For immigrants, the land of plenty can mean obesity
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CHICAGO -- For an increasing number of immigrants, the United States is a land of plenty that is going straight to their gut. While obesity is relatively rare in the foreign-born, those who have lived for
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One out of every five children in a Chinese town is overweight, and everyone is blaming the TV. For each hour a day spent in front of the television the risk of obesity increases by one to two percent, according
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In a country that has long prided itself on homogeneity, it's becoming cool for youth to embrace the growing number of foreigners in their midst.
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Health problems related to obesity are hitting Asians harder than other ethnic groups because doctors using a one-size-fits-all diagnosis fail to pick it up, experts have said.
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CHICAGO - Long-term exposure to American culture may be hazardous to immigrants&#39; health. A new study found that obesity is relatively rare in the foreign-born until they have lived in the United States - the
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Does where you live influence what you eat? A new study says ZIP codes are surprisingly accurate predictors of obesity.
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Obesity is considered a major public health problem today, but a number of scientists are coming to see it as a comparative blessing, given the alternative.
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Abdominal obesity is a bigger heart attack risk factor in Latin America than elsewhere, partly because of surging consumption of junk foods loaded with sugar and fat, researchers reported on Monday.
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Nearly two out of three Americans are overweight/obese and at risk for diabetes, heart disease and other illnesses associated with obesity.
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People are getting fatter in all parts of the world, with the possible exception of east Asia, doctors found in a one-day global snapshot of obesity.
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An American study found that 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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The old adage that being overweight "is in the genes" may be true, at least partially, for some, say researchers.
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If an increasingly overweight America's eyes are bigger than its stomach, then placing more nutritional information in plain sight could allow shoppers to see their way to more healthy choices while scanning food labels.
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China&#39;s rising incomes are expanding its waistlines, the health ministry has found: 200 million citizens are now judged overweight.
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Many readers may be surprised by the following statistics - 200 million people in China are over-weight, 160 million suffer from high blood pressure, 20 million from diabetes and over 60 million have developed obesity.
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A study finds that a motherâs gestational diabetes, the kind that starts in pregnancy, is significantly associated with obesity in her children at ages 5 to 7.
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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.