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  2. National Family Health Survey - Wikipedia

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    The main objective of the survey was to collect reliable and up-to-date information on fertility, family planning, mortality, and maternal and child health. Subsequently, three other rounds were conducted between 1998 and 2016. The latest survey is NFHS 5, which started in 2019. However, the survey was stalled amid the COVID-19 associated ...

  3. Obesity in India - Wikipedia

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    Obesity is a major risk factor for cardiovascular disease, and NGOs such as the Indian Heart Association have been raising awareness about this issue. [ 3 ] While studying 22 different SNPs near to MC 4 -R gene, scientists have identified an SNP (single nucleotide polymorphism) named rs12970134 to be mostly associated with waist circumference.

  4. Obesity in the United States - Wikipedia

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    Share of adults that are obese, 1975 to 2016. Obesity is common in the United States and is a major health issue associated with numerous diseases, specifically an increased risk of certain types of cancer, coronary artery disease, type 2 diabetes, stroke, and cardiovascular disease, as well as significant increases in early mortality and economic costs. [1]

  5. Management of obesity - Wikipedia

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    The guidelines attempt to address the prevention and management of obesity at both the individual and population levels in both children and adults. [5] The European Union published clinical practice guidelines in 2008 in an effort to address the rising rates of obesity in Europe. [107] Australia came out with practice guidelines in 2004. [106]

  6. Everything You Know About Obesity Is Wrong - The Huffington Post

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    According to the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention, nearly 80 percent of adults and about one-third of children now meet the clinical definition of overweight or obese. More Americans live with “extreme obesity“ than with breast cancer, Parkinson’s, Alzheimer’s and HIV put together.

  7. National Policy and Legal Analysis Network to Prevent ...

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    The NPLAN advocates for a soda tax, specifically an excise tax, and have published model legislation which earmarks the funds raised to go to programs to prevent and treat obesity. [5] According to the American Public Health Association, they provide "legal technical assistance focused on childhood obesity prevention policy." The Network has ...

  8. National Center for Health Statistics - Wikipedia

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    In 1960, the National Office of Vital Statistics and the National Health Survey merged to form the National Center for Health Statistics. [5] The National Health Survey had been created within PHS in 1956 through the National Health Survey Act (Pub. L. 84–652); it was the successor to a seminal national health survey performed by the Works ...

  9. Pueblo health department tackling high youth obesity rate ...

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    “By first grade, one-in-three students in Pueblo County is already overweight or obese,” according to a Pueblo health department study. Pueblo health department tackling high youth obesity ...