Sentences with phrase «obesity prevalence rate»

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.

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

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.

The model predicted that all three policies could reduce the prevalence of childhood obesity, particularly among blacks and Hispanics, who have higher rates of obesity than whites, thus demonstrating that federal policy could alter the childhood obesity epidemic.

The prevalence of high fructose corn syrup found in products like soda pop is also strongly linked to a rise in obesity rates.

Considering the high prevalence of obesity and the continued rise of its most severe forms, the finding that maternal overweight and obesity are related to rates of cerebral palsy in a dose - response manner may have serious public health implications.»

Therefore, the prevalence of NAFLD will likely rise with obesity rates.

High prevalence of metabolic syndrome in first - degree male relatives of women with polycystic ovary syndrome is related to high rates of obesity

«As the prevalence of obesity is rising, and the population continues aging, we expect the rates of OSA to rise.

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

The factors that determined this ranking were the low prevalence of obesity, low levels of air pollution, low rate of preventable hospitalizations, and low rates of cancer deaths and cardiovascular death.

Pediatric overweight and obesity have dramatically increased over the years, and current prevalence rates have reached alarming proportions.1, 2 Because of the impact the condition exerts on physical and psychosocial health, 3, — , 5 effective treatment is urgently needed.

Recent research conducted in mainland China found that obesity prevalence was higher among children in wealthier families, 4 but the patterns were different in Hong Kong with higher rates of childhood obesity among lower income families.4 5 Hong Kong, despite having a per capita gross domestic product of Hong Kong dollar (HK$) 273 550, has large income differences between rich and poor as reflected by a high Gini coefficient of 0.539 reported in 2016; approximately 20 % of the population are living in poverty as defined by a monthly household income below half of the Hong Kong median.6 It is widely accepted that population health tend to be worse in societies with greater income inequalities, and hence low - income families in these societies are particularly at risk of health problems.7 In our previous study, children from Hong Kong Chinese low - income families experienced poorer health and more behavioural problems than other children in the population at similar age.8 Adults from these families also reported poorer health - related quality of life (HRQOL), 9 with 6.1 % of the parents having a known history of mental illness and 18.2 % of them reporting elevated level of stress.