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Recent Developments in the Epidemiology of Obesity

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Obesity is a multifactorial condition that affects more than 500 million people globally regardless of age, socioeconomic status, and nationality. While some estimates from Western countries suggest that obesity prevalence may be leveling off, the incidence of obesity is increasing rapidly in both adults and children in developing nations. Obesity prevalence remains highest in women in countries across the globe, whereas differences based on other sociodemographic factors vary by region and culture. Recent developments in the determinants of obesity include new genetic loci associated with hunger regulation, the relationship between stress and eating, dietary patterns and adiposity, sedentary time, active gaming, the built environment and their effects on weight gain, and the emergent influence of social networks. There is growing awareness that population-based approaches which isolate obesity risk factors from the context in which they operate need to evolve due to the complex nature of obesity. Accordingly, the epidemiology of obesity is likely to shift toward research which supports systems and other multilevel analyses which will guide novel intervention approaches to obesity.

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Abbreviations

AMA:

American Medical Asso-ciation

AVG:

Active video games

BMI:

Body mass index

EPIC-PANACEA:

European Prospective Inves-tigation into Cancer and Nutrition-Physical Activity Nutrition, Alcohol Con-sumption, Cessation from Smoking, Eating out of the Home, and Obesity

GWAS:

Genome-wide association studies

IASO:

International Association for the Study of Obesity

IOTF:

International Obesity Task-force

MAPS:

Microscale Audit of Pede-strian Streetscapes

MVPA:

Moderate-to-vigorous physical activity

NHANES:

National Health and Nutrition Examination Survey

OECD:

Organization for Economic and Cooperative Development

SES:

Socioeconomic status

SSB:

Sugar-sweetened beverages

WHO:

World Health Organization

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  1. Weight Control and Diabetes Research Center, Brown University Warren Alpert School of Medicine/Miriam Hospital, Providence, RI, USA

    E. Whitney Evans Ph.D., R.D.

  2. Department of Public Health and Community Medicine, Tufts University, 136 Harrison Avenue, Boston, MA, 02111, USA

    Aviva Must Ph.D.

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Evans, E.W., Must, A. (2014). Recent Developments in the Epidemiology of Obesity. In: Kushner, R., Bessesen, D. (eds) Treatment of the Obese Patient. Springer, New York, NY. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-1-4939-1203-2_11

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