Sentence examples for high overweight from inspiring English sources

Little is known about the dietary habits of people with optimal body weight in communities with high overweight and obesity prevalence.

Notwithstanding that, the high overweight and obesity prevalence in the present study is a matter of public health concern.

The objective of this intervention is to increase MVPA as a means to address the high overweight and obesity prevalence among adolescent girls living in low SES urban areas [ 90].

The high overweight incidence is considered a serious public health issue in the United States [ 2] and developing countries [ 3, 4], highlighting its importance for healthcare providers and administrators [ 5].

The factors associated with undernutrition and high overweight were identified by hierarchical multiple logistic regression analysis using the conceptual model (Table  1) and adapted procedures from previous studies [ 15- 17].

According to the criteria recommended by the Working Group on Obesity in China, 19 the classification of BMI for adults was as follows: BMI<24, low (normal and underweight); 24≤BMI, high (overweight and obese).

She adds that "similarly to sugar, fat intake is also higher in diets of countries with higher overweight and obesity rates".

Southern European countries had the highest overweight prevalence.

This was mostly present in the hypoxemic group which had also the highest overweight.

This finding is in accordance with the higher overweight rates observed among students following vocational education reported in Dutch studies[ 10, 11].

On the other hand no significant difference was found between males and females, notwithstanding the males had a higher overweight degree both at baseline and after follow-up.