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Obesity in America: By the Numbers
Collectively, the numbers spell out a familiar story. American adults are expanding by the year, along with their children and health care costs. Depressing? Yes. Easy to tune out? Even more so. In isolation, the statistics are a little more difficult to ignore. And this month, a consortium of the nation's top health organizations are driving them home through a CDC conference , an IOM report ...
U.S. Obesity Plateau Shows What Works in Weight Battle
Obesity has become a danger far greater than hunger. Yet amid the alarming stories about its harm to America’s health and economy, one bit of information has been drowned out: The percentage of U.S. adults who are obese appears to have plateaued.
Report: Schools key to fighting America's obesity
Fighting obesity will require changes everywhere Americans live, work, play and learn, says a major new report that outlines dozens of options — from building more walkable neighborhoods to zoning limits ...
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
Obesity In America: 42% Estimated To Be Obese By 2030, New Data Shows
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.
Fighting childhood obesity in America through health nutrition education
A health nutrition education program to fight childhood obesity in America is a possible outcome of a study by a University of Oklahoma researcher and a colleague. The study looked at factors affecting a child's decision when choosing healthy or unhealthy snacks.
Obesity fight must shift from personal blame: panel
NEW YORK (Reuters) - America's obesity epidemic is so deeply rooted that it will take dramatic and systemic measures - from overhauling farm policies and zoning laws to, possibly, introducing a soda tax - to fix it, the influential Institute of Medicine said on Tuesday. In an ambitious 478-page report, the IOM refutes the idea that obesity is largely the result of a lack of willpower on the part ...
Obesity in America: gazing at the fat of the land
Some of King County's wealthiest and healthiest communities are just a bike ride away from neighborhoods with health disparities similar to those found in developing countries.
Video: New front in battle vs. obesity
Obesity is a growing epidemic in America that's being fought on many fronts. Chip Reid reports on Nashville, Tenn, a city voted the nation's least active, and a mayor fighting to rid the city of that title.
Ostrow: TV Preview: HBO's mammoth obesity doc, "The Weight of the Nation," hits the wrong target
HBO deserves credit for devoting time and resources to the distressing and unsexy subject of obesity in America. The pictures alone are grim. (Insert your own joke about putting down the chips long enough to watch...)
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