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Obesity
- Australian National Preventative Health Agency. (n.d.) Obesity: Sugar-Sweetened Beverages, Obesity And Health. Retrieved from https://scotch.libapps.com/libguides/admin_c.php?g=488460&p=3340599The 2013 Australian Dietary Guidelines refer to the need to avoid or limit “Discretionary choices” – i.e. foods and beverages that are not an essential or necessary part of our dietary patterns.
Discretionary foods and beverages are high in kilojoules, saturated fat, added sugars, added salt or alcohol. If chosen, they should be consumed only sometimes and in small amounts. - Action on Sugar. (n.d.) Sugars and Obesity. Retrieved from http://www.actiononsugar.org/Sugar%20and%20Health/Sugar%20and%20obesity%20/151903.htmlObesity has increased worldwide during the past 30 years in all divisions of society. In 2010, overweight and obesity were estimated to cause 3.4 million deaths, 3.9% of years of life lost, and 3.8% of disability-adjusted life-years worldwide, with major healthcare costs implicated.
- ABC Catalyst. (2015). Toxic Sugar? Retrieved from http://www.abc.net.au/catalyst/stories/3821440.htmIs sugar in the diet driving the obesity crisis?
- National Geographic. (2015). Sugar Love (A not so sweet story). Retrieved from http://ngm.nationalgeographic.com/2013/08/sugar/cohen-textClarksdale, a storied delta town that gave us the golden age of the Delta blues, its cotton fields and flatlands rolling to the river, its Victorian mansions still beautiful, is at the center of a colossal American health crisis. High rates of obesity, diabetes, high blood pressure, heart disease: the legacy, some experts say, of sugar, a crop that brought the ancestors of most Clarksdale residents to this hemisphere in chains.
- University of Western Australia. (2016). Sugar and fat joint culprits in childhood obesity. Retrieved from http://www.news.uwa.edu.au/201603168434/sugar-and-fat-joint-culprits-childhood-obesityBoth fat and sugar are important contributors to obesity in children and teenagers, rather than sugar alone, according to new research from The University of Western Australia.
- Childhood obesity. (2013). In Gale Encyclopedia of Diets (pp. 219-224). Detroit: Gale.Childhood obesity is the condition of being severely overweight between the ages of 2 and 19 years. The U.S. Centers for Disease Control and Prevention defines overweight as “having an excess body weight for a particular height.” The excess weight can come from bone, fat, muscle, water, or a combination of all four. Obesity is defined as “having excess body fat.”
- Obesity. (2004). In D. James (Ed.), Nutrition and Well-being A-Z. New York: MacMillan Reference USA.Obesity, defined as a body mass index of 30 or greater, is an epidemic in the United States and other industrialized nations, and it is rapidly becoming one in developing nations. As countries transition to westernized lifestyles, obesity tends to increase. Obesity rates vary from as little as 2 percent in some Asian countries to as much as 75 percent in some Pacific nations. There are more than 300 million obese persons in the world, and more than 750 million overweight persons.
- Obesity (disease and disorder overview). (2006). In Health A-to-Z. Boston, MA: Harvard Health Publications.Obesity is an excess of body fat, and it's one of the most common health problems in the United States. About one-third of all American adults are considered to be obese. Obesity is measured using a scale called a body mass index, or BMI, which is calculated using your weight and height. A BMI higher than 30 is classified as obese.
- Obesity. (2016). In Encyclopædia Britannica. Retrieved from http://school.eb.com.au/levels/middle/article/600706Obesity is the excessive accumulation of body fat. It is usually caused by the consumption of more calories than the body can use.
- Serrano, E. L. (2016). Obesity. In World Book student. Retrieved from http://www.worldbookonline.com/student/article?id=ar398300Obesity is the condition of having an excessive amount of body fat. Obesity increases a person's risk for many conditions and diseases, including diabetes, heart disease, hypertension (high blood pressure), arthritis, and cancer.