Obesity on campus.
Year: 2007
Type: article
Abstract: jul/06_0142.htm. The “O ” word on campus is not Oprah or online; it is obesity. During the past few years, administrators and faculty members have been discussing obesity as they see greater numbers of overweight students. News media accounts about rising rates of obesity provide an impersonal perspective of the problem, but observing obesity face-to-face in our classrooms and across our campuses makes it real. Increasing numbers of “super-sized ” students are right in front of our eyes. They should not be ignored. Epidemiologists paint a gloomy picture of the health of our young people. During the past two decades, a significant increase in obesity and obesity-related disorders such as type 2 diabetes, hypertension, and dyslipidemia has occurred among people in their teens and 20s (1,2). Those
Source: PubMed
Author: Phillip B Sparling
Institution: Georgia Institute of Technology
Language: English
Field: Medicine
Domain: Health Sciences
Open Access status: green
OpenAlex ID: W1538065772