The rising prevalence of obesity: part A: impact on public health

Excessive fat accumulation in the body may impair health leading to a significant long-term health consequences including the development of diabetes, coronary heart disease, and osteoarthritis as well as increasing the risk of developing certain cancers and influencing their outcomes. England has s...

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Autores principales: Agha, Maliha, Agha, Riaz
Formato: Online Artículo Texto
Lenguaje:English
Publicado: Wolters Kluwer 2017
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Acceso en línea:https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC5673154/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/29177227
http://dx.doi.org/10.1097/IJ9.0000000000000017
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description Excessive fat accumulation in the body may impair health leading to a significant long-term health consequences including the development of diabetes, coronary heart disease, and osteoarthritis as well as increasing the risk of developing certain cancers and influencing their outcomes. England has some of the worst figures and trends in obesity compared with the rest of the Europe. In the majority of European countries the trend has increased from 10% to 40% in the last 10 years, whereas in England prevalence has more than doubled. This article outlines the public health impact of rising obesity levels.
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spelling pubmed-56731542017-11-22 The rising prevalence of obesity: part A: impact on public health Agha, Maliha Agha, Riaz Int J Surg Oncol (N Y) Review Articles Excessive fat accumulation in the body may impair health leading to a significant long-term health consequences including the development of diabetes, coronary heart disease, and osteoarthritis as well as increasing the risk of developing certain cancers and influencing their outcomes. England has some of the worst figures and trends in obesity compared with the rest of the Europe. In the majority of European countries the trend has increased from 10% to 40% in the last 10 years, whereas in England prevalence has more than doubled. This article outlines the public health impact of rising obesity levels. Wolters Kluwer 2017-08 2017-06-22 /pmc/articles/PMC5673154/ /pubmed/29177227 http://dx.doi.org/10.1097/IJ9.0000000000000017 Text en Copyright © 2017 The Authors. Published by Wolters Kluwer Health, Inc. on behalf of IJS Publishing Group Ltd. This is an open access article distributed under the Creative Commons Attribution License 4.0 (http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/) (CCBY), which permits unrestricted use, distribution, and reproduction in any medium, provided the original work is properly cited. http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/
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