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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Long-term exposure to American culture may be hazardous to immigrants' health. A new study found that obesity is relatively rare in the foreign-born until they have lived in the United States &#151; the land of drive-thrus, remote controls and double cheeseburgers &#151; for more than 10 years.
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An increasing number of American adults  diagnosed with diabetes are obese, making it more likely they  will suffer heart disease, vision damage and other health  problems, U.S. officials said on Thursday.
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Obese Americans are overwhelming medical imaging machines that now have a hard time peering inside their bodies, doctors reported on Wednesday.
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Obese Americans are overwhelming  medical imaging machines that now have a hard time peering  inside their bodies, doctors reported on Wednesday.
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The longer an immigrant lives in the US the more likely they are to be obese, according to a study in the December 15 issue of JAMA.
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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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An American study found women living in households with four or more people were significantly more likely to be obese than those who lived by themselves.
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It's not just Atkins mania. Americans have always been a little crazy on the subject of food.
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It may be obvious that most Britons are overweight. What isn't so obvious is that at least 2 million of them are likely malnourished &#151; and that includes some of the people who are too fat.
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For years, cheap food and feed were taken for granted in the United States. Now the price of some foods is rising sharply, and a blame alert is under way.
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The gravy train &#151; make that the sausage, biscuits and gravy train &#151; just kept on rolling in most of America last year, with 31 states showing an increase in obesity.
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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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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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A new federal report finds that much of the population -- which is overweight and overfed -- often falls short in consuming essential nutrients. In short, Americans are eating too much of the wrong stuff.
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US presidential hopefuls from both sides of the political divide are dishing out their plans for fighting obesity, which has reached epidemic proportions and is putting enormous strain on the health care system.
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City kids, like their country cousins, are struggling with weight problems, U.S. researchers reported on Monday.