31 States Record Increases in Adult Obesity
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TUESDAY, Aug. 29 (HealthDay News) -- Adult obesity rates increased in 31 states during the past year, leaving an estimated two-thirds of Americans vulnerable to fatal diseases such as diabetes, stroke and cancer.
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NEW YORK  - The prevalence of the metabolic  syndrome is increasing among U.S. adults, and will likely lead  to increases in diabetes and heart disease, results of a study  published in the October issue of Diabetes Care suggest.
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Heart disease and diabetes get all the attention, but expanding waistlines also increase the risk for at least nine types of cancer, US research suggests.
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Aug. 23, 2004 -- The number of adults in the US with high blood pressure increased by nearly a third during the last 10 years, according to the latest government figures.
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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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Too much abdominal fat in middle age may increase the risk of disability in later years, according to new study findings presented Wednesday at the annual meeting of the North American Association for the Study of Obesity in Las Vegas.
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The number of U.S. children with chronic health problems such as obesity has soared in the past four decades, foreshadowing increases in adult disability and public health-care spending, researchers said on Tuesday.
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Several government and public health experts on Tuesday responded to an internal CDC investigation that determined a widely quoted agency study on obesity that was published in the Journal of the American Medical Association inflated the number of deaths
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Rates of obesity and diabetes are rising across England, government data reveals.
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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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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 out of control with more than 300 million overweight adults worldwide, according to specialists at the first international obesity conference in Africa.
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A widely reported study released  earlier this year overstated the increase in obesity-related  U.S. deaths by about 35,000, a U.S. government health agency  said on Tuesday in admitting the miscalculation.
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More than three-quarters of obese Americans say they have healthy eating habits, according to a survey of more than 11,000 people.
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A study shows how an increase in soft drink consumption may be linked with obesity and type 2 diabetes. In recent years, both diabetes and obesity have increased dramatically in the USA.
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The U.S. National Institutes of  Health said on Tuesday it was launching a systematic campaign  to fight obesity, which now affects close to two-thirds of the  U.S. population and threatens to overtake smoking as the  leading cause of death.
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The number of American children with chronic health problems such as obesity, asthma and attention-deficit hyperactivity disorder has soared in the past four decades, foreshadowing increases in adult disability and public health-care spending, researchers said yesterday.