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Read about the main cause of obesity – eating too much and moving too little. Genetics, underlying health conditions and taking certain medications can also contribute to weight gain.
Key messages. In 2019, 64 per cent of adults in England were overweight, with 28 per cent being obese and 3 per cent morbidly obese (NHS Digital 2020a). Obesity is a significant health risk and is associated with increased risk of diseases including diabetes, heart disease and some cancers.
19 Ιαν 2021 · In England, the majority of adults, and more than a quarter of children aged 2 to 15 years live with obesity or excess weight. From 1992 to 2020, even though the government published 14 obesity strategies in England, the prevalence of obesity has not been reduced.
Causes of obesity. Obesity is a complex issue with many causes. Obesity and overweight is caused when extra calories, particularly those from foods high in fat and sugar, are stored in the body as fat.
This paper presents the history of developing current standard definition of overweight and obesity. Understanding the roots will lead to the successful research on obesity with a goal to defeat national and global epidemic.
4 Ιουλ 2021 · This briefing explores the role of the NHS in tackling obesity, focusing on how the NHS can work with local partners and engage with communities to deliver targeted interventions to treat and prevent obesity.
30 Ιουλ 2020 · While we understand the drivers of obesity across food, transport, economic, political, and health systems, all too often we ignore the causes of the causes, such as entrenched inequalities, across as well as within generations; persistent failure to internalise the health and environmental externalities of the food, car and other industries ...
