OBJECTIVE: We sought to determine whether lesbians have higher rates of overweight and obesity than women of other … sexual orientations.METHODS: We compared population estimates of overweight and obesity across sexual orientation groups … "something else" (besides heterosexual, lesbian, or bisexual) showed no such increase in the odds of overweight and obesity …

increasing overweight (Body Mass Index (BMI)less than or equal to 25 kg/m2) and remaining underweight (BMI greater than or equal … overweight among adults in China during 1991-2000. Our key questions are: (1) whether any socioeconomic factor explains both … to 18.5 kg/m2), (2)whether China’'s continuing economic growth leads to further increase in the prevalence of overweight …

overweight, andobese people, increases with age, and this is especially so in people over 65 where the obesity rate is quite high … disadvantaged social categories are more susceptible to obesity and overweight. Interestingly, it wasfound that an inverse relation …Obesity problems are no longer limited to the USA as, in recent years, obesity rates in the EU countrieshave increased …

This paper reviews previous cost studies of overweight and obesity in the UK. It proposes a method for estimating the … economic and health costs of overweight and obesity in the UK which could also be used in other countries. Costs of obesity … was used to calculate the mortality and morbidity cost of overweight and obesity. Population attributable fractions for …

The high and rapidly rising adult obesity rates in the United States, United Kingdom, Australia and New Zealand are ….S. In contrast, death rates from circulator diseases have a strong negative trend, but rising obesity rates almost certainly … have slowed this trend. This paper focuses on obesity-related mortality from diabetes and circulatory diseases and …

international standard for obesity, whereas 32.0 percent of Americans do. A total of 66.5 percent of Americans have a BMI over 25 …More than one billion adults are overweight worldwide, and more than 300 million of them clinically obese, raising the … risk of many serious diseases. Only 3.6 percent of Japanese have a body mass index (BMI) over 30, which is the …

, marital status, race and ethnicity) and his or her BMI at age 25. These decisions are represented by a trivariate probit model … be obesity. Higher prices for fresh fruits and vegetables and non-alcoholic drinks increase likelihood of obesity for … females but not for males; and a higher price for processed fruits and vegetables reduce likelihood of obesity for females but …

obesity for females but not for males. A larger BMI at age 25 has wage effects later in life and also increases the …, opportunity cost of time, occupation, marital status, race and ethnicity) and his or her BMI at age 25. These decisions are … educated men are less likely to be obesity. Higher prices for fresh fruits and vegetables and non-alcoholic drinks increase …