Focus on Overweight, Obesity and Diabetes
Canadians have become accustomed to healthier lives and ever-increasing life spans as a consequence of better prevention and treatment of disease. But a growing threat could reverse these gains. Obesity is a rapidly increasing problem across Canada and around the world, and Peel is no exception. This chapter will describe the increase in obesity and its consequences, especially diabetes, and will discuss its relationship with physical activity and nutrition.
Topics covered within this chapter include:
- Trends in the prevalence of overweight and obesity
- Obesity and health outcomes
- Relationship between overweight, obesity and physical activity and nutrition
- The obesogenic environment
- The food environment and dietary patterns
- Diabetes
- Health consequences of diabetes
- Diabetes prevalence
- Cost of diabetes
Focus on Overweight, Obesity and Diabetes (PDF 15 pages, 3.76MB)
Table of contents:
- Table of Contents (PDF 50KB, 1 page)
- Executive Summary (PDF 378KB, 4 pages)
- How to Read this Report (PDF 120KB, 1 page)
- What is Public Health? (Chapter 1)
- Determinants and Disparities (Chapter 2)
* revised - Risk Factors (Chapter 3) * revised
- Who Lives in Peel region?
(Chapter 4) - How Healthy are the Residents of Peel? (Chapter 5)
- Reproductive and Perinatal Health (Chapter 6)
- Heart Disease and Stroke (Chapter 7)
- Cancer (Chapter 8)
- Lung Disease (Chapter 9)
- Injuries (Chapter 10)
- Dental Health (Chapter 11)
- Mental Health (Chapter 12)
- Infectious Disease (Chapter 13)
- The Health of Cities (Chapter 14)
- Focus on Overweight, Obesity and Diabetes (Chapter 15)
- The Physical Environment (Chapter 16)
- Health Services (Chapter 17)
- Preventing Chronic Disease (Chapter 18) * revised
- Data Analysis Issues and Next Steps (Chapter 19, PDF 261KB, 2 pages)
- Acknowledgements (Chapter 20, PDF 113KB, 1 page)
- Data Sources and Limitations (Chapter 21, PDF 611KB, 10 pages)
- Data Methods (Chapter 22, PDF 883KB, 11 pages)
- Text References (Chapter 23, PDF 1.09MB, 19 pages)
- Data References (Chapter 24, PDF 111KB, 1 page)
