Obesity
Obesity is a medical condition in which excess body fat has accumulated to an extent that it may have a negative effect on health. People are generally considered obese when their body mass index (BMI), a measurement obtained by dividing a person's weight by the square of the person's height—despite known allometric inaccuracies—is over 30 kg/m2; the range 25–30 kg/m2 is defined as overweight. Some East Asian countries use lower values. Obesity is correlated with various diseases and conditions, particularly cardiovascular diseases, type 2 diabetes, obstructive sleep apnea, certain types of cancer, and osteoarthritis. High BMI is a marker of …
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PARI: The CounterMedia Trust · 1 November 2023 English
The scientific journal Allergy published this editorial in November 2023. It was written by Ruby Pawankar from the Department of Paediatrics at Nippon Medical School in Tokyo and Cezmi A. …
inflammatory bowel disease, type 1 diabetes, and obesity.51 Dysbiosis refers to an imbalanceinth …
PARI: The CounterMedia Trust · 15 March 2023 English
This report – the 24th edition of the Women & Men in India reports – was published in March 2023 by the Social Statistics Division at the National Statistical Office …
less than 1% in Punjab and Chandigarh. 4.2.12 Obesity, another health problem is not just a cosmetic …
PARI: The CounterMedia Trust · 21 November 2022 English
Wrapped in Secrecy: Toxic Chemicals in Menstrual Products was released on November 21, 2022, by Toxics Link, New Delhi – a non-governmental organisation working to bring information related to toxic …
metabolites with cardiometabolic risk factors and obesity in children and adolescents. Chemosphere, 211 …
PARI: The CounterMedia Trust · 6 July 2022 English
The Food and Agriculture Organization (FAO), United Nations, released the 22nd edition of its annual publication The State of Food Security and Nutrition in the World on July 6, 2022. …
under five years of age, anaemia among women, and obesity among adults are increasing, while low birthweight … high-income countries have the greatest burden of obesity cases 35 13 Inequality analyses using the latest … received no formal education, and to be male while obesity among women is most common in urban settings and … and obesity in children, continue to be of great concern. Further, maternal anaemia and obesity among … pregnancy and newborn outcomes. Globally, adult obesity nearly doubled in absolute value from 8.7 percent …
PARI: The CounterMedia Trust · 12 May 2022 English
This report was published by the International Food Policy Research Institute (IFPRI) on May 12, 2022. IFPRI, based in Washington D. C., USA, is a research centre working towards reducing …
deficiency con- tinue to rise even as overweight and obesity are becoming more prevalent. Both forms of malnutrition …
PARI: The CounterMedia Trust · 31 March 2022 English
This report – the 23rd issue in the Women & Men in India series – was published on March 31, 2022, by the Social Statistics Division at the National Statistical …
Meghalaya (13.9%). Similarly, in females, highest obesity has been observed in Puducherry (46.2%) followed …
PARI: The CounterMedia Trust · 1 December 2021 English
Since 1992, the International Institute for Population Sciences, Mumbai, has conducted the National Family Health Survey (NFHS) for the Ministry of Health and Family Welfare, Government of India. The NFHS …
includes undernutrition as well as overweight and obesity. The body mass index (BMI), which is defined as … thinness among men has decreased while overweight or obesity has increased since NFHS- 4. Five percent of women … women, and among scheduled tribes. Overweight and obesity are most prevalent in older adults, those in urban … distribution of body fat and predicts abdominal obesity. Abdominal obesity is associated with an increased risk …
PARI: The CounterMedia Trust · 1 September 2021 English
Since 1992, the International Institute for Population Sciences, Mumbai, has conducted the National Family Health Survey (NFHS) for the Ministry of Health and Family Welfare, Government of India. The NFHS …
includes undernutrition as well as overweight and obesity. The body mass index (BMI), which is defined as … women, and among scheduled tribes. Overweight and obesity are most prevalent in older adults, those in urban … distribution of body fat and predicts abdominal obesity. Abdominal obesity is associated with an increased risk …
PARI: The CounterMedia Trust · 12 July 2021 English
The Food and Agriculture Organization (FAO) of the United Nations released its annual report The State of Food Security and Nutrition in the World on July 12, 2021. It was …
track for the low birthweight target, and adult obesity has been worsening in all subregions 42 8 Key … – have seen no progress in two decades. Adult obesity is rising sharply in all regions 34 9 Around … challenge, particularly in Africa and Asia. Adult obesity also continues to increase, with no reversal in … front, the interaction between the pandemic, obesity and diet-related non-communicable diseases has … of women in Northern America and Europe. Adult obesity is increasing sharply in all regions. è Globally …
PARI: The CounterMedia Trust · 21 May 2021 English
Published in May 2021, this report by the World Health Organization monitors global health indicators and measures countries’ progress towards achieving the United Nations Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs) and WHO’s …
tobacco use and alcohol consumption, hypertension, obesity and physical inactivity will require urgent and … tobacco use globally, the prevalence of adult obesity was on the rise with up to a quarter of the population …
