Sentences with phrase «reaches epidemic levels»

Sexually transmitted diseases have reached epidemic levels as young people have contracted chlamydia, gonorrhoea and syphilis.

Childhood obesity and Type II diabetes have reached epidemic levels as more and more children abandon the playground or sports field for the comfort of their couches and Play Stations.

Heroin and other opiate use has reached epidemic level all over the U.S. Telling children to «just say no» has not worked.

Addressing the media, sector Minister, Alex Segbefia said «we had a situation which had reached epidemic level.

Obesity, the second leading cause of preventable death in the nation, has also reached epidemic levels in New York State.

The midcourse of the epidemic, however, is not showing signs of infecting other countries in west Africa beyond the three where it has reached epidemic levels.

«This has also reached an epidemic level in other developed countries, which is coupled with the increase in obesity and liver cancer risk.»

In the Campinas metropolitan area, about an hour's drive north of the São Paulo stadium, dengue fever has reached epidemic levels, according to Rosalice Carvalho de Castro, a coordinator of infectious diseases at one of the local health centers.

In contrast, the Standard American Diet, customary in Western cultures where non-communicable chronic diseases reach epidemic levels, has an omega - 6 to omega - 3 fatty acid ratio ranging from 10:1 to 25:1

In contrast, the Standard American Diet, customary in Western cultures where non-communicable chronic diseases reach epidemic levels, has an omega - 6 to omega - 3 fatty acid ratio ranging from 10:1 to 25:1 (Simopoulos, 1991).

Coupled with the trend of reduced salt consumption, rates of iodine deficiency are now reaching epidemic levels.

«In Orlando the problem hasn't reached epidemic levels like it has in other cities,» Lentz said.

Selenium may inhibit Hashimoto's disease, the human version of autoimmune thyroiditis, which has reached epidemic levels in our dogs.

Not exact matches

Here's the context: elephant poaching has reached new epidemic levels.

A few weeks ago, Washington state health officials declared that we've reached «epidemic» flu levels, and in King County the number of ER flu cases is the highest it's been in five years.

Among teens and younger children, disordered eating has reached «epidemic levels,» according to researchers at the National Association of Anorexia Nervosa and Associated Disorders.

However, with our aging population and unprecedented levels of blue light exposure, the prediction is that we will see AMD reach epidemic proportions in the coming years.

«Even though the industry acknowledges that greening has reached epidemic proportions across the state, estimates of the level of infection and its impact on citrus operations are scarce,» the researchers wrote in the paper.

«US opioid epidemic reaches new level of crisis in overdoses, hospitalizations and cost: New study conducted by Ben - Gurion University, Harvard and University of Chicago researchers.»

«Stark increase in opioid - related admissions, deaths in nation's ICUs: Data show opioid - epidemic has reached «new level of crisis,» researchers say.»

A few weeks ago, Washington state health officials declared that we've reached «epidemic» flu levels, and in King County the number of ER flu cases is the highest it's been in five years.

As the obesity epidemic in the United States reaches record levels there is much more that needs to be done to find a solution.

Preventing starvation and epidemic disease doesn't take much CO2, and those two things are * all * that's necessary to bring lifespan up to USA levels (though reaching modern world levels takes a bit more — the USA is 45th in life expectancy.)

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But the far - reaching revisions amount to at least a partial acknowledgment of criticisms long leveled by outside researchers who disputed the U.N. portrayal of an ever - expanding global epidemic.

Donors and national governments should put multi-hazard early warning systems in place to alert officials to both slow - and rapid - onset disasters, as well as epidemics, before they reach full emergency levels.

Kipchoge Keino, the head of Kenya's Olympics committee, said the country wouldn't risk sending its athletes to Brazil if the virus reaches «epidemic levels.»

Stress levels have reached epidemic proportions in today's workforce and can cost organizations in terms of presenteeism, absenteeism, lowered productivity, and physical and emotional problems.

Child, youth and family health trends and «epidemics» today indicate that something is awry: children from all socioeconomic levels are not reaching their full potential and parents are struggling.