The “Childhood Obesity Epidemic”: : Health Crisis or Social Construction?

Hanging on the coat tails of the obesity

Hanging on the coat tails of the obesity epidemic: will metabolic syndrome be the next public health crisis and does nutrition have a role in its prevention?

✍ Judith L Buttriss 📂 Article 📅 2006 🏛 John Wiley and Sons 🌐 English ⚖ 94 KB

## Abstract Worldwide rates of obesity are on the increase and following in their tracks are increases in the metabolic syndrome (a cluster of characteristic features associated with an increased risk of cardiovascular disease and type 2 diabetes). Along with these trends, healthcare costs are expe