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. 2011 Dec;24(4):205-10.
doi: 10.1055/s-0031-1295684.

Obesity epidemiology

Yarah M Haidar  1 , Bard C Cosman
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Obesity epidemiology

Yarah M Haidar et al. Clin Colon Rectal Surg. 2011 Dec.

Abstract

Obesity has progressed in a few decades from a public health footnote in developed countries to a top-priority international issue. Because obesity implies increased morbidity and mortality from chronic, debilitating disorders, it is a major burden on individuals and health systems in both developing and developed countries. Obesity is a complex disorder unequally affecting all age groups and socioeconomic classes. Of special concern is increasing childhood obesity. This review presents the extent of the obesity epidemic and its impact worldwide by way of introduction to a discussion of colon and rectal surgery in the obese patient.

Keywords: Epidemiology; obesity; overweight.

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Figure 1
2010 estimated obesity prevalence in males, ages 15–100 (used by permission, WHO Global Infobase 2010).
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Figure 2
Percent obesity in state populations in the United States (2009 data).
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Figure 3
Obesity trends among US adults.
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Figure 4
Health care spending per adult in 1987 and 2007 (CBO data).
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Figure 5
Estimated percent overweight or obese in the United States.
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