A Note on Obesity as Epidemic in Korea

OBJECTIVE: To analyze the incidence of obesity in adults aged 19–59 years in Korea and predict its trend in the future. METHODS: We considered a two-compartmental deterministic mathematical model Susceptible-Infected-Susceptible (SIS), a system of difference equations, to predict the evolution of ob...

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Autores principales: Kim, Mun Seok, Chu, Chaeshin, Kim, Yongkuk
Formato: Online Artículo Texto
Lenguaje:English
Publicado: 2011
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Original Article
Acceso en línea:https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC3766924/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/24159463
http://dx.doi.org/10.1016/j.phrp.2011.08.004
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Sumario:OBJECTIVE: To analyze the incidence of obesity in adults aged 19–59 years in Korea and predict its trend in the future. METHODS: We considered a two-compartmental deterministic mathematical model Susceptible-Infected-Susceptible (SIS), a system of difference equations, to predict the evolution of obesity in the population and to propose strategies to reduce its incidence. RESULTS: The prevention strategy on normal-weight individuals produced a greater improvement than that produced by treatment strategies. CONCLUSIONS: Mathematical model sensitivity analysis suggests that obesity prevention strategies are more effective than obesity treatment strategies in controlling the increase of adult obesity in Korea.

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