Obesity: epidemiology, pathophysiology, and therapeutics

X Lin, H Li - Frontiers in endocrinology, 2021 - frontiersin.org
Obesity is a complex multifactorial disease that accumulated excess body fat leads to
negative effects on health. Obesity continues to accelerate resulting in an unprecedented …

[HTML][HTML] Excess body weight: Novel insights into its roles in obesity comorbidities

X Zhang, S Ha, HCH Lau, J Yu - Seminars in cancer biology, 2023 - Elsevier
Excess body weight is a global health problem due to sedentary lifestyle and unhealthy diet,
affecting 2 billion population worldwide. Obesity is a major risk factor for metabolic diseases …

Factors associated with stunting and wasting in children under 2 years in Bangladesh

TR Chowdhury, S Chakrabarty, M Rakib, S Afrin… - Heliyon, 2020 - cell.com
Child undernutrition has been a major concern for Bangladesh as it is amongst the highest
stunting and wasting prevalent countries in the world. The objective of our study was to …

Food insecurity and health outcomes other than malnutrition in Southern Africa: a descriptive systematic review

EMA Militao, EM Salvador, OA Uthman… - International journal of …, 2022 - mdpi.com
Food insecurity (FI) is one of the major causes of malnutrition and is associated with a range
of negative health outcomes in low and middle-income countries. The burden of FI in …

Prevalence and risk predictors of childhood stunting in Bangladesh

F Abdulla, A Rahman, MM Hossain - PLoS One, 2023 - journals.plos.org
Background The child nutritional status of a country is a potential indicator of socioeconomic
development. Child malnutrition is still the leading cause of severe health and welfare …

Prevalence, incidence, and trends of childhood overweight/obesity in Sub-Saharan Africa: a systematic scoping review

FI Danquah, M Ansu-Mensah, V Bawontuo… - Archives of Public …, 2020 - Springer
Background The growing burden of non-communicable diseases (NDC), particularly in low-
and middle-income countries, poses a significant threat to global health. Obesity and …

Fighting obesity-related micronutrient deficiencies through biofortification of agri-food crops with sustainable fertilization practices

CE Guardiola-Márquez, MT Santos-Ramírez… - Plants, 2022 - mdpi.com
Obesity is a critical medical condition worldwide that is increasingly involved with nutritional
derangements associated with micronutrient deficiencies, including iron, zinc, calcium …

Non-communicable diseases-a catastrophe for South Africa

E Samodien, Y Abrahams, C Muller, J Louw… - South African Journal …, 2021 - scielo.org.za
Non-communicable diseases contribute significantly to the disease burden within South
Africa. In the most unequal of societies in the world, poverty and socio-economic disparity …

Factors associated with the double burden of malnutrition at the household level: a scoping review

E Guevara-Romero, V Flórez-García… - Critical Reviews in …, 2022 - Taylor & Francis
The double burden of malnutrition (DBM) at the household level has been defined as the
coexistence of underweight children and overweight mothers within the same household …

Multilevel analysis of urban–rural variations of body weights and individual-level factors among women of childbearing age in nigeria and South Africa: A cross …

ME Akokuwebe, ES Idemudia - International Journal of Environmental …, 2021 - mdpi.com
Background: An unhealthy body weight is an adverse effect of malnutrition associated with
morbidity among women of childbearing age. While there is increasing attention being paid …