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30 Αυγ 2024 · Responding to childhood obesity is a pressing public health priority, and the World Economic Forum’s New Frontiers of Nutrition initiative is one example of the multifaceted response needed. Most people now live in countries where being overweight or obese is a bigger problem than being underweight.
- Why obesity is rising and how we can live healthy lives
Obesity is a form of malnutrition and can lead to a range of...
- Why obesity is rising and how we can live healthy lives
20 Μαρ 2024 · Obesity is a form of malnutrition and can lead to a range of non-communicable diseases. Experts at the World Economic Forum 2024 Annual Meeting in Davos discussed how governments and the public sector could tackle obesity.
Obesity has a major impact on national economies by reducing productivity and life expectancy and increasing disability and health care costs. In 2016, more than 2 billion people worldwide were overweight or obese, and over 70 percent of them lived in low- or middle-income countries.
Understanding the social determinants, biological and genetic risks, and environmental conditions leading to childhood overweight and obesity is fundamental to the development of strategies for its recognition and management.
27 Νοε 2022 · It is clear that childhood obesity resulted in higher increased total medical costs, outpatient visit costs, and hospitalization costs than childhood overweight. Thus, reducing childhood obesity prevalence could save many preventable healthcare costs.
Why does childhood overweight and obesity matter? Childhood obesity is associated with a higher chance of premature death and disability in adulthood. Overweight and obese children are more likely to stay obese into adulthood and to develop noncommunicable diseases (NCDs) like diabetes and cardiovascular diseases at a younger age.
9 Ιαν 2020 · The global increase in obesity among children can feel like an unstoppable trend – the inevitable consequence of a shift away from traditional diets and lifestyles; of growing access to cheap, calorie dense, nutrient-poor, hyper-palatable foods.
