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Global Dietary Habits in Relation to Adult Obesity

Author(s): Tiffany Oh1, Daniel Dudek2

1. Oxford Academy 2. Headwaters Science Institute

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With global obesity rates continually increasing, an analysis of the relationship between dietary patterns and global obesity rates was performed with datasets representing sugar consumption, macronutrient percentage intake, and caloric intake. We…

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With global obesity rates continually increasing, an analysis of the relationship between dietary patterns and global obesity rates was performed with datasets representing sugar consumption, macronutrient percentage intake, and caloric intake. We hypothesized that high sugar consumption, an unbalanced macronutrient intake, and a high caloric intake lead to higher adult obesity percentages which were observed to be accurate. In 2019, countries with higher sugar consumption exhibited a relatively higher adult obesity rate. Global daily macronutrient data from 2005-2007 suggest that while a higher protein and fat intake leads to countries having higher adult obesity percentage, higher consumption of carbohydrates lead to a decline in adult obesity rates. Finally, when analyzing the potential relationship between caloric intake and adult obesity percentages in 2016, we did find there to be a positive relationship, indicating that higher caloric intake tends to result in higher obesity percentages for a country.

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Version 1.0 - published on 09 May 2023 doi:10.25334/4M65-F164 - cite this

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