Sentences with phrase «obesity prevalence»

There are significant disparities in obesity prevalence among racial / ethnic groups and by socioeconomic status.

The highest obesity prevalence is found in wheat - eating countries.

The first map below shows mean BMI changing over time, the second shows obesity prevalence over the 40 years.

Given that there are very few bits of hard evidence of obesity prevalence available historically in such a wide range of countries, the authors of the report have made pretty good use of the data, says Lobstein.

«With childhood obesity prevalence in Chicago at nearly twice the national average, it is important that we make healthy options more available and accessible to Chicagoans wherever they live, work, learn and play.»

West Virginia and Mississippi fare the worst, with obesity prevalence now at 35.1 percent; Colorado gets a gold star for coming in at 21.3 percent.

The association's annual obesity prevalence survey found that 57.6 percent of cats and 52.6 percent of dogs were recorded as overweight or obese — results that mirror the previous year's numbers....

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.

Kingsley Manning, chair of the Health and Social Care Information Centre, said: «The first drop in obesity prevalence among year six stands out, although we will need to see what the numbers say in future years to determine if this is the start of a decline or more of a blip.»

Associations of economic and gender inequality with global obesity prevalence: understanding the female excess

Studies show that hypothyroidism is linked to decreased thermogenesis, higher BMI, lower metabolic rate, and bigger obesity prevalence [3].

The annual obesity prevalence survey is conducted by APOP.

For the new study, they compared the gap in obesity prevalence between students in states with strict lunch standards in 2006 and 2007 - before the new regulations took place - to states with less restrictive regulations.

«Our findings are likely to be controversial because they suggest that meat contributes to obesity prevalence worldwide at the same extent as sugar,» says Professor Maciej Henneberg, head of the Biological Anthropology and Comparative Anatomy Research Unit.

«In the analysis of obesity prevalence across 170 countries, we have found that sugar availability in a nation explains 50 % of obesity variation while meat availability another 50 %.

A study whose findings were published in the Journal of Clinical Endocrinology and Metabolism discovered that thyroid function is an important factor in body weight and even slightly elevated levels of TSH (thyroid stimulating hormone) can increase obesity prevalence [4].

Here, for instance, is obesity prevalence by country from the World Health Organization Global Infobase:

GT: How can we differentiate between altered palatability and altered carbohydrate intake as important factors in the rising obesity prevalence of industrializing nations?

In fact, the eighth annual National Pet Obesity Prevalence Survey conducted by the APOP found that «90 % of owners of overweight cats and 95 % of owners of overweight dogs incorrectly identified their pet as a normal weight.»

APOP conducts annual research to substantiate pet obesity prevalence levels in the United States and offers resources and tools to veterinarians and pet owners to better equip them to recognize and fight pet obesity.

A recent report by the Health & Social Care Information Centre states that the poorer you are, the more likely you are to be obese or overweight: «In 2014 - 15, obesity prevalence for children living in the most deprived areas was double that of those living in the least deprived areas.»

Among women, blacks had the highest obesity prevalence (57.4 %) followed by Hispanics (45.2 %), non-Hispanic whites (33.3 %), and Asians (11.3 %).

It's an environment often carefully observed to understand its impact on obesity prevalence, but rarely in relation to cavities.

«State - level estimates of childhood obesity prevalence in the United States corrected for report bias.»

Obesity prevalence among women in their 40s and 50s has risen to 42 percent since 1999 - 2000, the CDC found.

«If these [post-2000] trends continue, by 2025, global obesity prevalence will reach 18 % in men and surpass 21 % in women; severe obesity will surpass 6 % in men and 9 % in women.»

The article in question shows an interesting figure which notes that chicken consumption is, after vegetable oils and with pork, the major contributor of omega - 6 fats to the American diet, and is correlated with obesity prevalence (Figure 5):

Overall, the researchers found students who received free or reduced - price lunches were more obese than students who did not take part in the USDA program, but the gap in obesity prevalence was much smaller in states with strict lunch standards.

Of course, there are some correlations between the data on obesity prevalence and fat consumption as well: Spain and Australia, for example, both ranked first on this list, each have fairly high obesity prevalence rates.

Among men, Hispanics had the highest obesity prevalence (40.9 %) followed by blacks (37.5 %), non-Hispanic whites (32.8 %), and Asians (10.8 %).

Obesity prevalence in the US has tripled over the last 50 years.

«Although the overall trends in obesity in the United States are well appreciated and obesity prevalence may be stabilizing, our analyses highlight troublesome trends in younger adults, in women, and in abdominal obesity prevalence, as well as persistent racial / ethnic disparities.»

«Furthermore, recent NHANES data demonstrate that obesity prevalence in the United States also appears to have stabilized, which also may contribute to the stabilizing prevalence of the metabolic syndrome.»

The study authors write that «each percentage point increase in the household availability of ultra-processed foods resulted in an increase of 0.25 percentage points in obesity prevalence.»

Obesity prevalence among healthcare professionals in England: a cross-sectional study using the Health Survey for England