The Obesity Rate is Obese
activity in the past month, according to The Centers for DiseaseControl and Prevention) and poverty...’s obesity rate. According to the report, obesity rates continued to climb in 31 states last year
Regional health foundation has schools tackling obesity
regionally since 2006.
The foundation's report, the 2006 MetroWest Adolescent Health Survey, found that 20.4... or obese. The figures put area youths in better shape than their state and national peers, although
Dutch hope to invent foods that prevent obesity
or so," he added.
Obesity is on the rise in many countries, including the United States, where 60 percent of the population is overweight or obese, Britain and elsewhere in Europe.
It is clearly a matter
Severely obese fastest-growing overweight group
People who are 100 pounds or more overweight are the fastest-growing group of overweight people in the United States, researchers reported Monday.
They found the proportion of the severely obese was 50
Stop Childhood Obesity
Clearly one of our most important wars we need to fight today is the war on childhood obesity... foods in the United States.
2. Outlaw the placement of junk food vending machines and fast food
Obesity doubles in Sweden in 25 years
The number of obese people in Sweden has doubled in the past 25 years, with one in 10 Swedes now considered largely overweight, a Statistics Sweden study showed.
Obesity is now as common among women as men
Why the long face? Rio's obese treated like horses
Rio de Janeiro hospitals have been sending obese people to share medical test equipment with horses... is the only place in Rio where they have the appropriate equipment," a spokeswoman for the Rio state health
Diet drug may be of little benefit in obese teens
Obese adolescents who are put on a low-calorie diet and exercise program do not seem to derive any additional benefit from taking the diet drug sibutramine, sold in the United States under the trade name
Childhood obesity triggers girls' early puberty
CHICAGO, Illinois (Reuters) -- Childhood obesity in the United States appears to be causing girls... with the earlier onset of puberty provides additional evidence that growing rates of obesity among children
