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12468409

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rdf:type
lifeskim:mentions
pubmed:issue
4
pubmed:dateCreated
2002-12-6
pubmed:abstractText
Obesity can be defined as the excessive accumulation of fat in adipose tissue, to the extent that health may be impaired. The most widely used measures of total and abdominal adiposity are the body mass index and waist circumference. Obesity is now a global public health problem, with about 315 million people world-wide estimated to fall into the WHO-defined obesity categories with a body mass index (BMI) of 30 or above. The primary causes of the rapid global rise in obesity rates lie in the profound environmental and societal changes now affecting large parts of the world and creating societies in which physical activity is low and the availability of high-fat, energy-dense foods has increased. Strategies aimed at preventing weight gain and obesity have not been successful to date but are likely to be more cost effective, and to have a greater positive impact on long-term control of body weight than treating obesity once it has developed.
pubmed:language
eng
pubmed:journal
pubmed:citationSubset
IM
pubmed:status
MEDLINE
pubmed:month
Dec
pubmed:issn
1521-690X
pubmed:author
pubmed:issnType
Print
pubmed:volume
16
pubmed:owner
NLM
pubmed:authorsComplete
Y
pubmed:pagination
595-610
pubmed:dateRevised
2009-11-3
pubmed:meshHeading
pubmed:year
2002
pubmed:articleTitle
Obesity: epidemiology and possible prevention.
pubmed:affiliation
Human Nutrition Unit, School of Molecular & Microbial Biosciences, University of Sydney, NSW 2006, Australia.
pubmed:publicationType
Journal Article, Review