The obesity epidemic describes the sustained, population-wide rise in the prevalence of obesity, defined by an excess accumulation of body fat that impairs health and conventionally identified using body mass index thresholds. It is recognized as a major public-health challenge because obesity is a modifiable risk f…
The obesity epidemic describes the sustained, population-wide rise in the prevalence of obesity, defined by an excess accumulation of body fat that impairs health and conventionally identified using body mass index thresholds. It is recognized as a major public-health challenge because obesity is a modifiable risk factor for type 2 diabetes, cardiovascular disease, hypertension, certain cancers, and reduced life expectancy and quality of life. Its drivers are multifactorial, combining shifts in dietary patterns toward energy-dense foods, reduced physical activity, and obesogenic environmental, socioeconomic, and cultural factors with genetic and endocrine susceptibility, and its trajectory across childhood and adulthood has prompted prevention and management strategies spanning behavior modification, dietary and lifestyle intervention, and cultural tailoring. Surveillance of prevalence, determinants, and comorbidities underpins policy responses. The subject matter examined in this area includes childhood overweight in relation to social media and osteoarthritis, culturally informed management of overweight and obesity, barriers to physical activity and healthy eating in low-income families, antioxidant micronutrients in metabolic syndrome, dietary approaches to obesity reversal, obesity in the context of schizophrenia, and the prevalence and anthropometric correlates of obesity in defined populations. The journal publishes peer-reviewed research on the epidemiology, determinants, and management of obesity at the population level.
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