Global human obesity and global social index

Relationship and clustering

verfasst von

Mubbasher Munir, Zahrahtul Amani Zakaria, Haseeb Nisar, Zahoor Ahmed, Sameh A. Korma, Tuba Esatbeyoglu

Abstract

Introduction: Obesity, a complex, multifactorial disease, is considered a global disease burden widely affecting the quality of life across different populations. Factors involved in obesity involve genetics, behavior and socioeconomic and environmental origins, each contributing to the risk of debilitating morbidity and mortality. However, the trends across the world vary due to various globalization parameters. Methods: This article tends to identify the global social indicators, compiled into a global index, and develop a correlation between the global social index created by using the human development index, social and political globalization, the global happiness index, and the quality of infrastructure, institutions, and individuals using the internet factors and its effect on global obesity. Results and Discussion: Our results identified a positive correlation between medium human development levels with obesity compared to low and very high human development levels. Economic stability due to rapid industrialization has increased the buying capacity and changed the global food system, which seems to be the major driver of the rise of global obesity. Conclusion: The results decipher that global social indicators and overall social index have positively affected global obesity, which will help policymakers and governmental organizations monitor the obesity patterns across their regions by a significant contribution from globally influenced social factors.

Organisationseinheit(en)

Institut für Lebensmittelwissenschaft und Humanernährung
Molekulare Lebensmittelchemie und -entwicklung

Externe Organisation(en)

Universiti Sultan Zainal Abidin
University of Management & Technology (UMT)
South China University of Technology

Typ

Artikel

Journal

Frontiers in Nutrition

Band

10

Publikationsdatum

09.03.2023

Publikationsstatus

Veröffentlicht

Peer-reviewed

Ja

ASJC Scopus Sachgebiete

Lebensmittelwissenschaften, Endokrinologie, Diabetes und Stoffwechsel, Ernährung und Diätetik

Ziele für nachhaltige Entwicklung

SDG 3 – Gute Gesundheit und Wohlergehen

Elektronische Version(en)

https://doi.org/10.3389/fnut.2023.1150403 (Zugang: Offen)