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Study: Obesity to affect 42% of Americans by 2030
Study found keeping obesity rates level for two decades would save $550 billion in health care costs
HBO's 'Weight of a Nation' spotlights obesity
A new documentary series tackling the obesity epidemic doesn’t pull any paunches. Images of oversized hearts, diseased livers and 10-pound logs of fat lay the consequences of overeating on the table in “The Weight of the Nation.”
"The Weight Of The Nation": Documenting America's Obesity Epidemic: Part 1 - Consequences
68.8% of Americans are overweight or obese : this stunning fact, setting aside the unsustainability of US fiscal or monetary policy, means that something must change in this country, or very soon it won't matter if America has $20 trillion or $1 googol in debt: everyone will be simply too fat to care. And, shortly thereafter, too dead. Now that America's obesity epidemic is rapidly, and finally ...
Women and Obesity: How Far Have We Come?
New survey reveals that women don't understand some of the health consequences associated with obesity or the support options available
Review: HBO's 'Weight of the Nation' pounds away at obesity
The four-part 'Weight of the Nation' continues HBO's crusade for change, with a look at how obesity has affected Americans and what can be done for the long run. "The Weight of the Nation," HBO's new four-part documentary exploring the rising obesity rates among Americans, does not pussy-foot. Americans, we are told early and often, are simply too fat and their collective girth is straining more ...
Obesity Prevention Program for Girls Not Associated with Significant Difference in Body Mass Index
An Australian school-based obesity prevention program for adolescent girls was not associated with statistically significant differences in body mass index (BMI) and other body composition measures, however the small changes may be related to clinically important health outcomes, according to a report published Online First by Archives of Pediatrics & Adolescent Medicine, a JAMA Network ...
A Dire Sign Of The Obesity Epidemic: Teen Diabetes Soaring, Study Finds
The proportion of 12- to 19-year-olds who report having diabetes or "prediabetes" increased from 9 percent in 1999 to 23 percent in 2008, according to a paper published in the journal Pediatrics . "This report really sounds the alarm," says one researcher.
Keeping obesity rates level could save nearly $550 billion over 2 decades
Researchers have forecast the cost savings and rise in obesity prevalence over the next two decades in a new public health study. The forecasting study found that 42 percent of the US population could be obese by 2030.
Will Obesity Reverse Rise in U.S. Life Expectancy?
Watch Video | Listen to the Audio GWEN IFILL: Public health experts have long warned of a growing obesity epidemic in America. This week, government officials and others have launched a major campaign, warning those long-feared consequences are at hand. In a 474-page report, the Institute of Medicine called for systemic policy changes, from overhauling farm policies and the way food is marketed ...
Harvard School of Public Health Launches Obesity Prevention Website
( Harvard School of Public Health ) The Obesity Prevention Source website aims to give the public, health professionals, public health practitioners, business and community leaders, and policymakers quick and easy access to science-based information about obesity's causes, its dire consequences, and what can and must be done to turn back obesity's global spread.
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