A recent theory proposed by Dr. Stephen Holgate from the University of Southampton in Britain says that asthma rates are increasing in industrialized countries because good hygiene prevents children under the age of 5 from falling prey to serious lung diseases seen in the less developed world.
Prevalence of OSA is increasing in industrialized countries.
The prevalence of eczema is increasing in industrialized nations.
The prevalence of obesity is increasing in industrialized countries.
Listeriosis seems to be increasing in industrialized countries worldwide (Buzby and Roberts, 1997).
The number of human cases of zoonotic filariasis is increasing across industrialized countries (1 ).
The incidence of psittacosis in men seems to be increasing in industrialized countries and is related to importation of exotic birds.
Finding a cure for autoimmune diabetes is a real health challenge since its incidence steadily increases in industrialized countries [44], [45].
Due to the increasing degradation of ecosystems many industrialized as well as developing countries designed payment systems for environmental services.
Obesity and overweight pose an increasing health problem in most industrialized countries [ 1- 3].
