Study Links Obesity to US Residency
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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
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A prominent study by the US 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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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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Researchers say they may have found out why the obese are more likely to develop asthma.
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Two new studies suggest that what&#39;s not happening in the bedroom may be a key factor into why so many of us are gaining weight.
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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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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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The amount of time people spend  sleeping may affect their weight, study results suggest.
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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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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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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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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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Americans are a bit taller and much heavier than they were in the early 1960s, says a report released Wednesday by the US Centers for Disease Control and Prevention.
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A survey found that many Americans whose children are obese do not see them that way
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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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WEDNESDAY, Dec. 12 (HealthDay News) -- Obese people find it harder to fight infections, and a weakened immune response may be to blame, suggests a new study from Boston University researchers.
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Los Angeles - People who run a chronic sleep deficit appear to be at increased risk for piling on the pounds, according to two studies released Monday that flesh out the association between sleep duration and weight gain.