Identification, assessment, and management of overweight and obesity: summary of updated NICE guidance

Stegenga talks about overweight and obesity which lead to serious health and social difficulties. In the UK, the prevalence of obesity rose from 6% of men and 8% of women in 1980 to 24% of men and 25% of women in 2012. Severe obesity, which was rare in 1980, now affects 2.4% of the population.

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Veröffentlicht in:BMJ (Online) 2014-11, Vol.349 (7985), p.g6608-g6608
Hauptverfasser: Stegenga, Heather, Haines, Alexander, Jones, Katie, Wilding, John
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Sprache:eng
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Zusammenfassung:Stegenga talks about overweight and obesity which lead to serious health and social difficulties. In the UK, the prevalence of obesity rose from 6% of men and 8% of women in 1980 to 24% of men and 25% of women in 2012. Severe obesity, which was rare in 1980, now affects 2.4% of the population.
ISSN:0959-8138
1756-1833
0959-8146
1756-1833
DOI:10.1136/bmj.g6608