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IJE Advance Access originally published online on December 8, 2005
International Journal of Epidemiology 2006 35(1):18-20; doi:10.1093/ije/dyi266
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Commentary: The importance of addressing the rise of overweight and obesity—progress or lack of action during the last fifty years?

Ricardo Uauy1,* and Karen Lock2

1 Department of Epidemiology and Public Health, London School of Hygiene and Tropical Medicine, University of London, UK
2 Department of Public Health and Policy, London School of Hygiene and Tropical Medicine, University of London, UK

* Corresponding author. E-mail: Ricardo.Uauy@lshtm.ac.uk

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In 1952 Lester Breslow called for action on the new health problem of overweight in the US population. Citing evidence that America's health, based on mortality of white adult males, lagged behind other Western countries, he concluded that the excess premature mortality in US men was closely linked with overweight and that reduction in overweight was accompanied by reduction in mortality.

Breslow's1 paper compared differences in mortality rates of men over 45 years of age in the US with men in five other countries; Canada, Denmark, New Zealand, Norway, and Sweden. The age-standardized death rates were significantly higher in the US relative to the other countries, particularly for cardiovascular-renal disease (CVRD) and all-cause mortality. The highest difference was seen between the US and Norway; with US mortality rates over 30% higher. The differences were mostly attributable to CVRD death rates (1852 deaths in the US vs 877 in Norway per . . . [Full Text of this Article]


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