41 US States Have Obesity Levels Over 20%, Obesity Policies ...
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Trust for America&#39;s Health (TFAH) today released a new report âF As in Fat: How Obesity Policies are Failing in America,â which found that national and state policies are falling far short of obesity control and reduction goals.
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counting carbs, watching kilos, and keeping an uneasy eye on the growing list of health problems linked with obesity. But it&#39;s not just the number
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TUESDAY, Dec. 5 (HealthDay News) -- It's no secret that American kids eat too much. Now, a new study provides some specific numbers that could help fight the obesity epidemic.
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Louisiana, Mississippi and West  Virginia have the highest percentages of obese residents, while  Colorado, Connecticut, Hawaii and Vermont have the lowest, the  government reported on Thursday.
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Sept. 30, 2004 -- Sweeping changes are needed in America to prevent the growing childhood obesity epidemic from wreaking havoc on the nation&#39;s overall health and its medical system, concludes an Institute of Medicine panel.
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Americans are fatter than ever, with obesity rates up in most states and fewer people exercising, according to a study released on Monday.
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Rates of obesity and diabetes are rising across England, government data reveals.
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MONDAY, Oct. 22 (HealthDay News) -- Worldwide, 40 percent of men and 30 percent of women are now overweight, and 24 percent of men and 27 percent of women are obese, say researchers who looked at data from 63 countries.
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The use of surgery to treat obesity has increased greatly among U.S. adolescents in recent years, with the number of operations tripling from 2000 to 2003, according to a study published on Monday.
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Overweight and obesity levels are increasing at an alarming rate within the European Union, with over a quarter of men and a third of women considered obese in some countries, the European Commission has warned.
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Rising rates of obesity and infant mortality stunted improvements to the nation&#39;s overall health in the past year, according to a report released Monday that ranked Florida among the 10 worst states for the health of its residents.
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ATLANTA Oct. 7, 2004 - Chronic kidney failure more than doubled in the United States in the 1990s another sign of the toll being taken by America&#39;s obesity epidemic, the government reported Thursday.
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A prominent study by the U.S. Centers  for Disease Control and Prevention may have overstated the  number of obesity-related deaths in 2000 by as much as 20  percent, The Wall Street Journal reported on Tuesday.
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Researchers find a strong association between body mass index and a variety of cancers.
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org. Alabama weighed in as the heaviest state in 2003 because nearly one third of its residents are obese, while Colorado ranked thinnest, with only 16 percent of its
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The prevalence of obesity is rising faster among adults in New Jersey than in neighboring states, and has hit an ominous 20 percent among the state's sixth-graders, according to a Rutgers University researcher.
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By any measure, Americans are increasingly interested in eating healthily, yet obesity rates are still rising.