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'''Obesity in Pakistan''' is a health issue that has effected Moaz concern only in the past few years. [[Urbanisation in Pakistan|Urbanisation]] and an unhealthy, energy-dense diet (the high presence of oil and fats in [[Pakistani cooking]]), as well as changing lifestyles, are among the root causes contributing to [[obesity]] in the country. [[Pakistan]] is ranked 165 (out of 194 countries) in terms of its overweight population, with 22.2% of individuals over the age of 15 crossing the threshold of obesity.<ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.forbes.com/2007/02/07/worlds-fattest-countries-forbeslife-cx_ls_0208worldfat_2.html|title=World's Fattest Countries | vauthors = Streib L |date=2 August 2007|work=Forbes}}</ref> This ratio roughly corresponds with other studies, which state one-in-four Pakistani adults as being overweight.<ref>{{cite news|url=http://gulfnews.com/news/world/pakistan/one-in-four-adults-is-overweight-or-clinically-obese-1.271000 | date = 17 December 2006 |title=One in four adults is overweight or clinically obese|work=[[Gulf News]]|date=December 17, 2006}}</ref><ref name="pmid17060656">{{cite journal | vauthors = Jafar TH, Chaturvedi N, Pappas G | title = Prevalence of overweight and obesity and their association with hypertension and diabetes mellitus in an Indo-Asian population | journal = CMAJ : Canadian Medical Association Journal = Journal De l'Association Medicale Canadienne | volume = 175 | issue = 9 | pages = 1071–7 | date = October 2006 | pmid = 17060656 | pmc = 1609152 | doi = 10.1503/cmaj.060464 | lay-url = https://web.archive.org/web/20101224103403/http://www.aku.edu/News/Archives/pr-10122006.shtml | lay-source = Aga Khan University}}</ref> In Pakistan, the problem of excess weight is quite high among adults.<ref>{{cite journal | vauthors = Asif M, Aslam M, Altaf S, Atif S, Majid A | title = Prevalence and Sociodemographic Factors of Overweight and Obesity among Pakistani Adults | journal = Journal of Obesity & Metabolic Syndrome | volume = 29 | issue = 1 | pages = 58–66 | date = March 2020 | pmid = 32045513 | pmc = 7118000 | doi = 10.7570/jomes19039 }}</ref>
'''Obesity in Pakistan''' is a health issue that has effected Moaz concern only in the past few years. [[Urbanisation in Pakistan|Urbanisation]] and an unhealthy, energy-dense diet (the high presence of oil and fats in [[Pakistani cooking]]), as well as changing lifestyles, are among the root causes contributing to [[obesity]] in the country. [[Pakistan]] is ranked 165 (out of 194 countries) in terms of its overweight population, with 22.2% of individuals over the age of 15 crossing the threshold of obesity.<ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.forbes.com/2007/02/07/worlds-fattest-countries-forbeslife-cx_ls_0208worldfat_2.html|title=World's Fattest Countries | vauthors = Streib L |date=2 August 2007|work=Forbes}}</ref> This ratio roughly corresponds with other studies, which state one-in-four Pakistani adults as being overweight.<ref>{{cite news|url=http://gulfnews.com/news/world/pakistan/one-in-four-adults-is-overweight-or-clinically-obese-1.271000 | date = 17 December 2006 |title=One in four adults is overweight or clinically obese|work=[[Gulf News]]|date=December 17, 2006}}</ref><ref name="pmid17060656">{{cite journal | vauthors = Jafar TH, Chaturvedi N, Pappas G | title = Prevalence of overweight and obesity and their association with hypertension and diabetes mellitus in an Indo-Asian population | journal = CMAJ : Canadian Medical Association Journal = Journal De l'Association Medicale Canadienne | volume = 175 | issue = 9 | pages = 1071–7 | date = October 2006 | pmid = 17060656 | pmc = 1609152 | doi = 10.1503/cmaj.060464 | lay-url = https://web.archive.org/web/20101224103403/http://www.aku.edu/News/Archives/pr-10122006.shtml | lay-source = Aga Khan University}}</ref> In Pakistan, the problem of excess weight is quite high among adults.<ref>{{cite journal | vauthors = Asif M, Aslam M, Altaf S, Atif S, Majid A | title = Prevalence and Sociodemographic Factors of Overweight and Obesity among Pakistani Adults | journal = Journal of Obesity & Metabolic Syndrome | volume = 29 | issue = 1 | pages = 58–66 | date = March 2020 | pmid = 32045513 | pmc = 7118000 | doi = 10.7570/jomes19039 }}</ref>


Research indicates that people living in large cities in Pakistan are more exposed to the risks of obesity as compared to those in the rural countryside. As in larger cities, consumption of unhealthy diet like fast food and soft drink is common.<ref>{{Cite book | vauthors = McNaughton S, Crawford D, Campbell K, Abbott G, Ball K | date = 2010 |url= https://www.deakin.edu.au/__data/assets/pdf_file/0017/307007/book-6.pdf |title=Eating behaviours of urban and rural children from disadvantaged backgrounds|pages=1-29 | work = Centre for Physical Activity and Nutrition Research | location = Melbourne, Australia | publisher = Deakin University }}</ref> Beside this, World Health Organization also shows that women have higher rates of obesity as compared to men.<ref>{{Cite web|title=Obesity and overweight|url=https://www.who.int/news-room/fact-sheets/detail/obesity-and-overweight|access-date=2020-11-14|website=www.who.int|language=en}}</ref> Pakistan also has the highest percentage of people with [[diabetes]] in [[South Asia]].<ref name="pmid12481671">{{cite journal | vauthors = Nanan DJ | title = The obesity pandemic--implications for Pakistan | journal = JPMA. the Journal of the Pakistan Medical Association | volume = 52 | issue = 8 | pages = 342–6 | date = August 2002 | pmid = 12481671 | doi = | url = http://www.jpma.org.pk/full_article_text.php?article_id=2356 |archive-date=2011-10-04|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20111004093005/http://www.jpma.org.pk/full_article_text.php?article_id=2356 |url-status=dead }}</ref>
People living in large cities in Pakistan are more exposed to the risks of obesity as compared to those in the rural countryside. As in larger cities, consumption of unhealthy diet like fast food and soft drink is common.<ref>{{Cite book | vauthors = McNaughton S, Crawford D, Campbell K, Abbott G, Ball K | date = 2010 |url= https://www.deakin.edu.au/__data/assets/pdf_file/0017/307007/book-6.pdf |title=Eating behaviours of urban and rural children from disadvantaged backgrounds|pages=1-29 | work = Centre for Physical Activity and Nutrition Research | location = Melbourne, Australia | publisher = Deakin University }}</ref> Beside this, World Health Organization also shows that women have higher rates of obesity as compared to men.<ref>{{Cite web|title=Obesity and overweight|url=https://www.who.int/news-room/fact-sheets/detail/obesity-and-overweight|access-date=2020-11-14|website=www.who.int|language=en}}</ref> Pakistan also has the highest percentage of people with [[diabetes]] in [[South Asia]].<ref name="pmid12481671">{{cite journal | vauthors = Nanan DJ | title = The obesity pandemic--implications for Pakistan | journal = JPMA. the Journal of the Pakistan Medical Association | volume = 52 | issue = 8 | pages = 342–6 | date = August 2002 | pmid = 12481671 | doi = | url = http://www.jpma.org.pk/full_article_text.php?article_id=2356 |archive-date=2011-10-04|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20111004093005/http://www.jpma.org.pk/full_article_text.php?article_id=2356 |url-status=dead }}</ref>


According to one study, "fat" is more dangerous for South Asians than for Caucasians because the fat tends to cling to organs like the liver instead of the skin.<ref name="pmid21829446">{{cite journal | vauthors = Anand SS, Tarnopolsky MA, Rashid S, Schulze KM, Desai D, Mente A, Rao S, Yusuf S, Gerstein HC, Sharma AM | title = Adipocyte hypertrophy, fatty liver and metabolic risk factors in South Asians: the Molecular Study of Health and Risk in Ethnic Groups (mol-SHARE) | journal = Plos One | volume = 6 | issue = 7 | pages = e22112 | date = 2011 | pmid = 21829446 | pmc = 3145635 | doi = 10.1371/journal.pone.0022112 | lay-url = https://tribune.com.pk/story/219863/fat-is-more-dangerous-for-south-asians-study | lay-source = The Express Tribune }}</ref>
Fat is more dangerous for South Asians than for Caucasians because the fat tends to cling to organs like the liver instead of the skin.<ref name="pmid21829446">{{cite journal | vauthors = Anand SS, Tarnopolsky MA, Rashid S, Schulze KM, Desai D, Mente A, Rao S, Yusuf S, Gerstein HC, Sharma AM | title = Adipocyte hypertrophy, fatty liver and metabolic risk factors in South Asians: the Molecular Study of Health and Risk in Ethnic Groups (mol-SHARE) | journal = Plos One | volume = 6 | issue = 7 | pages = e22112 | date = 2011 | pmid = 21829446 | pmc = 3145635 | doi = 10.1371/journal.pone.0022112 | lay-url = https://tribune.com.pk/story/219863/fat-is-more-dangerous-for-south-asians-study | lay-source = The Express Tribune }}</ref>


== See also ==
== See also ==

Revision as of 07:20, 31 March 2021

Obesity in Pakistan is a health issue that has effected Moaz concern only in the past few years. Urbanisation and an unhealthy, energy-dense diet (the high presence of oil and fats in Pakistani cooking), as well as changing lifestyles, are among the root causes contributing to obesity in the country. Pakistan is ranked 165 (out of 194 countries) in terms of its overweight population, with 22.2% of individuals over the age of 15 crossing the threshold of obesity.[1] This ratio roughly corresponds with other studies, which state one-in-four Pakistani adults as being overweight.[2][3] In Pakistan, the problem of excess weight is quite high among adults.[4]

People living in large cities in Pakistan are more exposed to the risks of obesity as compared to those in the rural countryside. As in larger cities, consumption of unhealthy diet like fast food and soft drink is common.[5] Beside this, World Health Organization also shows that women have higher rates of obesity as compared to men.[6] Pakistan also has the highest percentage of people with diabetes in South Asia.[7]

Fat is more dangerous for South Asians than for Caucasians because the fat tends to cling to organs like the liver instead of the skin.[8]

See also

References

  1. ^ Streib L (2 August 2007). "World's Fattest Countries". Forbes.
  2. ^ "One in four adults is overweight or clinically obese". Gulf News. December 17, 2006.
  3. ^ Jafar TH, Chaturvedi N, Pappas G (October 2006). "Prevalence of overweight and obesity and their association with hypertension and diabetes mellitus in an Indo-Asian population". CMAJ : Canadian Medical Association Journal = Journal De l'Association Medicale Canadienne. 175 (9): 1071–7. doi:10.1503/cmaj.060464. PMC 1609152. PMID 17060656. {{cite journal}}: Unknown parameter |lay-source= ignored (help); Unknown parameter |lay-url= ignored (help)
  4. ^ Asif M, Aslam M, Altaf S, Atif S, Majid A (March 2020). "Prevalence and Sociodemographic Factors of Overweight and Obesity among Pakistani Adults". Journal of Obesity & Metabolic Syndrome. 29 (1): 58–66. doi:10.7570/jomes19039. PMC 7118000. PMID 32045513.
  5. ^ McNaughton S, Crawford D, Campbell K, Abbott G, Ball K (2010). Eating behaviours of urban and rural children from disadvantaged backgrounds (PDF). Melbourne, Australia: Deakin University. pp. 1–29. {{cite book}}: |work= ignored (help)
  6. ^ "Obesity and overweight". www.who.int. Retrieved 2020-11-14.
  7. ^ Nanan DJ (August 2002). "The obesity pandemic--implications for Pakistan". JPMA. the Journal of the Pakistan Medical Association. 52 (8): 342–6. PMID 12481671. Archived from the original on 2011-10-04.
  8. ^ Anand SS, Tarnopolsky MA, Rashid S, Schulze KM, Desai D, Mente A, Rao S, Yusuf S, Gerstein HC, Sharma AM (2011). "Adipocyte hypertrophy, fatty liver and metabolic risk factors in South Asians: the Molecular Study of Health and Risk in Ethnic Groups (mol-SHARE)". Plos One. 6 (7): e22112. doi:10.1371/journal.pone.0022112. PMC 3145635. PMID 21829446. {{cite journal}}: Unknown parameter |lay-source= ignored (help); Unknown parameter |lay-url= ignored (help)CS1 maint: unflagged free DOI (link)
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