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Using data from U.S. national surveys, the authors forecast that the adverse effect of increases in obesity on the nation's health over the next decade will exceed the benefits of declines in smoking. They estimate that the elimination of smoking and obesity by 2020 would increase the average life expectancy at the age of 18 by almost 4 years.
( Elsevier Health Sciences ) Adolescent obesity is a major public health problem that impacts one out of every three children, resulting in 4-5 million overweight youth in the United States. In a study published in the December 2009 issue of the Journal of the American Dietetic Association, researchers evaluated differences in weight control behaviors, including dietary intake and physical ...
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
(WXOW) - For millions of Americans obesity is a daily struggle. And losing the weight, isn't always easy. More and more people are opting for bariatric surgery, or weight loss surgery. Laura Kruse,
A lifelong media watcher and fat person contemplates TV news' latest mis-coverage of an obesity story.
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.
For years now, we’ve known that chronic sleep deprivation can trigger a litany of other health risks, from diabetes and obesity to heart and memory...
SAN ANGELO, Texas —In many families there is a point, often during the holidays, when an adult awakens in panic in the dark of night and realizes the family is or soon will be in financial jeopardy.Just as tasty, cheap and abundant food has made obesity far too prevalent, so a plethora of goods, discount stores and credit has made overspending a crisis for too many families.We’re dazzled by ...
America is the land of the free and the home of the brave. Oh, and the obesity capital of the world. It might not sound as glamorous as the other two, but we are constantly reminded that America … well, it has an eating problem.
Laurel City Councilwoman Willie Evans has been selected to participate in a National League of Cities’ Institute for Youth Education and Families.
Reasons for this include soaring rates of obesity and an aging population, both of which are risk factors for type-2 diabetes, wrote the researchers, from the University of Chicago. At the moment, they said there are 19.5m diagnosed cases of diabetes in the US, with another 4.25m undiagnosed cases.
CHICAGO----Americans continue to have a love-hate relationship with building and maintaining healthy eating and living habits. The Centers for Disease Control reports that U.S. life expectancy has increased three years in just the past decade, but that over the last 30 years, the prevalence of obesity has tripled.
West Virginia has one of the highest rates of obesity in the nation. To help educate children about the growing concern, Philippi Main Street Committee received a grant through the Department of Health and Human Resources' Office of Healthy Lifestyles to host cooking classes and other activities for elementary school-aged youth.
MARION-Proposed state legislation that would make physical activity mandatory and track students' weight over a period of years is getting mixed reactions locally.
iNovia Capital, a Montreal-based manager of venture capital funds, today announced its investment in BaroSense, Inc, as part of the company's Series B' financing round. BaroSense is a privately-held medical device company specializing in the minimally invasive treatment of obesity.
People in the South and Appalachia are obese and suffering from diabetes at a greater rate than the
