Search Results - "Obesity

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Prevalence of Childhood and Adult Obesity in the United States, 2011-2012

by Ogden, Cynthia L Carroll, Margaret D Kit, Brian K Flegal, Katherine M Published in JAMA : the journal of the American Medical Association (26.02.2014)

“...IMPORTANCE More than one-third of adults and 17% of youth in the United States are obese, although the prevalence remained stable between 2003-2004 and...”

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Prevalence of obesity and severe obesity in US children, 1999‐2014

by Skinner, Asheley Cockrell Perrin, Eliana M Skelton, Joseph A Published in Obesity (Silver Spring, Md.) (01.05.2016)

“...Objective Provide the most recent data on the prevalence of obesity and severe obesity among United States children and adolescents aged 2 to 19 years. Methods...”

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Simulation of Growth Trajectories of Childhood Obesity into Adulthood

by Ward, Zachary J Long, Michael W Resch, Stephen C Giles, Catherine M Cradock, Angie L Gortmaker, Steven L Published in The New England journal of medicine (30.11.2017)

“...The investigators pooled height and weight data from five nationally representative longitudinal studies to simulate trajectories from childhood across the...”

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Overview of Epidemiology and Contribution of Obesity to Cardiovascular Disease

by Bastien, Marjorie Poirier, Paul Lemieux, Isabelle Després, Jean-Pierre Published in Progress in cardiovascular diseases (2014)

“...Abstract The prevalence of obesity has increased worldwide and is a source of concern since the negative consequences of obesity start as early as in...”

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The Global Burden of Obesity and the Challenges of Prevention

by Seidell, Jacob C Halberstadt, Jutka Published in Annals of nutrition and metabolism (01.01.2015)

“...The prevalence of obesity is increasing at an alarming rate in many parts of the world. About 2 billion people are overweight and one third of them obese. The...”

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ERICA Prevalences of hypertension and obesity in Brazilian adolescents

by Bloch, Katia Vergetti Klein, Carlos Henrique Szklo, Moyses Kuschnir, Maria Cristina C Abreu, Gabriela de Azevedo Barufaldi, Laura Augusta da Veiga, Gloria Valeria Schaan, Beatriz da Silva, Thiago Luiz Nogueira de Vasconcellos, Maurício Teixeira Leite Moraes, Ana Julia Pantoja Borges, Ana Luíza de Oliveira, Ana Mayra Andrade Tavares, Bruno Mendes de Oliveira, Cecília Lacroix Cunha, Cristiane de Freitas Giannini, Denise Tavares Belfort, Dilson Rodrigues Santos, Eduardo Lima de Leon, Elisa Brosina Fujimori, Elizabeth Oliveira, Elizabete Regina Araújo Magliano, Erika da Silva Vasconcelos, Francisco de Assis Guedes Azevedo, George Dantas Brunken, Gisela Soares Guimarães, Isabel Cristina Britto Faria Neto, José Rocha Oliveira, Juliana Souza de Carvalho, Kenia Mara B Gonçalves, Luis Gonzaga de Oliveira Monteiro, Maria Inês Santos, Marize M Jardim, Paulo César B Veiga Ferreira, Pedro Antônio Muniz Montenegro, Jr, Renan Magalhães Gurgel, Ricardo Queiroz Vianna, Rodrigo Pinheiro Vasconcelos, Sandra Mary Goldberg, Tamara Beres Lederer Published in Revista de saúde pública (01.02.2016)

“...OBJECTIVE To estimate the prevalence of arterial hypertension and obesity and the population attributable fraction of hypertension that is due to obesity in...”

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The Unrelenting Challenge of Obesity

by Zylke, Jody W Bauchner, Howard Published in JAMA : the journal of the American Medical Association (07.06.2016)

“...The article discusses the latest findings in relation to the growing epidemic of obesity in the U.S. Some of the different recommendations for the prevention...”

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Medical Consequences of Obesity

by Bray, George A Published in The journal of clinical endocrinology and metabolism (01.06.2004)

“...Obesity is an epidemic disease that threatens to inundate health care resources by increasing the incidence of diabetes, heart disease, hypertension, and...”

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