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Obesity—A Public Health Dilemma
Author(s) -
Shortt Janet
Publication year - 2004
Publication title -
aorn journal
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 0.222
H-Index - 43
eISSN - 1878-0369
pISSN - 0001-2092
DOI - 10.1016/s0001-2092(06)60686-8
Subject(s) - overweight , obesity , medicine , dilemma , public health , population , internal revenue , food and drug administration , environmental health , government (linguistics) , gerontology , service (business) , nursing , business , philosophy , linguistics , epistemology , marketing
• OBESITY NOW IS recognized as a national epidemic. An estimated 64% of the US population is classified as overweight or obese. Environmental factors, such as increased food portions and sedentary lifestyles, have contributed to this epidemic. • THE EPIDEMIC AFFECTS CHILDREN, with 15% of children in the United States aged one to 19 years overweight or obese. • NUMEROUS GOVERNMENT AGENCIES (eg, US Food and Drug Administration, Medicare, Internal Revenue Service) are working with the health care community to combat obesity. • THIS ARTICLE DESCRIBES causes of obesity and offers possible solutions, such as healthy lifestyle changes, surgical options, and medication therapy. AORN J 80 (December 2004) 1069–1078.