Recent News & Comments About obesity epidemic
Caesarean section babies 'face double the risk of obesity' than those delivered naturally
Doctors say the obesity epidemic could be driven in part by rising rates of surgical deliveries - in England almost 25 per cent, which totals around 155,000 a year.
How to wean America from its dangerous food addiction
The nation's obesity epidemic is as much about brain chemistry as it is poor diet and laziness — a fact we must realize if we're going to treat obesity effectively
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 articles, A Fat Tax In America's Future? and Cash As Weapon In The War Against Obesity ...
Policy advocate: Obesity epidemic 'weighing' down NC economy
Obesity raises the risk of heart disease, stroke, diabetes and cancer, and impacts the cost of health care for everyone. According to health policy advocates, North Carolina is in an especially bad position because of an increasing number of overweight citizens.
20-year forecast shows no end to obesity epidemic
WASHINGTON, D.C. — The obesity epidemic may be slowing, but don't take in those pants yet. Today, just over a third of U.S. adults are obese. By 2030, 42 percent will be, says a forecast released Monday.
No end to obesity epidemic, 20-year forecast shows
The obesity epidemic may be slowing, but don't take in those pants yet.Today, just over a third of U.S. adults are obese. By 2030, 42 percent will be, says a forecast released Monday.That's not nearly ...
Obesity increasing at slower rate, but epidemic isn't over, new studies show
The obesity epidemic might be slowing, but don't take in those pants yet. Today, just over a third of U.S. adults are obese. By 2030, 42 percent will be, says a forecast released Monday.
Effective strategies urgently needed to stop progression of childhood obesity epidemic
Currently more than 10% of preschoolers in the U.S. are obese and effective strategies that target pregnancy, infancy, and toddlers are urgently needed to stop the progression of the childhood obesity epidemic, as proposed in an article in Childhood Obesity, a peer-reviewed journal from Mary Ann Liebert, Inc., publishers.
Obesity epidemic slowing, but weight still on the rise
Washington — The obesity epidemic may be slowing, but don't take in those pants yet. Today, just over a third of U.S. adults are obese. By 2030, 42 percent will be, says a forecast released Monday.
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
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