The rising prevalence of obesity: part B—public health policy solutions

Prevalence and Risk Factors Associated with Obesity among Adult Kabul Citizens (Afghanistan), 2012

Objective: The prevalence of obesity is rising in both developed and developing countries. Globally, it is estimated that nearly one billion adults are overweight at least 300 million of them are clinically obese. In Afghanistan no published data is available regarding non-communicable diseases including obesity. This paper reports the prevalence and associated risk factors of obesity among adu...

The rising prevalence of obesity: part A: impact on public health: erratum

The rising prevalence of obesity: part A: impact on public health

Excessive fat accumulation in the body may impair health leading to a significant long-term health consequences including the development of diabetes, coronary heart disease, and osteoarthritis as well as increasing the risk of developing certain cancers and influencing their outcomes. England has some of the worst figures and trends in obesity compared with the rest of the Europe. In the major...

Content Analysis of Media Coverage of Childhood Obesity Topics in UAE Newspapers and Popular Social Media Platforms, 2014-2017

The 2017 prevalence of obesity among children (age 5–17 years) in the United Arab Emirates (UAE) is 13.68%. Childhood obesity is one of the 10 top health priorities in the UAE. This study examines the quality, frequency, sources, scope and framing of childhood obesity in popular social media and three leading UAE newspapers from 2014 to 2017. During the review period, 152 newspaper articles fro...

Confronting the epidemic: the need for global solutions.

The growth in the global epidemic of obesity is fundamentally linked to economic factors. The rising prevalence of overweight and obesity has occurred during a period when the real cost of the main components of many processed foods has declined significantly,partly due to state subsidies in the protected markets of Western economies. It is suggested that the vigorous promotion of foods high in...