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If Americans continue to pack on pounds, obesity will cost the United States about $344 billion in annual medical-related expenses by 2018, eating up about 21 percent of health-care spending, says the first analysis to estimate the future medical costs of obesity.
As patients switch insurers and Medicare providers in the new year, they might also get a new pharmacist. To make sure you're aware of any changes in medication, Dr. Mark Alberts of Northwestern University suggests a few questions to ask.
It has been estimated that more than nine million kids are overweight, causing them to face potentially scary futures that could cause health care costs to spiral beyond control, according to a recent Reuters report.If children don't slim down by age 20, their life expectancy will drop by up to 20 years.
Laurel City Councilwoman Willie Evans has been selected to participate in a National League of Cities’ Institute for Youth Education and Families.
MARION-Proposed state legislation that would make physical activity mandatory and track students' weight over a period of years is getting mixed reactions locally.
People in the South and Appalachia are obese and suffering from diabetes at a greater rate than the
The cost of obesity is estimated at about $117 billion every year according to a 2001 report done the US Department of Health and Human Services. This amount includes direct (diagnosis of illnesses associated with obesity, treatment, medication, and hospitalization) and indirect costs (loss of wages and premature death).
The Centers for Disease Control and Prevention report says in Anchorage, nearly 26 percent of adults are considered obese; it estimates 67 percent of Alaskans are overweight.
Alaskans are losing the battle of the bulge.
Vigorous exercise may be an especially good way to keep kids lean, but sitting around, in and of itself, doesn't appear to have a major role in making them fat, new research shows.
Recent reports that Maryland’s obesity rate may reach more than 50 percent by the year 2018 overshadowed news that a seemingly incongruous problem is also rising - hunger.
Obesity is a serious health concern for not only adults, but children as well. According to the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention, over the past three decades the childhood obesity rate has more than doubled for pre-school children ages 2 to 5 and adolescents ages 12 to 19… and it has more than tripled for children ages 6 to 11. News 3’s Kim Gusby tells us how one man is using ...
To the Editor:.
LITTLE ROCK—Arkansas was ranked 40th in overall health in a new report that says smoking and obesity are still among the biggest health challenges for Arkansans and much of the nation.
The barriers to living and eating healthily are multiplied for people in poorer communities and households where time and money are scarce, local researchers and health advocates say.
Researchers presented studies at a meeting of The Obesity Society on Oct. 22, which were released by CNN.com, concerning weight gain among college students have found that the "freshman 15" can continue throughout the years a student spends at college and most likely into post-college life.
