6% of children aged 10 to 11 who are overweight or
obese.
8 per cent of children are overweight or
obese, as are 41.
Schlansky and his colleagues also found that very
obese patients died more often than lower weight patients while on the wait list for liver transplantation.
A recent study by Unicef India with International Institute for Population Sciences and other groups show that majority of
obese women surveyed in Delhi reported sexual dissatisfaction and faced social stigma.
Key clinical point:
Obese patients without metabolic risk factors will likely develop complications over time.
Many parents of
obese children do not try to prevent their children from becoming
obese because they simply fail to recognise abnormal weight.
According to the researchers, before accounting for where people live, severely
obese men and women have 29 percent and 43 percent lower odds, respectively, than their non-
obese counterparts of reporting that they are "very satisfied" with their lives.
Being overweight and
obese can store up problems in later life such as heart disease, diabetes and certain cancers.
8 per cent of adults in England are overweight or
obese, with a body mass index (BMI) of 25 or over.
But figures show a greater proportion of Kirklees' children were classed as
obese than those in Calderdale across both reception and Year 6 categories.
When the defendant was female, men were more likely to find her guilty if she was
obese than if she was lean.
Around a fifth of women are
obese and extreme morbid obesity (a BMI above 40) is getting more and more common.