Childhood and adult obesity: Mexico’s other epidemic
16 July 2021
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In 2016, more than 1.9 billion adults (39 per cent of the global population) were overweight, of which over 650 million were obese. According to data from the World Health Organization, in the space of just 45 years, worldwide obesity has nearly tripled
Out of all the countries of the world, Mexico ranks first in the world in childhood obesity and second in adult obesity. According to the country’s 2018 National Health and Nutrition Survey, 75 per cent of Mexicans aged 20 and over are overweight or obese. Even more alarming, 35.6 per cent of the country’s children aged 5 to 11 are overweight or obese.
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HAMPSHIRE, England, May 27, 2021 /PRNewswire/ A study done during the UK s first lockdown, involving nearly 2000 respondents from around the UK has found that, contrary to some previous hopeful reports, COVID-19 may have dealt a serious blow to the UK s ambitions to become smokefree in the coming decade. In a paper published this week based on the study, the authors warn about worrying changes in smoking and smoking cessation behaviours.
We already know that a higher proportion of unemployed adults, those in manual occupations, and those with mental health conditions are likely to smoke compared to the general population in the UK. Findings from our research study showed that smokers under 45 years of age, a higher proportion of those in managerial and professional occupations, and current dual users reported increased smoking in lockdown. It is concerning to see that a change in the smokers and their healthcare advisers routines during t
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The COVID-19 pandemic has brought with it an unprecedented explosion of scientific research. There are currently nearly 250,000 listings in the World Health Organization s global database of COVID-19 studies. The listings include preprints (the familiar not yet published studies often mentioned in news articles), published literature and reports, plus registries of clinical trials.
But many of these articles and trials have been in vain, say an international group of researchers. While recognizing the incredible pressure researchers, regulators and policy makers have felt during COVID-19 s quick and mysterious onslaught, they re concerned about an overwhelmingly large number of clinical trials . of questionable methodological quality.
Lily Padula for NPR
The COVID-19 pandemic has brought with it an unprecedented explosion of scientific research. There are currently nearly 250,000 listings in the World Health Organization s global database of COVID-19 studies. The listings include preprints (the familiar not yet published studies often mentioned in news articles), published literature and reports, plus registries of clinical trials.
But many of these articles and trials have been in vain, say an international group of researchers. While recognizing the incredible pressure researchers, regulators and policy makers have felt during COVID-19 s quick and mysterious onslaught, they re concerned about an overwhelmingly large number of clinical trials . of questionable methodological quality.
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