Sentences with phrase «obesity rates tended»

A 2014 study looked at how economics influenced the foods people buy and among those who opted for cheaper processed foods, obesity rates tended to be higher.

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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.

With lower rates of obesity, the researchers say, rates of heart disease, diabetes, and other diseases that tend to increase with age, including cancer and Alzheimer's disease, could fall as well.

High blood pressure, obesity, diabetes, and other known — and treatable — risk factors for MCI and dementia tend to be more common in men, which may explain the higher rate of MCI, Shatz says.

In general, obesity and overweight rates tend to be lower for Asian Americans and higher for American Indians.

And tweets about physical activity tended to come from places with lower rates of obesity and fewer deaths.

While those from Asian backgrounds tend to have the lowest rates of obesity, this condition is most prevalent among non-Hispanic black adults, among whom over 48 percent have obesity.

A study by the National Institute of Health (NIH) found that dog owners tend to be more physically fit and get more exercise, relating to lower rates of obesity than non-owners.

«We found there was actually a fairly strong relationship, a strong correlation between the two, that those cities that had higher obesity and overweight rates tended to have a higher density of at least the larger fast - food restaurant chains, so there were more restaurants per person in those cities,» Cash said.

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.