Obesity Epidemic And The Environment Latin America And The Caribbean Region Matheus Koengkan by Matheus Koengkan, Jose Alberto Fuinhas, Aida Isabel P. Tavares, Nuno Silva 9780323993395, 0323993397 instant download after payment.

Overweight and obesity are linked to higher premature deaths worldwide than the problem of underweight, meaning that more people are obese than underweight in the world-this occurs in every region except some parts of sub-Saharan Africa and Asia (WHO, 2020). In this context, there is a link between overweight and obesity and the
increased level of avoidable and preventable mortality because overweight and obesity are risk factors for several of the world’s leading causes of death, such as diabetes, several types of cancer and cardiovascular diseases. Obesity does not directly cause any of these health conditions, but it can increase their likelihood of occurring. Indeed, in 1990, the obesity problem was related to 2.16 million deaths worldwide and in 2017, reached a value of 4.72 million (see Fig. 1.1 below).
For this reason, obesity is considered one of the world’s most significant health problems. It was considered a problem of high-income countries, but nowadays, it is an emerging and prevalent problem in low- and middle-income countries also, particularly in urban settings. In general, the increase of overweight and obesity problems
in low- and middle-income countries is related to economic development, globalisation and urbanisation, leading to significant changes in people’s diet and physical activity. The determinants for the overweight and obesity problem will be better explained in Chapter 2 of this book.