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Although fewer people are smoking -- and therefore less likely to die from cigarette-related causes -- the obesity epidemic may negate any gains in life span, according to a new study.
Over the next decade the health benefits achieved because fewer Americans are smoking will be more than overshadowed by the negative health effects of the unchecked rise in obesity, new research suggests.
Uses applied statistics to simplify weight charts, informationA University of Nevada, Reno professor who thinks the present weight management charts and screening tools for children are too difficult to understand and use has devised new, simpler charts that pediatricians and parents can use to help combat the increasing rates of obese and overweight children in the United States.George ...
Efforts to reduce obesity in the local Hispanic community will be the focus of a $360,000, four-year grant awarded to the Palm Beach County School Board.
Over the past 20 years, smoking has dropped 20 percent, while obesity rates went up 50 percent.
ANN ARBOR, Mich., Dec. 3 (UPI) -- The good news is that fewer Americans are smoking, but the benefits of quitting tobacco will be snuffed out by U.S. adults getting fatter, researchers said.
Thirty percent of school kids across the country are obese or at risk of becoming obese and 5 EYEWITNESS NEWS has learned that number is even higher...
Although Americans increasingly are overweight, rates for smoking, infectious disease, violent crime and infant mortality are down, says a report ranking states' health status.
About 40 years of health improvements from declining numbers of smokers may be undermined because too many U.S. adults are obese, researchers said.
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The increase in overweight Americans offsets the decline in smoking and threatens greater life expectancy, a study finds. Americans have increased their life expectancy by cutting back on cigarettes, but the pounds they're packing on mean that, ultimately, they could lose ground.
By: Deborah Rafferty Fruit fly study shows fat proteins could affect humans U researchers discovered a potential cause for human obesity—in fruit flies....
MT. PLEASANT, SC (WCSC) - Slow Food Charleston, the local chapter of the international non-profit by the same name, was at the Whole Foods in Mt. Pleasant Tuesday to raise awareness about childhood obesity.
Palo Alto students can get fit, have fun and earn college credit in a first of it's kind program. At Palo Alto College students can now get college credit for physical conditioning without ever setting foot in a gym. In fact, they don't even have to leave their home. Palo Alto is the first in the nation to offer an online Wii Fit conditioning course. "We have a high rate of obesity, Bexar ...
At Palo Alto College students can now get college credit for physical conditioning without ever setting foot in a gym. In fact, they don't even have to leave their home. Palo Alto is the first in the nation to offer an online Wii Fit conditioning course. "We have a high rate of obesity, Bexar County has 60% in some areas, it's really epidemic," said Anna Bustamante, the Academic Chair of the ...
A small study of middle-aged women finds that "guilt-ridden dieters," impulsive eaters and those too busy to focus on food are the most likely to show signs of obesity.
