New CDC Data Show Adult Obesity Prevalence Remains High
WEBSep 12, 2024 · Obesity is a disease that can cause many health conditions such as asthma, heart disease, stroke, type 2 diabetes, some cancers, and severe outcomes from respiratory illnesses. In addition, the stigma and bias about a person's weight can cause social and mental health consequences, such as anxiety and poor body image. ...
Controlling the global obesity epidemic - World Health Organization …
WEBJan 29, 2024 · As of 2000, the number of obese adults has increased to over 300 million. Contrary to conventional wisdom, the obesity epidemic is not restricted to industrialized societies; in developing countries, it is estimated that over 115 million people suffer from obesity-related problems.
Obesity: another ongoing pandemic - The Lancet …
WEBObesity: another ongoing pandemic. According to the latest WHO Global Health Observatory data, collated in 2016, more than 1·9 billion adults were overweight, with 650 million of these individuals being obese.
Obesity, Race/Ethnicity, and COVID-19 | Overweight & Obesity
WEBFeb 5, 2024 · Having obesity puts people at risk for many other serious chronic diseases and increases the risk of severe illness from COVID-19. Everyone has a role to play in turning the tide against adult and childhood obesity and its disproportionate impact on racial and ethnic minority groups.
A 2022 update on the epidemiology of obesity and a call to …
WEBMay 15, 2022 · Obesity is a complex disease which has reached pandemic dimensions. The worldwide prevalence of obesity has nearly tripled since 1975, mainly due to the adoption of a progressively more sedentary lifestyle and the consumption of …
Opinion | Is Obesity a Disease? It’s Complicated in the Age of …
WEB2 days ago · Sept. 19, 2024. “Obesity is a disease,” Oprah Winfrey declared after disclosing her weight loss with an Ozempic-like drug. “It’s a brain disease,” a prominent obesity doctor explained on ...
Obesity and COVID-19 | Obesity | CDC - Centers for Disease …
WEBFeb 2, 2024 · Obesity is a complex chronic disease that puts people at higher risk for poor health outcomes. Obesity increases risk of severe illness from COVID-19. Individuals can help protect themselves by getting a COVID-19 vaccine.
Obesity: global epidemiology and pathogenesis - Nature
WEBFeb 27, 2019 · Obesity prevalence has increased in pandemic dimensions over the past 50 years. Obesity is a disease that can cause premature disability and death by increasing the risk of cardiometabolic...
The obesity transition: stages of the global epidemic
WEBJan 28, 2019 · The global prevalence of obesity has increased substantially over the past 40 years, from less than 1% in 1975, to 6–8% in 2016, among girls and boys, and from 3% to 11% among men and from 6% to 15% among women over the same time period.
Brain goop that traps hunger neurons drives obesity - Nature
WEB3 days ago · A mechanism for metabolic disease is traced to a defective cellular scaffolding that holds together the brain’s hunger cells. ... Metabolic diseases such as type 2 diabetes and obesity can ...
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