Obesity as a Global Problem

Antipatis, V. J.; Gill, Tim

doi:10.1002/0470846739.ch1

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“…The most recent assessment of global obesity (World Health Organization 2010) revealed that 1.6 billion adults (ages 15+ years) are overweight and 400 million adults are obese. A number of health problems have been linked to this rise in body weight, including diabetes, gallbladder disease, dyslipidemia (abnormal blood lipid levels), insulin resistance, and sleep apnea risk (Antipatis and Gill 2001). In the United States, the medical costs of obesity were estimated to be $147 billion per year in 2008, doubling from $78.5 billion in 1998 (Finkelstein et al 2009).…”

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A New Method for Measuring Meal Intake in Humans via Automated Wrist Motion Tracking

Dong

Hoover

Scisco

et al. 2012

Appl Psychophysiol Biofeedback

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Measuring the energy intake (kcal) of a person in day-to-day life is difficult. The best laboratory tool achieves 95 % accuracy on average, while tools used in daily living typically achieve 60–80 % accuracy. This paper describes a new method for measuring intake via automated tracking of wrist motion. Our method uses a watch-like device with a micro-electro-mechanical gyroscope to detect and record when an individual has taken a bite of food. Two tests of the accuracy of our device in counting bites found that our method has 94 % sensitivity in a controlled meal setting and 86 % sensitivity in an uncontrolled meal setting, with one false positive per every 5 bites in both settings. Preliminary data from daily living indicates that bites measured by the device are positively related to caloric intake illustrating the potential of the device to monitor energy intake. Future research should seek to further explore the relationship between bites taken and kilocalories consumed to validate the device as an automated measure of energy intake.

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confidence: 99%

A New Method for Measuring Meal Intake in Humans via Automated Wrist Motion Tracking

Dong

Hoover

Scisco

et al. 2012

Appl Psychophysiol Biofeedback

194

196

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“…Overweight and obesity are rapidly increasing public health problems in many populations (1, 2, 3). They have negative consequences for one's health and incur large financial burden to societies in the form of treatment and medical expenditure.…”

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Relative Weight and Sickness Absence

Laaksonen

Piha

Sarlio-Lähteenkorva

2007

Obesity

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LAAKSONEN, MIKKO, KUSTAA PIHA, AND SIRPA SARLIO-LÄHTEENKORVA. Relative weight and sickness absence. Obesity. 2007;15:465-472. Objectives: To examine whether high relative weight increases the risk of future sickness absence and to what extent any differences in short and long absence periods can be explained by specific obesity-related disorders, general health, and working conditions. Research Methods and Procedures: The study included 5386 female and 1452 male employees of the city of Helsinki surveyed in 2000 to 2002. Survey data were linked to sickness absence records until the end of 2004 (mean follow-up time 2.9 years). Results: Women and men with higher relative weight had clearly more short (1 to 3 days) and long (Ͼ3 days) periods of sickness absence during follow-up. The associations were rather monotonic and stronger for long periods. In women, adjusting for arthrosis and gout decreased the excess risk of long periods among those who were obese. In men, arthrosis, gout, and metabolic disease explained some of the excess risk for both short and long periods among the obese. Adjusting for physical functioning and self-rated health decreased the excess risk for short and long periods of sickness absence among obese women and men. Working conditions had almost no effect on the association between BMI and short or long periods of sickness absence. Discussion: Obesity increases the risk of having short and long periods of sickness absence. This finding can be partly explained by measures of general health and specific obesity-related disorders. Healthy weight maintenance is a crucial issue in promoting occupational functioning and minimizing the costs associated with sickness absence.

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“…Overweight and obesity are rapidly increasing all over the world (1, 2, 3). Excess body weight is known to increase the risk for total mortality and that of several chronic diseases, including type 2 diabetes, coronary heart disease, stroke, and some forms of cancer (4, 5).…”

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Body Weight and Health Status: Importance of Socioeconomic Position and Working Conditions

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Respondents to postal surveys were middle-aged employees of the City of Helsinki (7148 women and 1799 men, response rate 67%). BMI was based on self-reported weight and height. Health status was measured by the Short-Form 36 subscales and component summaries. Results: Body weight was inversely associated with physical health, but in mental health, differences between BMI categories were small and inconsistent. In women, physical health deteriorated monotonically with increasing BMI, whereas in men, poor physical health was found among the obese only. Socioeconomic position did not modify the association between BMI and health. In women, the association between body weight and physical health became stronger with decreasing job control and increasing physical work load, whereas in men, a similar modifying effect was found for high job demands. Discussion: Body weight was associated with physical health only. Lower levels of relative weight in women than in men may be associated with poor physical health. High body weight combined with adverse working conditions may impose a double burden on physical health.

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Obesity as a Global Problem

Cited by 26 publications

References 28 publications

A New Method for Measuring Meal Intake in Humans via Automated Wrist Motion Tracking

A New Method for Measuring Meal Intake in Humans via Automated Wrist Motion Tracking

Relative Weight and Sickness Absence

Body Weight and Health Status: Importance of Socioeconomic Position and Working Conditions

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