Sentences with phrase «of obesity prevalence»

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.

«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 %.

Not exact matches

Conclusions A 20 % tax on sugar sweetened drinks would lead to a reduction in the prevalence of obesity in the UK of 1.3 % (around 180000 people).

We used the estimates generated to derive the change in energy intake, which we then used to model the effect on average body weight and prevalence of obesity in the UK (fig 1 ⇓).

Objective To model the overall and income specific effect of a 20 % tax on sugar sweetened drinks on the prevalence of overweight and obesity in the UK.

Therefore, it is reasonable to assume that a reduction of added sugars or SSB intake would lower the prevalences of obesity and chronic disease that are related to excess body fat as has been modeled by several groups (11, 12).

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

Over a time frame of > 30 y, downward trends in the availability of sugars and sweeteners, reported intake of energy in the form of added sugars and SSBs, and industry data on sugar contributions to SSBs have been paralleled by a sustained rise in the prevalence of obesity and its comorbidities (42).

In Crowle and Turner's view therefore, it is unlikely that banning the advertising of energy - dense food would significantly address childhood obesity prevalence.

The rising prevalence of obesity in the face of apparently falling intake of added sugars challenges the widespread belief that energy from sugars is uniquely linked to changes in the incidence of obesity.

Australia, like other developed nations, has experienced a steep 3-fold increase in the prevalence of adult obesity within a 30 - y time frame.

Between 1980 and 2013, the combined worldwide age - standardized prevalence of overweight and obesity rose 28 % in adults and 47 % in children (1).

Overall and income specific effect on prevalence of overweight and obesity of 20 % sugar sweetened drink tax in UK: econometric and comparative risk assessment modelling study

The findings challenge the widespread belief that energy from added sugars or sugars in solution are uniquely linked to the prevalence of obesity.

This Youth Fitness Coalition (YFC) signature program, in partnership with American College of Sports Medicine's Exercise is Medicine ® initiative, promotes physical activity to children in order to decrease the prevalence of childhood obesity.

At the end of the year, after adjusting for the baseline prevalence of being overweight, the authors found a 31 % decrease in the risk of obesity in the intervention group.

This finding is surprising, experts say, because the highest prevalence of obesity occurs in some of the more active groups - black and Mexican American children.

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.

Due to the prevalence of childhood obesity in this country, many pediatricians advise parents to watch the portion sizes and calories they give to their preschoolers.

With the prevalence of childhood obesity in this country and the abundance of research that corroborates that childhood obesity is a strong risk factor for adult obesity, children's diets and nutrition are under scrutiny.

de Onis M, Blössner M, Borghi E. «Global Prevalence and Trends of Overweight and Obesity Among Preschool Children.»

These include increased prevalence of a range of infectious diseases and health conditions — ear infections, gastrointestinal infections respiratory infections, necrotizing enterocolitis, sepsis, meningitis, diabetes, childhood cancers, obesity, allergies — formula fed infants grow and develop differently from breastmilk fed infants, including cognitive and neural development.

Prevalence of overweight and obesity in Irish school children, using four different definitions

Some recent studies also suggest that skipping breakfast may be associated with an increased prevalence of obesity and can make your child even more susceptible to gaining weight.

We know from the prevalence of obesity in the United States that's a huge problem.

Prevalence and risk factors for overweight and obesity in children from Seychelles, a country in rapid transition: the importance of early growth

The prevalence of obesity and diabetes is low, but rising steadily, and the Indian Health Service dentists told me that they see plenty of little kids with rotted teeth from drinking sodas and sweet juices in baby bottles.

Considerable attention has focused on diet and physical activity patterns, both in childhood and adult life, and on the associated increases in the prevalence of obesity (1).

The rising prevalence of obesity has forced health professionals and politicians to consider the lifestyle factors contributing to expanding waistlines.

Nevertheless the government is determined the rising prevalence of obesity can be reversed.

The prevalence of fast food chains and cheap, nutritionally poor food has led many to blame diet for rising obesity and many health campaigns focus on the importance of low - fat or low - calorie food choices.

Obesity is linked to a number of illnesses and reduced lifespan and the government is keen to reduce the prevalence of obesity among the popuObesity is linked to a number of illnesses and reduced lifespan and the government is keen to reduce the prevalence of obesity among the popuobesity among the population.

A minority medical condition 50 years ago, the prevalence of obesity is now such that it is regarded as a major public health issue and listed as a priority by senior government ministers.

Ominously, obesity in children is rising nationwide and the prevalence of Type II diabetes in children is becoming more and more common.

Further to this, the prevalence of obesity and type 2 diabetes mellitus is rising worldwide and the percentage of young people affected is increasing.

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.

However, the responsibility for reducing the prevalence of obesity goes far beyond governments, say the Series authors.

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.

This has led not only to an obesity epidemic, but also to a rapid increase in the prevalence of non-alcoholic fatty liver disease (NAFLD), which is due to extensive accumulation of fat in the liver and resembles alcoholic liver disease in people who do not exceed two drinks a day of alcohol.

Professor Morris said a greater understanding of the role of energy rich foods and dieting on microbial changes is important, given the current obesity epidemic and the prevalence of yo - yo dieting in Western countries.

«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.

«The need to educate customers about the nutritional content of restaurant foods is acute because consumers increasingly eat away from home, restaurants serve large portions of energy - dense and high - sodium foods, and obesity and the prevalence of other diet - related diseases are high,» according to lead researcher Amy Auchincloss, PhD, MPH, of the Drexel University School of Public Health.

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.

The new potential group is also similarly healthy as — if not healthier than — the current Medicaid population, possibly even having lower prevalence of some chronic diseases such as obesity and depression.

The prevalence of obesity increased rapidly from 1976 to 2002, but has since stabilized.

Potential new enrollees are also generally healthier than the current Medicaid population, with less prevalence of obesity and depression — but they are more likely to be smokers and heavy drinkers.

«These observations lend support to the approaches that might eventually reduce the incidence and prevalence of overweight and obesity on a larger scale.»

Researchers have been trying to track down what causes obesity, looking at potential triggers such as artificial sweeteners and the almost inescapable prevalence of food for sale.

For the 2.2 million Americans with schizophrenia and the 5.7 million Americans with bipolar disorder, the increased prevalence of obesity and its related diseases such as type 2 diabetes and cardiovascular disease is particularly disconcerting.

«Our hypothesis was that there is increased prevalence of cerebral microbleeds in MS because progression of that disease is associated with increased likelihood of cardiovascular comorbidities, including hypertension, altered lipid metabolism, overweight / obesity, smoking and diabetes and migraine, all risk factors for cerebral microbleeds,» he said.