Obesity

Obesity is a medical condition in which excess body fat has accumulated to an extent that it may have a negative effect on health. People are generally considered obese when their body mass index (BMI), a measurement obtained by dividing a person's weight by the square of the person's height—despite known allometric inaccuracies—is over 30 kg/m2; the range 25–30 kg/m2 is defined as overweight. Some East Asian countries use lower values. Obesity is correlated with various diseases and conditions, particularly cardiovascular diseases, type 2 diabetes, obstructive sleep apnea, certain types of cancer, and osteoarthritis. High BMI is a marker of …

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CIRANO: Centre for Interuniversity Research and Analysis on Organizations · 25 March 2024 English

Since the month of October was the reference month for We explored the possibility that the relationship between each estimate, the October effect was set to zero in the the …

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Johnson-Shoyama Graduate School of Public Policy · 5 March 2024 English

The participant expressed Assessment Toolkit in August 2022 to evaluate the impact of urban frustration over the unnecessary politicization of topics that, in es- policies on wellbeing, and to assess …

working conditions (Raphael et al., 2020). of obesity and chronic diseases associated with sedentary


ASC: Alzheimer Society of Canada · 4 March 2024 English

ways to prevent and treat Alzheimer’s disease, such as through drugs, vaccines, and Living with Alzheimer’s disease Cover: The scan on the top shows a brain with Alzheimer’s disease and …

caregivers. social isolation, depression, smoking, obesity, For more information, contact your local Alzheimer


ASC: Alzheimer Society of Canada · 4 March 2024 English

ways to prevent and treat Alzheimer’s disease, such as through drugs, vaccines, and Living with Alzheimer’s disease Cover: The scan on the top shows a brain with Alzheimer’s disease and …

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ICP: Institute for Community Prosperity · 27 February 2024 English

He is an advisor to the Nonprofit Resilience Lab, and on the Editorial Advisory Board of The Philanthropist, and is the lead author of an annual scan of trends and …

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CADTH: Canadian Agency for Drugs and Technologies in Health · 26 February 2024 English

The Innovation of Photon-Counting CT Could Be a New Era for CT Imaging CT scanners are an established tool for the diagnosis and monitoring of a wide range of health …

CT scans, and people living with overweight or obesity. Photon-Counting CT: High Resolution, Less Radiation studies discussed adults living with overweight or obesity.31-33 The identified studies investigated CT scans PCCT impacts people living with overweight or obesity. One study compared PCCT to EID CT for people living with greater differences for people living with obesity.33 This study suggests that PCCT may provide better coronary arteries, especially for people living with obesity.33 Similarly, the third study found the CNR gain


CSPI: Centre for Science in the Public Interest · 26 February 2024

In response to an ongoing lawsuit filed by the Center for Science in the Public Interest, Consumer Federation of America and the National Consumers League, the agency committed in writing …

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CMA: Canadian Medical Association · 15 February 2024

Sleep disordered The condition is also more common in specific at-risk populations, breathing in children in a general population sample: prevalence and risk factors. [...] chair of the Women in …

Thorac Soc 2008;5:242-52. lar hypertrophy and obesity are common risk factors in healthy children.2 2 Engl J Med hypertension, metabolic disorders, obesity, and neuropsychiatric and 2013;368:2366-76. developmental


CSPI: Centre for Science in the Public Interest · 12 February 2024 English

A Covered Establishment must provide three pieces of information on menus themselves (calories, the Succinct Statement, and the Statement of Availability),77 and make the required additional nutrition information available upon …

percentage of the population with overweight or obesity suggests that many people in the United States for which obesity is a top risk factor. According to NHANES, 42% of U.S. adults have obesity,51 which restaurants,57, 58, 59 which could have an impact on obesity and related chronic diseases.60 A 2023 quasi-experimental MD, Fryar CD, Ogden CL. Prevalence of obesity and severe obesity among adults: United States, 2017–2018


CSPI: Centre for Science in the Public Interest · 12 February 2024 English

A Covered Establishment must provide three pieces of information on menus themselves (calories, the Succinct Statement, and the Statement of Availability),77 and make the required additional nutrition information available upon …

percentage of the population with overweight or obesity suggests that many people in the United States for which obesity is a top risk factor. According to NHANES, 42% of U.S. adults have obesity,51 which restaurants,57, 58, 59 which could have an impact on obesity and related chronic diseases.60 A 2023 quasi-experimental MD, Fryar CD, Ogden CL. Prevalence of obesity and severe obesity among adults: United States, 2017–2018


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