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Social context associated with meal-time plays a key role in factors involved with obesity. Studies have shown the effects of family meal- time in relation to childhood obesity. A study done by Jerica Berge [16] looked only that the interactions at meal times with families and neglected the types of foods they were eating. The results showed ...
[full citation needed] Childhood obesity is common among children from low-income, African American and Hispanic communities. This is mainly because minority children spend less time playing outside the house and staying active. Parents may prefer their children stay inside the home because they fear gang and drug violence and other dangers. [35]
Prevalence of pediatric obesity also varies with state. The highest rates of childhood obesity are found in the southeastern states of which Mississippi was found to have the highest rate of overweight/obese children, 44.5%/21.9% respectively. [10] The western states were found to have the lowest prevalence, such as Utah (23.1%) and Oregon (9.6 ...
These include socio-demographic factors (such as age, ethnicity, marital status, and education), systematic barriers, and barriers based on lack of knowledge, attitudes and life-styles. [18] Several studies show the complex associations between poverty and education , employment , teen births, and the health of the mother and child.
It is widely thought that food deserts are significant contributors to the childhood obesity epidemic in the United States and many other countries. [88] This may have significant impacts on the local level as well as in broader contexts, such as in Greece, where the childhood obesity rate has skyrocketed in recent years heavily as a result of ...
Poor health outcomes appear to be an effect of economic inequality across a population. Nations and regions with greater economic inequality show poorer outcomes in life expectancy, [31]: Figure 1.1 mental health, [31]: Figure 5.1 drug abuse, [31]: Figure 5.3 obesity, [31]: Figure 7.1 educational performance, teenage birthrates, and ill health due to violence.
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Obesity has been observed throughout human history. Many early depictions of the human form in art and sculpture appear obese. [2] However, it was not until the 20th century that obesity became common — so much so that, in 1997, the World Health Organization (WHO) formally recognized obesity as a global epidemic [3] and estimated that the worldwide prevalence of obesity has nearly tripled ...