Search results
Results from the WOW.Com Content Network
Obesity is a disease characterized by having excessive body fat, increasing a person’s risk for many serious health problems, such as heart disease, diabetes, and even some cancers
They show no signs of elevated blood pressure, insulin resistance or high cholesterol. Meanwhile, about a quarter of non-overweight people are what epidemiologists call “the lean unhealthy.” A 2016 study that followed participants for an average of 19 years found that unfit skinny people were twice as likely to get diabetes as fit fat ...
Then, a confluence of events started to change the human condition. The average BMI of populations in first-world countries started to increase, and consequently there was a rapid increase in the proportion of people overweight and obese. [216] In 1997, the WHO formally recognized obesity as a global epidemic. [115]
Being underweight is an established [21] risk factor for osteoporosis, even for young people. This is seen in individuals suffering from relative energy deficiency in sport , formerly known as female athlete triad: when disordered eating or excessive exercise cause amenorrhea, hormone changes during ovulation leads to loss of bone mineral density.
As of June 2021, 1.9 billion adults were overweight or obese, and 462 million adults were underweight. [27] Globally, two billion people had iodine deficiency in 2017. [ 37 ] In 2020, 900 million women and children had anemia, which is often caused by iron deficiency. [ 38 ]
Rates of overweight among children 2 to 19 years in the USA. From 1980 to 2013, the prevalence of overweight and obesity in children increased by nearly 50%. [102] Currently 10% of children worldwide are either overweight or obese. [2] In 2014, the World Health Organization established a high-level commission to end childhood obesity. [103]
Anti-fat bias refers to prejudicial assumptions that are based on an assessment of a person as being overweight or obese. It is also known as "fat shaming" or "fatphobia". Anti-fat bias can be found in many facets of society, [16] and fat activists commonly cite examples of mass media and popular culture that pervade this phenomenon. [17] [18]
Overweight is defined as a BMI of 25 or more, thus it includes pre-obesity defined as a BMI between 25 and 29.9 and obesity as defined by a BMI of 30 or more. [4] [5] Pre-obese and overweight however are often used interchangeably, thus giving overweight a common definition of a BMI of between 25 and 29.9. There are, however, several other ...