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Tuyển tập báo cáo các nghiên cứu khoa học quốc tế ngành y học dành cho các bạn tham khảo đề tài: Lessons from a small country about the global obesity crisis | Globalization and Health BioMed Central Editorial Open Access Lessons from a small country about the global obesity crisis Kelly D Brownell 1 and Derek Yach2 Address 1Professor of Psychology Epidemiology and Public Health Director Rudd Center for Food Policy and Obesity Yale University - Rudd Center 309 Edwards Street - Box 208369 New Haven CT 06520-8369 USA and 2Director Global Health Rockefeller Foundation New York USA Email KellyD Brownell - kelly.brownell@yale.edu Derek Yach- DYach@rockfound.org Corresponding author Published 12 September 2006 Received 05 September 2006 Accepted 12 September 2006 Globalization and Health 2006 2 11 doi 10.1186 1744-8603-2-1 I This article is available from http www.globalizationandhealth.cOm content 2 1 1 1 2006 Brownell and Yach licensee BioMed Central Ltd. This is an Open Access article distributed under the terms of the Creative Commons Attribution License http creativecommons.org licenses by 2.0 which permits unrestricted use distribution and reproduction in any medium provided the original work is properly cited. Abstract Developed countries had high obesity rates before the problem was taken seriously and hence the genesis must be seen in retrospect. Developing countries offer a clear view of causal factors but also opportunities for prevention which must focus on both food and physical activity environments. Statistics from country after country show increasing prevalence of obesity with extreme prevalence in some areas. A cascade of diseases follows from overnutrition inactivity and obesity including major killers such as heart disease cancer and diabetes. These chronic diseases were once the worry of the developed world but are now a chief health concern in developing countries. Figure 1 shows the alarming increases in diabetes expected in developed vs. developing countries 1 . One can be numb to obesity statistics but it is difficult to ignore 88 of adults of Kosrae one of four districts in Micronesia being overweight
