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As Obesity Epidemic Soars, Scientists and Researchers Explore Connections to Other Diseases
New interdisciplinary conference brings together leading researchers and stakeholders to discuss the latest in obesity, cancer, diabetes and related metabolic disorders
The Obesity Epidemic - Two Policy Experts Speak Out
As part of our look into the obesity epidemic, we decided to ask two leading healthcare policy experts questions about the likelihood and potential impact of??a tax on the obese and a tax on high-fat and high-sugar foods. This is the third article in a series I have written on obesity, with the previous two ...
20% 'Fat Tax' Needed to Fight Obesity
It's a proposition some might find hard to swallow: a 20-percent tax on unhealthy food to improve the health of the nation.
Why The U.S. May Go Broke Over The Obesity Crisis
The obesity epidemic is still going strong. Obesity-related health problems may cost us an extra $550 billion over the next 20 years.
Beating back obesity
America's weight problem is only getting worse. Here's how we can fix it
Severe Obesity Linked to Increased Risks of Spinal Surgery
Patients with morbid obesity are at nearly twice the risk of developing complications after spinal fusion surgery, reports a study in the May 15 issue of Spine. The journal is published by Lippincott Williams & Wilkins, a part of Wolters Kluwer Health.
Dr. Manoj Jain: Culture change on obesity will take time
"Ouch," that hurt, I said last Sunday. It was not a reaction to the Grizzlies' Game 7 loss to the Clippers, but Chris Peck's scathing must-read commentary on Memphis being the national hub for obesity and our lack of concern about it.
Brain rewiring offers slim hope for obesity epidemic
Weight-loss surgery helps people to think thin, which could open the door to new and gentler drug treatments for obesity
Avoid obesity with natural low-calorie foods
Re "Late-night fasts may be diet key" (May 18): It is interesting that mice who ate the sa
Diners go 'Halfsies' to fight hunger and obesity
'Halfsies' plan at restaurants would serve half of a normal portion to diners with the remaining value of the dish used to aid the hungry.
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