Understanding Excess Body Weight: New Zealand Health Survey

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Understanding Excess Body Weight: New Zealand Health Survey

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Obesity is New Zealand’s leading modifiable risk factor for health loss. A number of diseases, including type 2 diabetes, ischaemic heart disease, ischaemic stroke and some cancers, are associated with excess body weight. Health loss can lead to premature death; life expectancy for the extremely obese is shortened by 8 to10 years.There has been a dramatic increase in the global prevalence of obesity. In 2012 New Zealand adults ranked third highest out of 15 OECD countries for measures of obes...

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07 Jul 2023

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Ministry of Health (MoH) / Ministry of Health | Manatū Hauora

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Diet & Nutrition / Monitoring / Obesity / Research

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