“a worrying trend”

In Peru, as in many countries, several studies have examined the eating habits of university students, revealing a worrying trend toward the consumption of unhealthy foods [ 6 , 7 , 8 , 9 , 10 ].

Nonetheless, it is a worrying trend for the higher education sector as it is an access‐oriented institution that has tended to serve those from lower socio‐economic groups.

Although the epidemiological landscape shows a constant prevalence over the previous 40 years, there is still a worrying trend of advanced-stage diagnoses, which makes treatment results more difficult to manage [ 2 ].

There is a worrying trend toward an increase in the rate of young-onset cancer 8 - 11 .

If such risk factors are becoming more common in SSA as a whole, then this is a worrying trend.

Conclusion: The findings suggest a worrying trend of substance misuse among university students.

[ 6 ] Research indicates a worrying trend in GC cases, with the proportion of cases presenting with distant metastasis rising from 25% in 2005 to 44% in 2019.

Alarmingly, this prevalence is also comparable to that in some other developed countries like Italy (29%),[ 18 ] and higher than that of Spanish adolescents (9.6%).[ 19 ] In a study of Brazil, prevalence of CO was 32.7% (girls = 36.3%, boys = 28.4%).[ 20 ] It harbingers a worrying trend as obesity is not only confined to larger metro cities but has even percolated into non-metropolitan cities.[ 21 ] It is notable that prevalence of CO was found to be higher than generalized obesity in our study (28.5% vs 14.6%) and more than 1/4 th of normal weight adolescents in our study had CO.

A worrying trend is the earlier onset of HOA, with individuals under 55 increasingly affected, leading to prolonged disability, joint surgeries, and estimated annual productivity losses exceeding US$106.8 billion in some economies ( 8 ).

A significant portion of the bacterial strains studied exhibited resistance to six–eight antibiotics, reflecting a worrying trend towards multidrug resistance.

The widespread resistance to first-generation antibiotics, such as amoxicillin, ampicillin, and penicillin G, suggests a worrying trend that reflects global patterns of rising antibiotic resistance.

Similar to research on perfectionism, research on depression among college students has shown continuous growth, which could be a worrying trend ( Gao et al., 2019 ).

Both studies, nevertheless, clearly demonstrated a worrying trend towards increase in psychological symptoms associated with the COVID-19 pandemic among older adults.

However, a worrying trend of a substantial decline in the number of children with all healthy teeth between the ages of 3 and 6 is still present.

The study shows a worrying trend in PA habits, with a sizable fraction reporting no intense exercise and a minority regularly engaging in vigorous-intensity activities.

More importantly, though, there is a worrying trend: patients with BD have fewer friends both in real-world settings and on the Internet, and their online behavior (in terms of frequency and knowledge of terms used in SNS) does not match that of healthy individuals in the same age group.

Research findings specifically reveal that as many as 23.6% of adults exhibit symptoms associated with depression, a percentage that not only increases with age but also shows a worrying trend in young people.

This heralds a worrying trend in Malaysia since at present more than a quarter of its population is aged 15 and below [ 35 ].

4 , 8 There is a worrying trend that a higher proportion of patients with HF are diagnosed during a hospitalisation, rather than in the community. 9 This likely represents a missed opportunity to diagnose and initiate treatment before a patient deteriorates to the point of requiring hospitalisation.

However, in the two longitudinal studies identified, there was a worrying trend of declining attitudes towards communication as students progressed through their training, particularly in the clinical setting ( Givron & Desseilles, 2021 ; Rosenbaum, 2017 ).

59 , 60 This is a worrying trend as macrolides are first-line therapy for M . genitalium infections, with fluoroquinolones and tetracyclines being alternatives.

coli , which usually harbor AMR genes, a worrying trend towards MDR have been displayed.

Over the past decade, US osteoporosis treatment rates have dropped from 15 to 8%, a worrying trend that is worse among patients with diabetes [ 27 ].

However, CHE-10 and CHE-25 has shown an increasing trend for private sector hospitalization which is a worrying trend.

The 2012 Kenya AIDS Indicator Survey (KAIS) also revealed a worrying trend of many infected male and female youth unaware of their HIV/AIDS status and this is consistent with the global trends [ 44 , 63 ].