Recent News & Comments About obesity rates
Why The U.S. May Go Broke Over The Obesity Crisis
The good news is that obesity rates, which have climbed so steeply in recent decades, are starting to level off. The bad news is that they?re still rising, and costing us more each year. A new study estimates that over the next two decades, we?ll spend another $550 billion in obesity-related health problems like type 2 diabetes and heart disease.
Obesity Reigns Supreme
While one study finds that two in five people will be obese by 2030, another says that just leveling off obesity rates could save billions.
Keeping Obesity Rates Down Could Save Millions
Keeping Obesity Rates Down Could Save Millions Connie K. Ho for RedOrbit.com Researchers of a public health study recently released information regarding a link between cost savings and obesity that could take place over the next two decades. The study found that 42 percent of the U.S. population could be obese by 2030 and that the U.S. healthcare system could struggle with the additional cost ...
C-Section May Hike Risk for Toddlers' Obesity, Study Suggests
WEDNESDAY, May 23 (HealthDay News) -- Babies born by Caesarean section are twice as likely to be obese by age 3 as infants delivered vaginally, a new study suggests.
Rising Obesity Rates Might Mean More Rheumatoid Arthritis
Title: Rising Obesity Rates Might Mean More Rheumatoid Arthritis Category: Health News Created: 5/4/2012 4:05:00 PM Last Editorial Review: 5/7/2012 12:00:00 AM
Report: Obesity Epidemic Worsens in Oregon
Obesity rates in Oregon have jumped 121 percent among adults since 1990, driven by a lack of physical activity and poor nutrition, a new Oregon Health Authority report released Tuesday found.
Global Obesity, Hypertension Rates Rise, WHO Says
Obesity levels doubled in every region of the world between 1980 and 2008, spurring rates of non-communicable diseases such as diabetes and cancer that now account for almost two in three deaths globally, the World Health Organization said in a report.
Rates of Obesity and Severe Obesity to Climb by 2030 — Study
A new study out Monday predicts that the percentage of Americans who are obese will climb to 42% by 2030.
Keeping obesity rates level could save nearly $550 billion over 2 decades
( Duke University Medical Center ) 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.
State report puts dollar figure on Oregon’s obesity epidemic
Between 1990 and 2009, obesity rates in Oregon increased a drastic 121 percent, with the over 1.76 million state adults classified as obese or overweight in 2009, based on a report released Tuesday by the Oregon Health Authority's Public Health Division. According to the report, "Oregon ...
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