In U.S., So Many Obese, So Many Hungry
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In a nation where obesity is the second-leading cause of death, 33 million Americans don't know where their next meal is coming from -- a year-round paradox that only becomes more pronounced during the holidays.
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Mississippians need to skip the gravy, say no to the fried pickles and start taking brisk walks to fight an epidemic of obesity, experts say. According to a new study, this Deep South state is the fattest in the nation.
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Many immigrants to the United States soon get fat, joining an increasingly obese population in their adopted country, researchers said on Tuesday.
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TUESDAY, Dec. 14 (HealthDayNews) -- The longer immigrants live in the United States, the more likely they are to take on what has become an increasingly common American characteristic: obesity.
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Evolution and the environment, not just   gluttony, has led to a global obesity pandemic, with an   estimated 1.5 billion people overweight -- more than the number   of undernourished people -- an obesity conference was told on   Monday.
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Along with the American waistline, the American plate and portion size have grown too. A study at Rutgers University supports earlier research that people today eat bigger servings than they did 20 years ago.
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Obesity has reached epidemic proportions in the United States, with two-thirds of adults and some 25 million children obese or overweight, and the fatness of the land threatening US competitiveness, a report published Monday showed.
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Doctors and health advocates have warned for years that American children are getting fatter. Now even some kids&#039; teddy bears are packing on the pounds.
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Over the next five weeks, Americans will indulge like no other time of the year. Here's how to keep the pounds off.
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Bad news for new Americans: A study published Wednesday shows that simply moving to the United States packs on the pounds. &quot;The longer you live here, the more likely you are to be obese,&quot; says Mita Sanghavi
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Obesity is considered a major public-health problem, but many scientists are coming to see it as a comparative blessing, given the alternative.
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Better nutrition has helped Americans grow a little taller. But it's been too much of a good thing: The nation is also a whole lot fatter.
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By any measure, Americans are increasingly interested in eating healthily, yet obesity rates are still rising.
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The number of U.S. children having obesity surgery has tripled in recent years, surging at a pace that could mean more than 1,000 such operations this year, new research suggests.
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Very obese people are as unhealthy, and probably as likely to die, as patients with heart failure, US researchers have reported. A second
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Many busy Americans may be stumped by how exactly to manage the new dietary guidelines for Americans released last week.
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In this era of super-sized portions, the idea of eating large -- without being large -- might seem like a fairy tale.