PHAR4823 Lecture Notes - Lecture 12: Comorbidity, Ob River, Active Transport
23 Jul 2018
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An escalating epidemic of overweight and obesity is affecting many countries in the world and if action is not taken now to stem the pandemic, millions of people will develop non-communicable diseases and other health disorders". Prevalence of overweight and obesity in men and women in 2012. Trends in obesity in australia have risen from 1980 (<10%) to 2012 (>20%). In obesity amongst adults, australia is one of the top countries after united states, 28. 5% of people aged 15 and over being obese. The prevalence of overweight and obese australian children ages 7-15 years has increased from 1985 (~12%) to 2007 (~25%) with girls having a higher rate in all years. Trends in childhood overweight and obesity in nsw school children show an increase from1985 to 2010, with the rate of boys peaking over 26% in 2004 and levelling back down to 21%, close to girls.
