Obesity

1006 Stories, most recent news story added 2 hours 54 minutes ago

Send
- Email
- IM
Share
- Digg
- Facebook
- Newsvine
- del.icio.us
- Reddit
- StumbleUpon
- Technorati
- Yahoo! Bookmarks

Study says Alaska has high obesity rates

KTVF Fairbanks - 2 hours 6 minutes ago

Alaskans are losing the battle of the bulge.

News Stories

Sort By:

Study says Alaska has high obesity rates
KTVF Fairbanks - 2 hours 54 minutes ago
Alaskans are losing the battle of the bulge.
Arkansas ranks 40th in health
WMCTV Memphis - Sat Nov 28, 6:44 pm ET
This year's America's Health Rankings report says high rates of smoking and obesity are still among the biggest challenges plaguing the health of Arkansans and much of the nation.
Arkansas ranks 40th in nation in overall health
Pine Bluff Commercial - Sat Nov 28, 5:20 pm ET
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.
Food stamps: All that bad?
Chicago Sun-Times - Sat Nov 28, 10:58 am ET
The estimate was startling, and made headlines around the country: Almost half of all U.S. kids will be on food stamps at some time during childhood.How could it be true in the land of plenty, in the midst of an obesity epidemic, skeptics wondered.Surprisingly, many statisticians and policy analysts say the projection seems about right. Where they differ, along ideological lines, is in ...
Arkansas ranks 40th in country in overall health
Arkansas Democrat-Gazette - Sat Nov 28, 7:31 am ET
High rates of smoking and obesity are still among the biggest challenges plaguing the health of Arkansans and much of the nation, a recent report says.
Poverty debate revived
The Scranton Times-Tribune - Sat Nov 28, 4:07 am ET
CHICAGO - The estimate was startling, and made headlines around the country: Almost half of all U.S. kids will be on food stamps at some time during childhood. How could it be true in the land of plenty, in the midst of an obesity epidemic, skeptics wond
Reducing Obesity Rates
New York Times - Sat Nov 28, 1:40 am ET
To the Editor:.
Researchers finds links between obesity, poverty
Chattanooga Times Free Press - Sat Nov 28, 12:18 am ET
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.
Kids should get moving to avoid obesity
Reuters via Yahoo! News - Fri Nov 27, 2:04 pm ET
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.
FTC announces forum agenda on food marketing to kids
Food Navigator USA - Fri Nov 27, 10:15 am ET
The public forum is entitled ‘Sizing up Food Marketing and Childhood Obesity’ and will see the presentation of new research and discuss the “statutory and constitutional issues surrounding governmental regulation of food marketing.”
Fun Run raises awareness about childhood obesity
Stephenville Empire-Tribune - Fri Nov 27, 10:13 am ET
It’s all in the fun - and it’s all about the kids. Texas Health Harris Methodist Hospital Stephenville hosted its fourth annual Fun Run Saturday. Join our Premium Online Membership to view the rest of the story.
Surgery for Mental Ills Offers Both Hope and Risk
New York Times - Fri Nov 27, 9:09 am ET
Hundreds have undergone brain surgery for problems like depression, anxiety, even obesity.
Readers says public education must be reformed
Greene County Messenger - Fri Nov 27, 4:57 am ET
TV cable news recently reported that approximately 75 percent of American high school graduates do not qualify for military service due to varying levels of addictions, ignorance and obesity. Veterans can best realize the impact that has on armed forces recruitment.
Alaska packing on the pounds
Anchorage Daily News - Fri Nov 27, 4:33 am ET
Dear Alaska, Time to take a cold, clear look in the mirror. The Centers for Disease Control says you're kind of fat. Especially on the rural edges of the state where obesity rates are some of the worst in the Western United States.
Diabetes Prevalence Expected to Double in Next 25 Years
Marketwire via Yahoo! Finance - Fri Nov 27, 12:01 am ET
ALEXANDRIA, VA--(Marketwire - 11/27/09) - By 2034, the number of Americans living with diabetes will nearly double and diabetes spending will nearly triple to $336 billion, even if the prevalence of obesity in this country remains stable, according to a study published in the November issue of Diabetes Care. A team of researchers led by the University of Chicago constructed a model of diabetes ...