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Food as Prevention – Rising to Nutritional Challenges
Mothers and their children gather at a community nutrition centre in the little village of Rantolava, Madagascar, to learn more about a healthy diet. Credit: Alain Rakotondravony/IPSBy Gabriele RiccardiNAPLES, Italy, Nov 25 2020 (IPS) The risks factors contributing to the dramatic rise in non-communicable diseases (NCDs) in recent decades have been known for a long time but the Covid-19 pandemic has brutally exposed our collective failure to deal with them. Reporting on the findings of the latest Global Burden of Disease Study, The Lancet warns of a “perfect storm” created by the interaction of the highly infectious C...
Source: IPS Inter Press Service - Health - November 25, 2020 Category: International Medicine & Public Health Authors: Gabriele Riccardi Tags: Development & Aid Economy & Trade Featured Food Security and Nutrition Food Sustainability Global Headlines Health Humanitarian Emergencies Inequity Poverty & SDGs TerraViva United Nations Barilla Center for Food and Nutrition Foun Source Type: news

Overfed and Underfed: Global Food Extremes
The international community of nations has made commitments to eliminate hunger, achieve food security and improved nutrition by 2030 and also to promote and protect health through nutritious diet, healthy eating and increased physical activity. Credit: IPSBy Joseph ChamieNEW YORK, Jun 12 2017 (IPS)Global food extremes of chronic undernourishment and obesity have brought about a bipolar world of hundreds of millions of underfed and overfed people. Of the world’s population of 7.5 billion the proportions suffering from chronic undernourishment and those afflicted by obesity are similar, approximately 11 percent or togethe...
Source: IPS Inter Press Service - Health - June 12, 2017 Category: International Medicine & Public Health Authors: Joseph Chamie Tags: Development & Aid Food & Agriculture Global Headlines Health Poverty & SDGs Regional Categories Source Type: news

Severe obesity among American Indian tribal youth in the Southwest
Children with obesity are at risk for adult obesity, atherosclerotic cardiovascular disease, type 2 diabetes, stroke, and low self-esteem, and are less likely to participate in physical activity than non-obese youth.1 The obesity epidemic is due largely to lifestyle behaviours and the built environment that shape life habits in obvious and subtle ways.2 With early onset of obesity, risks for chronic disease and associated complications have more time to develop. Various studies show that American Indian youth have the highest prevalence of obesity of all racial/ethnic groups in the US.
Source: Public Health - January 13, 2017 Category: Global & Universal Authors: F.C. Gachupin, J.R. Joe, K. Steger-May, S.B. Racette Tags: Short Communication Source Type: research

The Double Burden of Malnutrition
These Haitian schoolchildren are being supported by a WFP school feeding programme designed to end malnutrition which, for many countries, can be a double burden where overweight and obesity exist side by side with under-nutrition. Credit: UN Photo/Albert González FarranBy Gloria SchiaviROME, Nov 23 2014 (IPS)Not only do 805 million people go to bed hungry every day, with one-third of global food production (1.3 billion tons each year) being wasted, there is another scenario that reflects the nutrition paradox even more starkly: two billion people are affected by micronutrients deficiencies while 500 million individuals s...
Source: IPS Inter Press Service - Health - November 23, 2014 Category: Global & Universal Authors: Gloria Schiavi Tags: Development & Aid Featured Food & Agriculture Global Headlines Health Human Rights IPS UN: Inside the Glasshouse Population Poverty & MDGs Women & Economy breastfeeding Children Civil Society disease family farming FAO Fr Source Type: news

Experiential or behavioral processes: Which one is prominent in physical activity? Examining the processes of change one year after an intervention of therapeutic education among adults with obesity
Obesity is recognized as a growing epidemic with the worldwide Body Mass Index (BMI) increasing by 0.5kg/m2 per decade since 1980 [1]. It is associated with increased total mortality and increased risks of disease or death from diabetes, ischemic heart disease and ischemic stroke, cancers, chronic kidney disease, and osteoarthritis [2]. Beneficial effects of physical activity (PA) on body weight and global health have now been clearly proven and besides diet and behavior therapy, PA is considered as a cornerstone of weight management for overweight/obese adults [3–5].
Source: Patient Education and Counseling - August 13, 2014 Category: Global & Universal Authors: Ahmed Jérôme Romain, Vincent Attalin, Ariane Sultan, Catherine Boegner, Christophe Gernigon, Antoine Avignon Source Type: research

Experiential or behavioral processes: Which one is prominent in physical activity? Examining the processes of change 1 year after an intervention of therapeutic education among adults with obesity
Obesity is recognized as a growing epidemic with the worldwide body mass index (BMI) increasing by 0.5kg/m2 per decade since 1980 [1]. It is associated with increased total mortality and increased risks of disease or death from diabetes, ischemic heart disease and ischemic stroke, cancers, chronic kidney disease, and osteoarthritis [2]. Beneficial effects of physical activity (PA) on body weight and global health have now been clearly proven and besides diet and behavior therapy, PA is considered as a cornerstone of weight management for overweight/obese adults [3–5].
Source: Patient Education and Counseling - August 13, 2014 Category: Global & Universal Authors: A.J. Romain, V. Attalin, A. Sultan, C. Boegner, C. Gernigon, A. Avignon Tags: Intervention Source Type: research

Association of obesity with socio-economic factors and obesity-related chronic diseases in rural southwest China
Conclusions: In order to reduce the obesity epidemic in rural southwest China, effective interventions must address socio-economic factors. Reducing obesity has a profound impact on the reduction of morbidity associated with cardiovascular diseases and diabetes.
Source: Public Health - February 22, 2013 Category: Global & Universal Authors: L. Cai, J. He, Y. Song, K. Zhao, W. Cui Tags: Original Research Source Type: research