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Childhood obesity is becoming an increasing concern worldwide, and Australia alone recognizes that 1 in 4 children are either overweight or obese. For...

The prevalence of childhood obesity is known to differ by sex and gender. Body mass index (BMI) is acceptable for determining obesity for children two...

and obesity In 2010 that the prevalence of childhood obesity during the past two to three decades, much like the United States, has increased in most...

Organization (WHO), Australia has the third-highest prevalence of overweight adults in the English-speaking world. Obesity in Australia is an "epidemic"...

overweight. Some East Asian countries use lower values to calculate obesity. Obesity is a major cause of disability and is correlated with various diseases...

PMID 15171786. "Obesity Prevention | Healthy Schools | CDC". www.cdc.gov. Retrieved 1 April 2016. Anderson, Sarah. "Childhood obesity: It's not the amount...

lead to heart failure and leg swelling. Obesity hypoventilation syndrome is defined as the combination of obesity and an increased blood carbon dioxide...

Obesity in Thailand has been flagged as a major source of health concern, with 32% of the population identifying as overweight and 9% obese. With reference...

20th century that obesity became common — so much so that, in 1997, the World Health Organization (WHO) formally recognized obesity as a global epidemic...

surgery) is a medical term for surgical procedures used to manage obesity and obesity-related conditions. Long term weight loss with bariatric surgery...

Obesity is a risk factor for many chronic physical and mental illnesses. The health effects of being overweight but not obese are controversial, with...

In Nauru, health is challenged by obesity, limited lifespan and childhood health. In 2013, the 366 live births were divided into 193 males and 173 females...

associated with obesity, which some have proposed may be caused by stress from the social stigma of obesity, rather than from obesity per se. Anti-fat...

Germany revealed that the strongest influence on childhood obesity was the observation of parental obesity. Which caused children to adopt a lack of self-control...

reviews. He is a former chair of the obesity task force of the Pediatric Endocrine Society, a member of the obesity task force of the Endocrine Society...

dominant model of obesity and challenging it as only one of several possible models. During the early part of the 20th century, obesity was seen as detrimental...

evidence-based, well-defined, and efficient intervention to prevent obesity. Treatment for obesity often consists of weight loss via healthy nutrition and increasing...

more, thus it includes pre-obesity defined as a BMI between 25 and 29.9 and obesity as defined by a BMI of 30 or more. Pre-obese and overweight however are...

researchers worldwide have determined cause and perpetuate obesity. Obesity is a condition in which a person's weight is higher than what is considered...

of child obesity interventions include: The economic consequences of childhood obesity are both short and long term. In the short term, obesity impairs...