Dieta Hoodia - La Obesidad en Europa y Estados Unidos

La proporción de obesos es mayor en el Sur

Mon, 20 Aug 2007 22:14:22 +0000

La obesidad entiende de geografía. Así lo hizo saber ayer el director general de Alimentación del Ministerio de Sanidad y Consumo, Félix Lobo, durante la conferencia que ofreció en La Granda sobre los aspectos económicos de la obesidad. Según sus anotaciones, en el archipiélago canario es donde viven más personas que sufren sobrepeso. Concretamente, dijo Lobo, el 33 por ciento de la población tiene un índice de masa corporal (índice de peso de una persona en relación con su altura) superior al de la media estatal.

Tus amigos obesos te pueden hacer engordar

Mon, 20 Aug 2007 22:06:03 +0000

ALEJANDRA RODRÍGUEZ

Decir que la obesidad es contagiosa puede parecer exagerado y, además, contribuye a estigmatizar a los ya de por sí relegados 'gorditos'. Pero un estudio publicado esta semana en 'The New England Journal of Medicine' ha sacudido a la comunidad científica al mostrar que la tendencia a añadir kilos a la báscula se extiende entre el entorno social del obeso siguiendo un patrón similar al de las enfermedades infecciosas. La investigación demuestra que los genes, aunque juegan su papel, son menos culpables de la escalada de la obesidad de lo que se creía. Por contra, los expertos se muestran esperanzados porque quizá las estrategias preventivas, educativas y terapéuticas para paliar este problema de salud pública puedan diseminarse a través de los lazos sociales y tener un efecto positivo multiplicador

Destina España 5% del gasto sanitario contra obesidad

Mon, 20 Aug 2007 21:59:41 +0000

El cinco por ciento del gasto sanitario en España se destina a enfermedades derivadas de la obesidad, según el director general de Alimentación del Ministerio de Sanidad y Consumo, Félix Lobo, quien expresó hoy su preocupación por el sobrepeso que sufre la mitad de la población española.

Lobo, que participó hoy en un curso de verano en la región española de Asturias (Norte), indicó que más allá de ese sobrepeso que ya presenta uno de cada dos españoles, hay un trece por ciento de la población que padece obesidad mórbida.

El experto dijo que la tendencia es creciente y advirtió de que se trata de "un problema de salud muy importante, ya que la obesidad se relaciona con enfermedades cardiovasculares, diabetes tipo 2, artrosis y otras patologías relevantes".

Por ello, el Ministerio de Sanidad y la Agencia Española de Seguridad Alimentaria y de Nutrición está promoviendo una iniciativa para informar y educar a los ciudadanos, "muy especialmente a los niños, para que sean conscientes de este problema".

El Ministerio español trabaja también en la colaboración con los sectores de la alimentación y la restauración para mejorar la oferta de los productos y que éstos sean más sanos.

De todos modos, aunque se lograra modificar los patrones de vida de los españoles en cuanto a la alimentación y la práctica de ejercicio, la situación no sería reversible ni en los próximos diez años, lamentó Lobo.

En su opinión, sería necesario "actuar sobre una serie de factores, desde el punto de vista de la prevención, como son el tabaco, el alcohol y la propia obesidad".

Nota Publicada: 10/08/2007 11:54

Hoodia - Una Paradoja entre el Hambre de Africa y la Obesidad de Europa

Sun, 25 Mar 2007 16:59:42 +0000

El mundo es sin duda un lugar curioso con circunstancias insólitas que ocurren diariamente, y la paradoja de la hoodia es una de ellas.

Por que nos referimos a esta paradoja de la hoodia? Veamos.

En las naciones desarrolladas existe un problema central y común a la mayoría de países: la obesidad. Hay aproximadamente unas 300 millones de personas en el mundo que están con obesidad o sobrepeso. Una batalla que aún tiene años por delante para lograr ser vencida.

'Oversimplifying obesity' creating consumer confusion

Mon, 25 Sep 2006 14:08:10 +0000

12/09/2006 - The oversimplification of the 'energy-in/energy out' equation is generating a fundamental public misunderstanding of the challenges of obesity, claims one scientist.

Professor Claude Bouchard, the outgoing president of the International Association for the Study of Obesity (IASO), described the concept of serious weight gain being the result of just a small imbalance between energy intake and expenditure of as little as 15 kcals as defective.

"This idea that obesity is the result of a tiny energy surplus accumulated over the years is quite misleading," Bouchard, a geneticist and executive director of Pennington Biomedical Research Center in the US, told this week's International Congress on Obesity in Sydney, Australia.

Appetite mechanics may boosts obesity understanding

Mon, 25 Sep 2006 14:06:29 +0000

08/09/2006 - With obesity continuing to grab the headlines, a joint US-Portuguese study of what affects the motivation to feed is said to contribute to a better understanding of how the brain responds to food stimuli.

The research suggests that a person's desire to eat, and when to stop eating, may be "all in their head".

A deeper understanding of which parts of the brain control the motivation to eat may lead to a greater understanding of what leads certain people to overeat, a particular concern with over 14 million Europeans obese or overweight.

Europe demands multi-sector approach to obesity

Mon, 25 Sep 2006 14:04:21 +0000

13/09/2006 - The results of the EC's public consultation on promoting healthy diets and physical activity, published today, suggest that most stakeholders favour a multi-sector approach to tackling obesity.

This would involve EU policies such as agriculture, education, transport and urban planning and a range of different stakeholders across national, regional and local levels co-operating to find viable solutions.

The consultation, which began in December 2005, came about because the EC felt the issue of obesity required co-ordinated action at EU level, as well as within Member States.

France heading for US obesity levels says study

Sat, 25 Feb 2006 01:09:56 +0000

France is heading towards American levels of obesity, diabetes and heart disease, claims a new study.

The Kaiser Permanente Study, which appears in the International Journal of Epidemiology, makes sober reading for a country that, more than any other, has placed gastronomy and good food at the heart of its national identity.

But a fast food culture that is quickly taking over more traditional patterns of consumption is changing the character not only of city centres and family meals, but also the countrys health profile.

Obesity epidemic hits Europe

Fri, 24 Feb 2006 23:44:33 +0000

EUROPE - EPIDEMIC - OBESITY - FRANCE - OVERWEIGHT - DIABETES

As a byproduct of fast food convenience, genetic inheritance and often just pure laziness, obesity kills more than 300,000 Americans each year. But hold on to your seats - and make sure they don't break - because "wafer-thin" France is gaining on the United States in the fat race.

Forty-two percent of the French population is overweight or obese, according to a Jan. 25th New York Times article by Elaine Sciolino. Because child cases of obesity are increasing by 17 percent annually, by 2020 France might reach the U.S. obesity and overweight rate of more than 65 percent.

Obesity epidemic hits Europe

Fri, 24 Feb 2006 23:37:57 +0000

EUROPE - EPIDEMIC - OBESITY - FRANCE - OVERWEIGHT - DIABETES

Obesity- A Global Menace

Fri, 24 Feb 2006 23:25:38 +0000

America is overweight! Unbelievable but true, one out of every third American is overweight and that's enough to proof the authenticity of the statement. According to the reports of a recent survey 34 percent of U.S. adults aged 20 to 74 years are overweight, and an additional 27 percent are obese. About half of all women aged 20 to 74 are overweight or obese.

UK food industry welcomes EU obesity strategy

Fri, 24 Feb 2006 22:23:49 +0000

UK - FOOD - INDUSTRY - OBESITY - STRATEGY - DIETS

The UK food industry has called the EC green paper on the promotion of healthy diets a ‘sensible, integrated effort to tackle food and health issues’.

Launched this week, the paper outlines ways to promote healthy diets and physical activity in an attempt to tackle rising rates of childhood obesity and obesity-related disease.

Questions and Answers on the EU approach to tackling obesity

Fri, 24 Feb 2006 22:21:49 +0000

Why has the Commission made tackling obesity a public health priority?

The number of EU citizens who are overweight or obese is increasing rapidly. Over the past decade, obesity levels having risen by between 10-40% across the EU, and in some Member States over a quarter of the adult population is now obese. Moreover, there is no sign of this trend slowing. Perhaps even more concerning is the growing rate of obesity in children. Across the EU-25, almost 1 in 4 children are overweight, and the figure is rising by around 400 000 a year. Obesity is one of the top causes of preventable premature deaths in the EU. It is a major risk factor for many chronic diseases such as hypertension, cardiovascular disease, certain cancers, strokes, respiratory diseases and type-2 diabetes. In fact, the rise in some of these illnesses, particularly diabetes, over recent years has been directly linked to the rise in obesity levels.

Brussels to wage war on obesity in Europe

Fri, 24 Feb 2006 22:21:00 +0000

OBESITY - EUROPE - CHILDREN - PROBLEM - INDUSTRY - REGULATIONS

By Sarah Laitner in Brussels

Brussels will launch efforts to tackle Europe's obesity problem today, when it issues a discussion paper on promoting healthy diets and physical activity.

Markos Kyprianou, health commissioner, will ask what initiatives can encourage Europeans to take more exercise and switch to foods lower in fat, salt and sugar.

EU asks public for help in tackling rise in obesity

Fri, 24 Feb 2006 22:19:43 +0000

BRUSSELS (Reuters) - Europe's health chief issued a public invitation on Thursday to find concrete ideas for tackling an alarming rise in obesity, especially among children, by promoting healthy diets coupled with more physical exercise.

Views on how to make fruits and vegetables more attractive to consumers, as well as improving the nutritional value of school meals, are included in an extensive European Commission survey that aims to curb Europeans' expanding waistlines.