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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.
VANCOUVER, BC--(Marketwire - 11/23/09) - Sirona Biochem Corp. (TSX-V: SBM - News ), an emerging biotech company focused on drug development for diabetes and obesity, announced today another major appointment to its Scientific Advisory Board, Professor Bruce Verchere, one of Canada's leading diabetes scientists. Sirona Biochem CEO, Dr. Howard Verrico, said, "We consider ourselves very fortunate ...
A local hospital takes action to fight childhood obesity. Hayes Green Beach Hospital in Charlotte kicked off its new program with the westside YMCA, a 3 month course to help overweight kids drop some pounds. When Stevie Bridson hops on the scale, he's not thrilled with what he sees.
ATLANTA — The first county-by-county survey of obesity reflects past studies that show the rate of obesity is highest...
By Mike Stobbe The Associated Press ATLANTA | Greene County has one of the highest obesity rates in the nation, and several other West Alabama counties are not far behind. The first county-by-county survey of obesity reflects past studies that show the rate of obesity is highest in the Southeast and Appalachia.
First Ever County-by-County Survey Shows Concentration of Obesity, Diabetes in Southern States
Two local school superintendents have concerns about a proposed law to make Ohio schools a key battleground in the fight against childhood obesity, under legislation introduced in the state House and Senate.
ATLANTA, Nov. 19 (UPI) -- Areas of the Southeast, Appalachia and some tribal lands in the West and Northern Plains have the highest U.S. rates of obesity and diabetes, officials say.
The CDC says the prevalence of obesity and diabetes in the U.S. is much higher in the South and Appalachian region than in most areas of the West and Northeast.
WASHINGTON — Spending to treat the health effects of obesity, $86 billion last year, will quadruple over the next decade, and almost half of U.S. adults will be obese by 2018, according to the annual America's Health Rankings study.
The Science Café Little Rock, co-sponsored by the University of Arkansas for Medical Sciences (UAMS), will hold its next public forum, “Obesity: Young & Old” on November 24.
A woman's risk of developing multiple sclerosis (MS) during her lifetime is doubled if she was obese at age 18, new research shows.
Physicians who specialize in treating obesity say education is key to remedying this bias.
ATLANTA (AP) — The first county-by-county survey of obesity reflects past studies that show the rate of obesity is highest in the Southeast and Appalachia.
New data released by the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention on Thursday show an increase in diabetes and obesity rates across the nation - and counties in the north state are no exception.The 2007 age-adjusted rate of adults ages 20 and older living with diabetes in Shasta County is 7.2 percent, up from 6 percent in 2004. The county's rate is lower than the state's, which has increased ...
ATLANTA (AP) — The first county-by-county survey of obesity reflects past studies that show the rate of obesity is highest in the Southeast and Appalachia. High rates of obesity and diabetes were reported in more than 80 percent of counties in the A...
