Add to ORKGThe obesity pandemic is not unique to the United States, where obesity has been a major health concern for decades. Whereas in the 1980s only about one in six adult Americans were obese, recent surveys reveal that approximately one in three adult Americans are obese today. Worldwide there is a similar upward trend in obesity, as the global obesity rate has doubled since 1980. Because of this trend, the World Health Organization has described the pandemic as “globesity.” There are extreme costs associated with individual obesity. For many, obesity diminishes quality of life in general because it creates a threat of unhealthy, inefficient lifestyles and reduced earning potential. For the general public, obesity increases many health care cost...
Obesity is not only a health but also an economic phenomenon. This chapter (a) examines underlying e...
Obesity is a global epidemic, exacting an enormous human and economic toll. In the absence of a comp...
The burden of obesity varies with age, ethnicity, socio-economic status and state economies. All new...
The obesity pandemic is not unique to the United States, where obesity has been a major health conce...
Changes in food supply and eating habits, combined with a dramatic fall in physical activity, have m...
This Article begins with a brief summary of the growing obesity epidemic in the U.S. It then explore...
Obesity is a global epidemic, exacting an enormous human and economic toll. In the absence of a comp...
Obesity is a global epidemic, exacting an enormous human and economic toll. In the absence of a comp...
In recent decades, a double burden of disease has emerged that requires public health workers to fig...
In recent decades, a double burden of disease has emerged that requires public health workers to fig...
This paper discusses the public health ramifications of the obesity epidemic among American children...
Increasing obesity rates in the United States have fueled soaring healthcare costs and exacerbated r...
This Article maintains that obesity in the United States is an enormous public health issue that cau...
This Article maintains that obesity in the United States is an enormous public health issue that cau...
This paper calls for the United States government – including, but not limited to...
Obesity is not only a health but also an economic phenomenon. This chapter (a) examines underlying e...
Obesity is a global epidemic, exacting an enormous human and economic toll. In the absence of a comp...
The burden of obesity varies with age, ethnicity, socio-economic status and state economies. All new...
The obesity pandemic is not unique to the United States, where obesity has been a major health conce...
Changes in food supply and eating habits, combined with a dramatic fall in physical activity, have m...
This Article begins with a brief summary of the growing obesity epidemic in the U.S. It then explore...
Obesity is a global epidemic, exacting an enormous human and economic toll. In the absence of a comp...
Obesity is a global epidemic, exacting an enormous human and economic toll. In the absence of a comp...
In recent decades, a double burden of disease has emerged that requires public health workers to fig...
In recent decades, a double burden of disease has emerged that requires public health workers to fig...
This paper discusses the public health ramifications of the obesity epidemic among American children...
Increasing obesity rates in the United States have fueled soaring healthcare costs and exacerbated r...
This Article maintains that obesity in the United States is an enormous public health issue that cau...
This Article maintains that obesity in the United States is an enormous public health issue that cau...
This paper calls for the United States government – including, but not limited to...
Obesity is not only a health but also an economic phenomenon. This chapter (a) examines underlying e...
Obesity is a global epidemic, exacting an enormous human and economic toll. In the absence of a comp...
The burden of obesity varies with age, ethnicity, socio-economic status and state economies. All new...