Add to ORKGOVERWEIGHT AND OBESITY prevalence has increased substantially over the past decades, affecting 2.1 billion people worldwide and causing 3.4 million deaths globally.1 Currently, 42 million children are overweight or obese—the result of a staggering 47.1 percent rise in prevalence between 1980 and 2013.2 No longer exclusive to affluent societies, obesity has reached alarmingly high levels in many low- and middle-income countries (LMICs).3 In fact, the number of individuals who are overweight or obese (1.9 billion) has now surpassed the 794 million people who do not get enough calories.4 Nearly half of all overweight children under 5 years of age now live in Asia, and a further 25 percent are found in Africa
Overweight and obesity in childhood and adolescence are increasingly prevalent in westernised countr...
Malnutrition costs the world trillions of dollars, but global commitment to improving people’s nutri...
Abstract: While undernutrition and infectious diseases are still persistent in developing countries,...
OVERWEIGHT AND OBESITY prevalence has increased substantially over the past decades, affecting 2.1 b...
Obesity involves excessive accumulation of body fat. While largely preventable, it has become increa...
OVERWEIGHT AND OBESITY prevalence has increased substantially over the past decades, affecting 2.1 b...
Obesity is increasing sharply around the world, in both adults and children. In the UK, national sur...
SEVERE ACUTE MALNUTRITION (SAM)—extremely low weight for one’s height—is a life-threatening conditio...
AROUND THE WORLD, more than 2 billion people are thought to be affected by an often invisible form o...
Book synopsis: Obesity has become the number one health threat to Americans, but the incidence is mo...
Childhood obesity is now a well-established topic of interest, not only within society as a whole bu...
IN RECENT YEARS, nutrition interventions have focused on the critical first 1,000 days of life (from...
Obesity, defined as a body mass index (BMI) of 30 kg/m2 or more, is common in many parts of the worl...
Since 1978, the number of overweight children (BMI above the 85 th percentile) has tripled [1]. More...
In tro duc ti on The problem of excessive weight and obesity is increasing world-wide. According to ...
Overweight and obesity in childhood and adolescence are increasingly prevalent in westernised countr...
Malnutrition costs the world trillions of dollars, but global commitment to improving people’s nutri...
Abstract: While undernutrition and infectious diseases are still persistent in developing countries,...
OVERWEIGHT AND OBESITY prevalence has increased substantially over the past decades, affecting 2.1 b...
Obesity involves excessive accumulation of body fat. While largely preventable, it has become increa...
OVERWEIGHT AND OBESITY prevalence has increased substantially over the past decades, affecting 2.1 b...
Obesity is increasing sharply around the world, in both adults and children. In the UK, national sur...
SEVERE ACUTE MALNUTRITION (SAM)—extremely low weight for one’s height—is a life-threatening conditio...
AROUND THE WORLD, more than 2 billion people are thought to be affected by an often invisible form o...
Book synopsis: Obesity has become the number one health threat to Americans, but the incidence is mo...
Childhood obesity is now a well-established topic of interest, not only within society as a whole bu...
IN RECENT YEARS, nutrition interventions have focused on the critical first 1,000 days of life (from...
Obesity, defined as a body mass index (BMI) of 30 kg/m2 or more, is common in many parts of the worl...
Since 1978, the number of overweight children (BMI above the 85 th percentile) has tripled [1]. More...
In tro duc ti on The problem of excessive weight and obesity is increasing world-wide. According to ...
Overweight and obesity in childhood and adolescence are increasingly prevalent in westernised countr...
Malnutrition costs the world trillions of dollars, but global commitment to improving people’s nutri...
Abstract: While undernutrition and infectious diseases are still persistent in developing countries,...