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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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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Rates of obesity and diabetes are rising across England, government data reveals.
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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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Researchers find a strong association between body mass index and a variety of cancers.
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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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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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As Americans get older and fatter, the number of adults with high blood pressure has climbed to almost one in three over the past decade, putting more people at risk of a stroke, heart attack or kidney failure, government researchers said
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West Virginia and Kentucky, states known for high levels of obesity, diabetes and smoking, have the highest proportion of people with heart disease, officials said.
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NEW YORK  - 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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WASHINGTON  - A US government report released in March on the number of deaths related to obesity in the United States exaggerated the number due to a statistical error, the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (news - web sites) said in a
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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 the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention said Tuesday in admitting the miscalculation.
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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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Report assessing a range of factors in nation and each state has health officials concerned. Overall, Indiana ranked 32 out of 50 states.
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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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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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Americans are already among the fattest people in the world and they just keep packing on the pounds. A new report finds that obesity rates have swelled during the last year in 31 states with not one state reporting that its obesity rate shrank. And, for the first time, more than 30 percent of residents in one state -- Mississippi -- are classified as obese.