Sep
2
A majority of adults in California are obese or overweight, and more than 2 million have been diagnosed with diabetes, according to a new study from the UCLA Center for Health Policy Research…
Aug
18
Obesity top threat to children’s health: poll (Reuters)
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Reuters - Adults consider obesity the number one threat to children’s health in the United States and many believe the problem is getting worse, according to a new poll.
Aug
12
Alabama had an overall self-reported obesity level of 31 percent for adults. The obesity epidemic affects every state, according to a new CDC report. No state met the country’s Healthy People 2010 goal to lower obesity to 15 percent. New data show that nine states had an obesity rate of 30 percent or higher in 2009 - an increase over zero states in 2000, and three states in 2005…
Aug
9
Why Is Obesity So Prevalent, And What Can We Do To Combat It?
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This week, the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention reported that in 2009, no state had met a target of reducing obesity prevalence among adults to 15 percent. Why is obesity so prevalent in America? And what can we do to combat the problem? Quattrin, who is leading a more than $2…
Aug
4
"Obesogenic" America: Nine States Now Over 30 Per Cent Obese, CDC
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American society has become “obesogenic” according to the US Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC): their latest report shows that nine states now report more than 30 per cent of adults are obese, yet it was only ten years ago that no state had a 30 per cent or more rate of obesity in its adult population…
Aug
4
Loss Of Quality-Adjusted Life Years Due To Obesity More Than Doubles For US Adults From 1993-2008
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Although the prevalence of obesity and obesity-attributable deaths has steadily increased, the resultant burden of disease associated with obesity has not been well understood. A new study published in the September issue of the American Journal of Preventive Medicine indicates that Quality-Adjusted Life Years (QALYs) lost to U.S…
Aug
3
US obesity growing ‘faster than anyone imagined’ (AFP)
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AFP - Obesity in the United States has grown “faster than anyone could have imagined,” doubling in adults and tripling in children in recent years, a leading health official said Tuesday.
Aug
3
More than 70 million U.S. adults obese, agency says (Reuters)
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Reuters - More than 72 million U.S. adults, or 26.7 percent, are obese, up 1 percentage point in two years, the U.S. government reported on Tuesday.
Jun
29
Below is a list of states according to the percentage of adults considered to be obese, with Mississippi at number 1 (33.8%) and Colorado at number 51 (19.1%). Percentage of adults considered to be obese, by state: 1.Mississippi 33.8% 2. tie Alabama 31.6%; & Tennessee 31.6% 4. West Virginia 31.3% 5. Louisiana 31.2% 6.Oklahoma 30.6% 7. Kentucky 30.5% 8. Arkansas 30.1% 9…
Jun
29
Americans getting fatter, especially in the South (Reuters)
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Reuters - Obesity rates climbed again last year with 28 U.S. states reporting adults are fatter now than a year ago, two advocacy groups said on Tuesday.