Sentences with phrase «of global obesity»
«People often think of obesity as an insurance issue, and they know that expensive health care problems are associated with it,» says lead author says Bruce Y. Lee, MD, executive director of the Global Obesity Prevention Center at Johns Hopkins Bloomberg School of Public Health.
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Eating junk foods is a main cause of the global obesity epidemic.
The notion that sugar is the root cause of the global obesity and diabetes epidemics — bearing disastrous effects on the human body above and beyond simply being empty calories — warrants serious scrutiny, Taubes states.
«Many restaurants may not realize how much even just a single foodborne illness outbreak can cost them and affect their bottom line,» says Bruce Y. Lee, MD, MBA, executive director of the Global Obesity Prevention Center (GOPC) at the Bloomberg School.
In fact, toddler milk supplements may actually be doing harm by fueling rapid, unnecessary weight gain in young children in the midst of a global obesity epidemic, she adds.
That's the question being raised by a team of researchers from the University of Adelaide, who say meat in the modern diet offers surplus energy, and is contributing to the prevalence of global obesity.
«Taxing sugary drinks isn't a new concept, but given the immediacy of the global obesity problem, it's time we got creative with how we approach it,» said author of the study Dr. Evan Blecher, Senior Economist at the American Cancer Society.
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I mean think about it from a government standpoint, there's a company out there that's knowingly selling products that contribute (and sometimes the main cause of) to childhood obesity which in turn contributes to more medical bills, global warming (from all the use of cars in lieu of biking or walking) and other consequences.
Because of our work, 18,000 American schools are providing kids with healthy food choices in an effort to eradicate childhood obesity; 21,000 African farmers have improved their crops to feed 30,000 people; 248 million tons of greenhouse gas emissions are being reduced in cities worldwide; more than 5,000 people have been trained in marketable job skills in Colombia; more than 5 million people have benefited from lifesaving HIV / AIDS medications; and members of the Clinton Global Initiative have made nearly 2,300 Commitments to Action to improve more than 400 million lives around the world.
«The Global Burden of Disease Study 2010, from where the quoted study has obtained their data, suggests that in Australia the biggest causes of mortality or poor health include factors such as obesity, smoking, poor diet and low physical activity.
18 July 2017 MEDIA RELEASE LOW - kJ SWEETENERS DEEMED SAFE BY ALL LEADING GLOBAL HEALTH AUTHORITIES The CEO of the Australian Beverages Council, Geoff Parker, today dismissed claims by researchers from the University of Manitoba that low - kilojoule (low - kJ) sweeteners increased the risk of obesity, diabetes and heart disease.
The McKinsey Global Institute, for instance, classifies taxation as one of the least effective obesity interventions, with «No direct evidence for change in weight or change in consumption or physical activity levels.»
In fact, research from the McKinsey Global Institute found that a 10 per cent tax on high - sugar products would be one of the least effective measures in combatting obesity, ranking 14th out of 17 intervention methods1.
Given that global incidence rates of overweight and obesity are on the rise, particularly among children and adolescents, it is imperative that current public health strategies include education about beverage intake.
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 Global NCD targets Target 7: Halt the rise in diabetes and obesity
Research from the McKinsey Global Institute found that a 10 per cent tax on high - sugar products would be one of the least effective measures in combatting obesity, ranking 14th of 17 intervention methods, with portion control having the highest estimated impact with the most cost effective measures.
There is a global nutrition crisis, with dual problems of under - nutrition and obesity.
Global, regional, and national prevalence of overweight and obesity in children and adults during 1980 - 2013: a systematic analysis for the Global Burden of Disease Study 2013
The level of obesity has almost tripled in the UK in the last 20 years and with estimations that 1 in 4 adults will be obese in 2020, it is evident we have a global epidemic; something needs to be done, fast.
de Onis M, Blössner M, Borghi E. «Global Prevalence and Trends of Overweight and Obesity Among Preschool Children.»
The IC and WHA Resolutions are embedded in many global declarations, standards and strategies, including the EU Action Plan of Childhood Obesity and the INC2 Political Declaration and Framework for Action.
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
Global nutrition transition and the pandemic of obesity in developing countries.
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 Global NCD targets Target 7: Halt the rise in diabetes and obesity
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
Fergie is supposed to help PATH Foundation in its mission of «promoting global health and defeating obesity.»
«Because of our nation's childhood and teenage obesity public health crises, it is important to raise awareness about how companies are using celebrities popular with these audiences to market their unhealthy products,» said Dr. Bragg, who is also a faculty member at the NYU College of Global Public Health.
There, she studied the contribution to global death tolls, and their trajectories over time, of cardiometabolic risk factors (including high blood pressure and obesity) and undernutrition.
With global increase in obesity and diet - related metabolic diseases, interest has intensified in ancestral or «Palaeolithic» diets, not least because — to a first order of approximation — human physiology should be optimized for the nutritional profiles we have experienced during our evolution.
If you are concerned about the obesity epidemic, the global surge of chronic noninfectious diseases, rising costs of health care, or your family's health, then ask yourself if you agree with the following three statements:
GLOBAL TROUBLE The rise in childhood obesity around the world has been especially rapid in parts of Asia.
Is a «fat tax» and government regulation of food corporations enough to combat global obesity (22 October, p 30)?
The findings come amid ongoing concerns about flu pandemics launched by avian flu viruses and the global rise of obesity.
«The increase in the prevalence of childhood overweight and obesity, which began in the 1970s, has grown into a global epidemic.
However, a new study by NYU College of Global Public Health and the University of Michigan finds that this «obesity paradox» is not present among people with new cases of cardiovascular disease.
The researchers examined respondents» deference to science on a scale of 0 - 10 when it came to 14 policy issues, including child vaccinations, stem cell research, global warming, child obesity and diet, AIDS prevention, birth control education, legalizing drug use, gun control, regulation of nuclear power, animal testing, and teaching evolution in schools.
«As the global obesity epidemic intensifies, advertisements may have a greater effect on people who are overweight and make snacks like chocolate bars harder to resist,» adds Dr Amy Reichelt, lead author of the paper and UNSWpostdoctoral associate.
Obesity is a global epidemic and the evidence is clear: if a mother is obese or gains too much weight during pregnancy chances are the child will be at higher risk of being obese throughout its life.
«Obesity is a global problem that is closely linked to the development of cardiovascular disease,» said lead author Dr Magnus N. Lyngbakken, a PhD candidate at the University of Oslo in Norway.
«We are pleased to have an opportunity to combine our know - how and Merck's complementary approach to genetics and global leadership in the development of innovative therapeutics, to bring into development a series of novel, population - validated targets that may lead to a qualitative leap in our approach to treating obesity.»
«deCODE's success in localizing disease - contributing genetic factors even in such complex disorders as anxiety and obesity marks once more achievements that we believe could not easily be obtained by anyone else,» notes Jonathan Knowles, Head of Global Research at Roche.
Michigan Medicine and MedImmune, the global biologics research and development arm of AstraZeneca (NYSE: AZN), have entered into a three - year research alliance to identify potential new therapies for the prevention and treatment of diabetes, obesity and related metabolic disorders.
Associations of economic and gender inequality with global obesity prevalence: understanding the female excess
Global, regional, and national prevalence of overweight and obesity in children and adults during 1980 — 2013: a systematic analysis for the Global Burden of Disease Study 2013
Global differences between women and men in the prevalence of obesity: is there an association with gender inequality?
La Jolla, Calif., April 9, 2018 - Obesity is the second - leading preventable cause of cancer and represents one of the greatest threats to global human health.
More often than not, this results with overindulging in high - carb foods and some experts believe this to be the root of the current global obesity epidemic.
«We are worried about the global epidemic of obesity, since obesity has a strong association with maternal cardiovascular health and risk of prehypertension,» she said.