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Volume 43, Issue 1, Pages 121-+Publisher
W B SAUNDERS CO-ELSEVIER INC
DOI: 10.1016/j.pop.2015.10.001
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Obesity; Obesity epidemic; Epidemiology of obesity; Obesity in adults; Obesity in children and adolescent
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Obesity is a chronic disease that is strongly associated with an increase in mortality and morbidity including certain types of cancer, cardiovascular disease, disability, diabetes mellitus, hypertension, osteoarthritis, and stroke. In adults, overweight is defined as a body mass index (BMI) of 25 kg/m(2) to 29 kg/m(2) and obesity as a BMI of greater than 30 kg/m(2). If current trends continue, it is estimated that, by the year 2030, 38% of the world's adult population will be overweight and another 20% obese. Significant global health strategies must reduce the morbidity and mortality associated with the obesity epidemic.
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