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Scientists fear a potential COVID-19 vaccine could leave out a vulnerable population as it may be less effective for obese people. Obesity could hinder COVID-19 vaccine effectiveness, experts say ...
A recent study says COVID-19 seems to attack fat tissue directly. "What that means is that there's another reservoir or another place for the virus to hide and to infect and to kind of propagate ...
Of the additional 1.9 billion people projected between 2020 and 2050, 1.2 billion will be added in Africa, 0.7 billion in Asia and zero in the rest of the world. Africa's share of global population is projected to grow from 17% in 2020 to 25% in 2050 and 38% by 2100, while the share of Asia will fall from 60% in 2020 to 55% in 2050 and 45% in 2100.
More than 26.4 million people in the SACA Region have diabetes; by 2030 this will rise to 39.9 million. [40] Approximately 236,328 disease related fatalities occurred in the SACA Region in 2012. [40] The Latin American populations exhibit a high prevalence of abdominal obesity and metabolic syndrome, similar or even higher than developed countries.
Differences in objectives between Healthy People 2030 and Healthy People 2020 include a reduction in number of measurable objectives from the previous decade, increases in data sets, inclusion of e-cigarettes, and providing resources in order to adapt to emerging health crisis such as COVID-19. [20] Furthermore, Healthy People 2030 includes 8 ...
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Death rate from obesity, 2019. Obesity is a risk factor for many chronic physical and mental illnesses.. The health effects of being overweight but not obese are controversial, with some studies showing that the mortality rate for individuals who are classified as overweight (BMI 25.0 to 29.9) may actually be lower than for those with an ideal weight (BMI 18.5 to 24.9). [1]
The findings in the new report come from the analysis of nearly 1,300 death certificates of Oregon residents ages 16 to 30 who died from any heart condition or unknown reasons between June 1, 2021 ...