[HTML][HTML] Socioeconomic inequalities and COVID-19–A review of the current international literature

B Wachtler, N Michalski, E Nowossadeck… - Journal of health …, 2020 - ncbi.nlm.nih.gov
Social epidemiological research describes correlations between socioeconomic status and
the population's risk to become diseased or die. Little research of such correlations for SARS …

SARS-CoV-2 infection drives an inflammatory response in human adipose tissue through infection of adipocytes and macrophages

GJ Martínez-Colón, K Ratnasiri, H Chen… - Science Translational …, 2022 - science.org
Obesity, characterized by chronic low-grade inflammation of the adipose tissue, is
associated with adverse coronavirus disease 2019 (COVID-19) outcomes, yet the …

[HTML][HTML] In the United States, obesity is so prevalent could it be described as a Pandemic?

N Tzenios, M Tazanios, M Chahine - 2022 - europepmc.org
In the United States, obesity is prevalent, and it could be described as a pandemic. Obesity
is excessive fat accumulation, leading to a BMI≥ 30 (Fruh, 2017). Surveys conducted by the …

Epidemiology of obesity

TIA Sørensen, AR Martinez, TSH Jørgensen - From Obesity to Diabetes, 2022 - Springer
Obesity is in theory defined on the basis of the excess health risk caused by adiposity
exceeding the size normally found in the population, but for practical reasons, the World …

Social justice equity in healthy living medicine-An international perspective

S Jayasinghe, MA Faghy, AP Hills - Progress in Cardiovascular Diseases, 2022 - Elsevier
Irrespective of geographical location, disadvantaged people are disproportionately affected
by unnecessary disease and suffering caused by inequalities in health. Although equal …

[HTML][HTML] Overweight and obesity among adults in Germany–results from GEDA 2019/2020-EHIS

A Schienkiewitz, R Kuhnert, M Blume… - Journal of Health …, 2022 - ncbi.nlm.nih.gov
Methods Self-reported body weight and body height data are available in the study German
Health Update (GEDA 2019/2020-EHIS). The body mass index (BMI, kg/m 2) was calculated …

Prevalence of overweight and obesity, and associations with socio-demographic factors in Kuwait

VM Oguoma, NT Coffee, S Alsharrah, M Abu-Farha… - BMC public health, 2021 - Springer
Background Kuwait is amongst countries in the Gulf region with high income economy.
According to the World Health Organisation (WHO), one in five adults in the Gulf region is …

Trends in cancer incidence by socioeconomic deprivation in Germany in 2007 to 2018: an ecological registry‐based study

L Jansen, L Schwettmann, C Behr… - … journal of cancer, 2023 - Wiley Online Library
Age‐standardized cancer incidence has decreased over the last years for many cancer sites
in developed countries. Whether these trends led to narrowing or widening socioeconomic …

[HTML][HTML] Socioeconomic Status, Overweight, and Obesity in Childhood and Adolescence: Secular Trends from the Nationwide German KiGGS Study

J Hoebel, J Waldhauer, M Blume… - Deutsches Ärzteblatt …, 2022 - ncbi.nlm.nih.gov
Background Overweight and obesity in early life increase the risk of chronic disease and ill
health later on. We studied secular trends in the prevalence of overweight and obesity …

Übergewicht und Adipositas bei Erwachsenen in Deutschland-Ergebnisse der Studie GEDA 2019/2020-EHIS

A Schienkiewitz, R Kuhnert, M Blume, G Mensink - 2022 - edoc.rki.de
Hintergrund: Übergewicht und Adipositas und die damit verbundenen Folgekrankheiten
sind von hoher Public-Health-Relevanz. Methode: In der Studie Gesundheit in Deutschland …