The Obesity Epidemic: What does it mean to the PeriAnesthesia Practitioner?

Abstract

Alexander and Liston coined the term 'Obesogenic society -where people are addicted to fast foods and supermarkets and a sedentary lifestyle promoted by television and cars' [Alexander and Liston, 2006, p. 1167]. It is an undeniable fact that the United States has an overweight and obesity problem, the prevalence has doubled since 1960, the latest statistics from the Center for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) report obesity (body mass index (BMI) > 30) in adult men (33.3%) and adult women (35.3%) and