The Public Health Perspective focuses on
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commentary on discoveries of genetic
variants, related disease outcomes, and the
complex social, legal, and ethical issues
surrounding genetic discoveries.
This Public Health Perspective examines the topic of Obesity and Genetics: A Public Health Perspective. |
"Obesity and Genetics: A Public Health Perspective" is a collaborative effort by the CDC's National Office of Public Health Genomics and the Division of Nutrition and Physical Activity at CDC's National Center for Chronic Disease Prevention and Health Promotion. Please direct additional questions and inquires about obesity and overweight to Division of Nutrition and Physical Activity. |
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The Public Health Perspective |
- Obesity and Genetics: A Public Health Perspective
Obesity, a physiological disorder that results in the excessive accumulation of body fat, is a major health hazard worldwide and is associated with several relatively common diseases such as diabetes, hypertension, heart disease, and some cancers.
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The Problem of Obesity |
- Obesity and Overweight: Defining Overweight and Obesity
Overweight and obesity are both labels for ranges of weight that are greater than what is generally considered healthy for a given height. The terms also identify ranges of weight that have been shown to increase the likelihood of certain diseases and other health problems.
- U.S. Obesity Trends 1985 to 2005
The prevalence of obesity is explained in a slide presentation format. You may view the slides online or download them as a Microsoft PowerPoint document (PPT).
- Overweight Prevalence
Recent results of the National Health and Nutrition Examination Survey (NHANES) 2003-2004 indicate that an estimated 66% of U.S. adults are either overweight or obese, defined as having a body mass index (BMI) of 25 or more. The percentage of children and adolescents who are defined as being overweight has more than doubled since the early 1970s. About 17% of children and adolescents aged 2-19 are now seriously overweight.
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The Genetics of Obesity |
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Healthy Weight |
Overweight and Obesity Resources
General information about weight, nutrition, and health
"VERB: It's What You Do"
A multi-media campaign to promote a healthy lifestyle and motivate kids to get more active.
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Surgeon General's Call to Action to Prevent and Decrease Overweight and Obesity
(last
accessed 5/2007)
"Health problems resulting from overweight and obesity could reverse many of the health gains achieved in the U.S. in recent decades. Communities can help address the problem."
Clinical Guidelines on the Identification, Evaluation, and Treatment of Overweight and Obesity in Adults
(last accessed 5/2007)
The National Heart, Lung, and Blood Institute, in cooperation with the National Institute of Diabetes and Digestive and Kidney Diseases, released the first federal guidelines on the identification, evaluation, and treatment of overweight and obesity.
CDC's State-based Nutrition and Physical Activity Programs
The Nutrition and Physical Activity Program to Prevent Obesity and Other Chronic Diseases is designed to help states prevent obesity and other chronic diseases by addressing two closely related factors — poor nutrition and inadequate physical activity.
U.S. Dietary Guidelines for Americans 2005
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accessed 5/2007)
The Guidelines provide authoritative advice for people two years and older about how good dietary habits can promote health and reduce risk for major chronic diseases.
Obesity Education Initiative (OEI)
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accessed 5/2007)
The National Heart, Lung, and Blood Institute of the National Institutes of Health launched OEI in January 1991.
Tips and Key Recommendations from NIH
(last accessed 5/2007)
Provides healthy tips for dining out and grocery shopping
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The Weight-control Information Network (WIN)
(last accessed 5/2007)
WIN is a national information service of the National Institute of Diabetes and Digestive Kidney Diseases, National Institutes of Health.
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Journal Articles on Genetics and Obesity |
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Unraveling the genetics of human obesity. (last
accessed 5/2007)
Mutch DM, Clement K (2006)
PLoS Genetics 2(12):1956-1963
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Genetics of common forms of obesity: a brief overview. (last
accessed 5/2007)
Lyon HN, Hirschhorn JN (2005)
American Journal of Clinical Nutrition 82(1 Suppl):215S-217S.
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The case for strategic international alliances to harness nutritional genomics for public and personal health. (last
accessed 5/2007)
Kaput J et al. (2005)
British Journal of Nutrition 94(5):623-32.
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New advances in the genetics of early onset obesity. (last
accessed 5/2007)
Farooqi IS, O'Rahilly S (2005)
International Journal of Obesity 29(10):1149-52.
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Habitual physical activity in children: the role of genes and the environment
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accessed 5/2007)
Franks PW, Ravussin E, Hanson RL, et al. (2005)
American Journal of Clinical Nutrition 82(4):901-908.
Genetic and hereditary aspects of childhood obesity
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accessed 5/2007)
Farooqi IS. (2005)
Best Practice and Research Clinical Endocrinology and Metabolism 19(3):359–374.
Genetics of common forms of obesity: a brief overview
(last
accessed 5/2007)
Lyon HN, Hirschhorn JN. (2005)
American Journal of Clinical Nutrition 82(1 Suppl):215S–217S.
Genetics of leptin and obesity: a HuGE review
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accessed 5/2007)
Paracchini V, Pedotti P, Taioli E. (2005)
American Journal of Epidemiology 162(2):101–114.
The genetics of human obesity
(last
accessed 5/2007)
Bell CG, Walley AJ, Froguel P. (2005)
Nature Reviews: Genetics 6(3):221–34.
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Presentations on Genetics and Obesity |
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Provides link to non-governmental sites and does not necessarily represent the views of the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention. |
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