Estudio: aumento de la obesidad y de la inactividad física, tanto en Brasil como en Estados Unidos

The prevalence of obesity is rising in all subregions of America, including Brazil. To understand the obesity problem in Brazil better, a possible approach could be to analyze its obesity trend by comparing it with the reality of a country that went previously through the epidemiological transition, such as the USA.

In addition, the obesity trend must be analyzed in comparison with obesity risk factors trends, such as the physical inactivity (PI) trend. Our aim was comparatively to analyze the temporal trends of obesity between Brazil and the USA from the perspective of temporal trends of PI.

Full study: https://chilealimentos.com/wp-content/uploads/2023/12/s12889-023-17257-4.pdf

bmc/December 2023