Epidemiology of Obesity

Overweight and obesity epidemic poses a major challenge to the prevention and health of chronic diseases throughout the world's life course. Fuelled by economic growth, industrialization, mechanized transport, urbanization, an increasingly sedentary lifestyle, and a dietary transition to processed foods and high-calorie diets over the past 30 years, most countries have witnessed predictions.
•    Prevalence
•    BMI
•    Adiposity
•    Health risk