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Global Epidemiology Of Obesity | |
File name | Global Epidemiology Of Obesity |
File Description | The human phenotype is changing rapidly Increased body size and fatter body composition Response to environments that make low demands on energy expenditure, together with greater energy-density diets This change is occurring within one to three generations, around the world Not entirely an urban phenomenon, but more pronounced in big cities. he "Nutrition Transition" Changes in age structure of the population, diet and physical activity patterns that result in Emergence of obesity as a common problem, with its predictable co-morbidities Change in nature and extent of cancer burden Increases in other chronic diseases depending on the nature of dietary and lifestyle shifts with or without solution of existing problems of under- and mal-nutrition |
Category Name | Public Health |
Subject Name | Obesity and Public Health |
Module Name | Obesity |
Micro Category Name | Epidemiological Extent Of The Problem |
Level | Masters |
File Type | PPT |
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