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1 mar 2024 · Learn about the global prevalence, causes, health consequences and prevention of obesity and overweight from WHO. Find out how obesity affects children, adults and regions, and what are the obesogenic factors and costs of the epidemic.
4 maj 2023 · In the most recently published US report (2017-2020), 42.4% of adults (BMI ≥ 30 kg/m 2) and 20.9% of youth (BMI ≥ 95 th percentile of age- and sex-specific growth charts) have obesity, and the age-adjusted prevalence of severe obesity (BMI ≥ 40 kg/m 2) was 9.2% .
21 wrz 2021 · Herein, we discuss the epidemiology of obesity, covering the pathophysiology, pathogenesis, genetics, epigenetics, and environmental (macro and micro) causes that result in obesity. We end by summarizing possible management and prevention strategies.
27 lut 2019 · Key points. 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...
29 lut 2024 · Obesity prevalence was higher than underweight with posterior probability of at least 0·80 in 177 countries (89%) for women and 145 (73%) for men in 2022, whereas the converse was true in 16 countries (8%) for women, and 39 (20%) for men.
In this article, we outline the prevalence and trends of obesity, then review the myriad risk factors to which a preventive eye must be turned, and finally present the costs of obesity in terms of its morbidity, mortality, and economic burden.
The worldwide prevalence of overweight and obesity has doubled since 1980 to an extent that nearly a third of the world's population is now classified as overweight or obese. Obesity rates have increased in all ages and both sexes irrespective of geograph …
