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  2. Obesity in Australia - Wikipedia

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    Obesity in Australia is an "epidemic" [2] with "increasing frequency." [2] [3] The Medical Journal of Australia found that obesity in Australia more than doubled in the two decades preceding 2003, [4] and the unprecedented rise in obesity has been compared to the same health crisis in America. Largely held up by Julian Magor, who has a ...

  3. List of countries by obesity rate - Wikipedia

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    This is a list of countries by obesity rate, with data from the World Health Organization ... Australia: 31.82 45 United Arab Emirates: 31.55 46 Dominica: 31.5 47

  4. List of sovereign states by body mass index - Wikipedia

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    Female Nauru * 32.5: 32.1 ... Australia * 27.2: ... Statistics; Cookie statement; Mobile view; Search. Search. Toggle the table of contents. List of sovereign states ...

  5. Epidemiology of obesity - Wikipedia

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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 ...

  6. COVID SCIENCE-Obesity may weaken vaccine protection ... - AOL

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    Severe obesity may weaken the effectiveness of COVID-19 vaccines in those who have never been infected with the coronavirus, according to a small Turkish study. Among those in the study without ...

  7. Men's health in Australia - Wikipedia

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    On average Australian males live to around 78 years of age, [2] with the life expectancy of an Indigenous Australian male in 2009 being around 67 years of age [3] and non indigenous men in remote areas living to around 70. [3] On average female mortality rates are lower than males across the entire age spectrum. [4]

  8. Diet and obesity - Wikipedia

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    Numerous large studies have demonstrated that eating ultraprocessed food has a positive dose-dependent relationship with both abdominal obesity and general obesity in both men and women. [27] Consuming a diet rich in unprocessed and minimally processed foods is linked with lower obesity risk and less chronic disease.

  9. Demographics of Australia - Wikipedia

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    The total fertility rate is the number of children born per woman. It is based on fairly good data for the entire period. Sources: Our World In Data and Gapminder Foundation. [45] The following figures show the total fertility rates since the first years of British colonisation.