obesity

What do the Rand researchers think of many of the policy measures to control obesity?

"The move to recapture a small part of the profits from an industry that pushes a product that contributes to diabetes, obesity and heart disease in poorer communities in order to reinvest in those communities will sure be inspirational to many other plac

A 2016 review of 10 studies looking into the relationship between breakfast and weight management concluded there is "limited evidence" supporting or refuting (反駁) the argument that breakfast influences weight or food intake, and more evidence is required

According to one professor, obesity is related to a lack of basic awareness of nutrition and health.

And of course, if it has an impact on obesity, it will have an impact on diabetes, and heart disease, and high blood pressure.

And we expect this will have a huge impact on obesity.

But on the subject of obesity, she pointed out that consumers' lifestyles have changed significantly, with many people being more sedentary (久坐不動的) not least because more time is spent in front of computers.

But those shifts have yet to be reflected in record obesity levels, which stand at 36.5% overall in the US.

If breakfast alone isn't a guarantee of weight loss, why is there a link between obesity and breakfastskipping?

Nonetheless, physicians say that they look at the collective data and a clear picture emerges: that the salt, sugar, fat and processed foods in the American diet contribute to the nation's high rate of obesity, diabetes and heart disease.

People suffering from sleep loss are at an increased risk from obesity, psychological problems and car crashes.

PepsiCo is to spend billions of dollars to develop drinks and snacks and reformulate existing ones with lower sugar, salt and fat, as consumers demand healthier options and regulatory pressure intensifies amid an obesity epidemic.

The most researched aspect of breakfast and breakfast-skippin has been its links to obesity.

To deal with obesity, a mixture of approaches—including reformulation, taxation and adjusting portion sizes—will be needed.

with surging obesity levels putting increasing strain on public health systems, governments around the world have begun to toy with the idea of taxing sugar as well.

Drinking coffee after a meal is more likely to cause obesity.

The World Cancer Research Fund (WCRF) conducted a survey of iced coffees sold by some popular chains in Britain including Starbucks, Caffe Nero and Costa Coffee to gauge the calories as studies increasingly link obesity with cancer

The conclusion was that social isolation is statistically as dangerous as high blood pressure, smoking and obesity.

Studies have found obesity is associated with impairments in cognitive functioning, as assessed by a range of learning and memory tests, such as the ability to remember a list of words presented some minutes or hours earlier.

Are we willing to be just as courageous in respect of obesity?

Michelle Obama has launched a high-visibility campaign against childhood obesity, even claiming that it represents our greatest national security threat.

Negative attitudes toward obesity, grounded in health concerns, have stimulated a number of anti- obesity policies.

Obesity has risen among adults and children.

Obesity is probably less a matter of weight than body fat.

Obesity, in turn, can be divided into moderately obese, severely obese, and very severely obese.

Of even greater concern is the fact that obesity turns out to be very difficult to define.

Stereotypes associated with obesity include laziness, lack of will power, and lower prospects for success.

They argue that government action is necessary to curb Britain's addiction to unhealthy food and help halt spiraling rates of obesity, diabetes and heart disease.

Today we have a tendency to label obesity as a disgrace.