Health insurance —
obesity and diabetes rates in Ohio have literally gone off the charts.
A good indication of the scope of poor health in the US can be found in
obesity and diabetes rates and trends.
It is not surprising that
obesity and diabetes rates for those living in these areas are considerable higher than other areas.
As you probably know,
obesity and diabetes rates have dramatically increased in the past 30 years.
With childhood
obesity and diabetes rates rising, it's becoming urgent to encourage kids... Read more»
The best, purest foods are just out of reach for many who live in cities, and the result is rising
obesity and diabetes rates.
The lack of exercise and poor diet increases
obesity and diabetes rates.
Not exact matches
Salt Lake City residents have easy access to financial services, cultural
and recreational amenities,
and low
rates of
diabetes and obesity.
The incidence of many illnesses, including
diabetes and high blood pressure, increases with lack of sleep,
and a growing amount of research suggests that poor sleep may be a key factor in the rising
rates of
obesity.
They also saw an
obesity rate of 32.6 %
and a
diabetes rate of 12.2 %.
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.
The mice fed higher amounts of soybean oil
and less coconut oil experienced higher
rates of
obesity,
diabetes, inflammation, mitochondrial dysfunction,
and cancer (4).
This horribly backfired on us
and caused the
rates of
obesity, heart disease
and diabetes to climb even higher.
Consequentially, conditions such as
diabetes,
obesity, chronic inflammatory disorders,
and cancer are all at historically high prevalence
rates.
The incidence of
obesity and related diseases such as Type 2
diabetes, particularly amongst youth populations, is rising at an alarming
rate.
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.
According to Baleka, the average life expectancy for a long - haul truck driver in the U.S. is 61 to 64 years (10 to 15 years less than the average American male); truck drivers have the highest
rate of
obesity of any occupation in the U.S. (86 % are overweight, 69 % are obese); they have one of the highest
rates of metabolic syndrome, a group of risk factors for heart disease
and diabetes; in some years they have had the highest number of fatalities of any occupation, making trucking one of the most dangerous
and unhealthy occupations in the U.S.
The Life Time Foundation believes we must take charge of the rising
and alarming
rates of childhood
obesity,
diabetes, heart disease, behavioral disorders,
and more affecting our kids.
And formula feeding is associated with higher rates of chronic morbidity like obesity, diabetes, allergies, and cancers (if I take their word for i
And formula feeding is associated with higher
rates of chronic morbidity like
obesity,
diabetes, allergies,
and cancers (if I take their word for i
and cancers (if I take their word for it).
The Whole Child health report brings together a comprehensive picture of the effects to mind, body
and spirit of the societal shift toward growing up indoors, including not only epidemic childhood
obesity but also precipitously rising
rates of Attention Deficit Hyperactivity Disorder (ADHD), childhood
diabetes,
and pediatric depression.
One of the most common pregnancy complications, gestational
diabetes affects one in 10 expectant women —
and because it occurs more often among obese women,
rates of GDM in the United States have been rising along with
obesity rates.
For babies, it can protect against infections
and reduce the
rates of later health problems including
diabetes,
obesity,
and asthma.
Studies show that children who are not breastfed have higher
rates of mortality, meningitis, some types of cancers, asthma
and other respiratory illnesses, bacterial
and viral infections, ear infections, juvenile
diabetes, some chronic liver diseases, allergies
and obesity.
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.
With the rising
rates of childhood
obesity,
diabetes and cardiovascular disease, exclusive breastfeeding for six months provides a no - cost way to protect the health of infants
and their mothers
and reduce the risk of these chronic diseases.
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.
The USA has higher
rates of HIV,
obesity, poor access to antenatal care, gestational
diabetes, drug addiction
and pre-eclampsia than many developed nations.
The program was created to reduce
rates of
obesity and diabetes, but the school system hasn't yet collected any information showing students are healthier.
Only their concern doesn't stem from the epidemic
rates of
obesity,
diabetes and corn allergies that we are seeing, but rather their concern stems from a 20 year low in the sale of high fructose corn syrup
and the impact it is having on the profitability of members of the Corn Refiners Association
Our
rates of breast cancer,
diabetes,
obesity,
and asthma are growing at an alarming pace.
This all leads to ever - growing
rates of inflammatory bowel diseases, asthma,
diabetes,
obesity,
and many other chronic maladies —
and it's largely linked to baby's beginnings in the womb, at birth,
and during the first years.
For the infant, human milk reduces the
rates of infection, allergies,
obesity,
diabetes, leukemia, lymphoma, SIDS,
and infant mortality2.
Implementation of this intervention may contribute to the achievement of the following targets: Global nutrition targets Target 1: 40 % reduction in the number of children under - 5 who are stunted Target 4: No increase in childhood overweight Target 5: Increase the
rate of exclusive breastfeeding in first 6 months up to at least 50 % Global NCD targets Target 7: Halt the rise in
diabetes and obesity
Or that an anti-hunger charity has partnered with two major suppliers of refined sugar, which has been directly implicated in rising
rates of childhood
obesity,
diabetes and related chronic diseases?
I made a quick search for «maternal death
rate increase» Everything I found points to the same thing: Maternal death
rate increased in the USA because of the increasing
rates of
obesity,
diabetes and hypertension
and other kind of risk factors (Which raises the risk of pregnancy).
Future
rates of
obesity,
diabetes, fatty liver disease
and other diet - related chronic diseases depend on us getting this right.
The potential benefits of breast feeding are extensive
and well - documented: decreased
rates of infection,
diabetes, leukemia,
obesity, increased IQ scores; more rapid weight loss in nursing mothers; decreased
rates of breast
and ovarian cancer in women who nursed.
Implementation of this intervention may contribute to the achievement of the following targets: Global nutrition targets Target 4: No increase in childhood overweight Target 5: Increase the
rate of exclusive breastfeeding in first 6 months up to at least 50 % Global NCD targets Target 7: Halt the rise in
diabetes and obesity
Letting these hospitals go bankrupt could devastate their communities, which have high
rates of
diabetes,
obesity and gun violence.
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.
Previous research has linked regular workouts to lower
rates of cardiovascular disease, type 2
diabetes, cancer, high blood pressure,
obesity and osteoporosis.
The analysis provides estimates of counts,
rates and trends measured against the American Heart Association metric for cardiovascular health for hypertension, hyperlipidemia,
obesity, abnormal blood glucose level,
and diabetes.
It is highly associated with
obesity and diabetes,
and is one of the reasons for concern over the increasing
rates of both problems in the U.S. NASH can lead to cirrhosis
and to hepatocellular carcinoma (liver cancer), so understanding its development is becoming more
and more important.
To combat rising
rates of
obesity, heart disease,
diabetes and cancer, many countries are considering slapping taxes on unhealthy foods.
However, in the modern time of plenty, their genes are a liability, leading to high
rates of
obesity and diabetes compared with other races.
Compared with the Maycoba population, the Arizona Pima
obesity rate was 10 times greater among the men,
and three times for the women;
diabetes was five
and a half times higher among the tribe in Arizona.
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.
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.
Six times sweeter than glucose, it wreaks havoc with metabolism
and has been linked to rising
rates of
obesity and diabetes.