, the highest teenage pregnancy rates, the most cities ranking in the top 25 most crimes, the most likely to regect scientific facts, the least taxed, the least to be unionized thus the highest proportion of the population in poverty... and of course, the most religious....

Catarino says 64 percent of the U.S. population, based on BMI, is either overweight or clinically obese and the trend isn't getting better.

Change in obese (BMI ≥ 30) and overweight (BMI ≥ 25) population for constituent countries in UK following implementation of 20 % tax on sugar sweetened drinks

According to the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention, roughly 25 % of the world's population will be obese by 2020.

«The fact that 25.4 percent of New Yorkers are obese is a reminder that we need to do more to address the health needs of populations that face the most significant social, economic, and health challenges.

But only middle and upper classes across the world; still, most of the overweight and obese in the world is in the low and middle - income population.

That's only one of about 15 to 18 countries where we have more than half of the population overweight and obese in the world.

Although the change is most pronounced in the developing world, the US remains the fattest country with 71 per cent of its population obese or overweight.

But Dr. Catalano said that obese pregnant women represent a relatively new high - risk population that will call for the development of additional tools to help these women reduce these risks before, during and after pregnancy.

«The patient population that is indicated for bariatric surgery is different than the universe of patients who are just morbidly obese.

Both groups of animals were equivalent to 55 - to 60 - year - old morbidly obese patients with uncontrolled diabetes, the most difficult population to treat.

Although this study is limited by the lack of data on the effects of clinical interventions and neonatal resuscitation efforts that may have been performed at the time of birth, these findings suggest that early detection of perinatal asphyxia is particularly relevant among infants of overweight and obese women although more studies are necessary to confirm these results in other populations.

UK researchers at the London School of Hygiene & Tropical Medicine and the Farr Institute of Health Informatics estimate that over 12,000 cases of these 10 cancers each year are attributable to being overweight or obese, and calculate that if average BMI in the population continues to increase, there could be over 3500 extra cancers every year as a result.

Before pregnancy for this population of African - American and Dominican women, 45 percent were overweight or obese, and 64 percent of mothers gained more weight during pregnancy than recommended by the 2009 Institute of Medicine Guidelines.

«We were also surprised to note that our patients who were presenting from the community were almost twice as likely to be obese as the general population in Massachusetts (34 percent compared to 23 percent).

The incidence of this problem can reach more than 60 percent in obese and type - 2 diabetic populations.

«From recent studies of the general population, we know that approximately 50 percent of children lose ideal cardiovascular health by adolescence because they are overweight or obese.

One - third of the U.S. population is obese, and another one - third is overweight.

Some 2.1 billion people, almost 30 percent of the world's population, are overweight or obese.

In Finland alone, it affects around 1,000,000 people of the general population and has an occurrence of 90 % among obese individuals.

The average BMI for the study group was 24.5; obese individuals with a BMI from 30 to 34 accounted for 6.3 percent of the population.

In some ethnic groups, however, such as Hispanics and African - Americans, between 42 percent and 48 percent of the population is obese.