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Global Increases in Obesity Set to Continue in Children, Teens to 2050
HealthDay News — Globally, increases in obesity are projected to continue to 2050 for children and adolescents, and the prevalence of overweight and obesity is set to increase among adults, according ...
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More than half of adults and a third of children and adolescents predicted to have overweight or obesity by 2050
Similarly, obesity rates in children and adolescents tripled from ... consider the potential impact of interventions, such as the scale-up of GLP-1 anti-obesity medications, that could alter ...
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Children With Obesity Have Increased Rates of Dermatologic Conditions
Children with obesity have increased rates of dermatologic conditions, according to study findings published in Pediatric Dermatology.
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Obesity in the 21st century goes beyond the scale weight and BMI: "We must measure the presence of adipose tissue that damages organs"
BMI is not everything, and the scale number is not definitive ... as reported by the Obesity Atlas. Due to their high BMI, these 750 million children are at greater risk of experiencing early ...
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Over Half of Adults, a Third of Kids Globally Will Have Overweight, Obesity by 2050
"With the global prevalence of obesity in children and adolescents having increased ... for whom healthcare services can offer them. The scale of the epidemic is such that solutions will have ...
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Obesity and overweight to affect half of Australian children and young people by 2050, global study finds
High levels of overweight and obesity among adults and children have already been reached ... considered "the most feasible option" for large-scale monitoring of obesity at a population level.