Study predicts 75 percent overweight in U.S. by 2015
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If people keep gaining weight at the current rate, fat will be the norm by 2015, with 75 percent of U.S. adults overweight and 41 percent obese, U.S. researchers predicted on Wednesday.
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Sept. 30, 2004 -- Sweeping changes are needed in America to prevent the growing childhood obesity epidemic from wreaking havoc on the nation&#39;s overall health and its medical system, concludes an Institute of Medicine panel.
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If you eat fast food on a regular basis you&#39;re more likely to gain weight and develop insulin resistance, according to a new 15-year study on the subject.
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Children who do not get enough sleep  are more likely to be overweight than those who get more,  according to a study published on Wednesday that tracked more  than 2,000 U.S. kids for five years.
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Federal health officials said Tuesday they had overestimated in a high-profile study the number of Americans dying from being overweight.
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Loosen the belt buckle another notch America: Obesity rates continued their climb in 31 states last year. No state showed a decline.
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Along with the American waistline, the American plate and portion size have grown too. A study at Rutgers University supports earlier research that people today eat bigger servings than they did 20 years ago.
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The number of overweight Americans is holding steady as U.S. consumers are becoming more aware of what they eat, an annual report by market research firm The NPD Group said.
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A new study conducted by Fred Hutchinson Cancer Research Center suggest that overweight and obese women who take oral contraceptives are 60 percent to 70 percent more likely to get pregnant while on the birth-control pill, respectively, than women of
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(National-NBC) Nov. 16, 2004 - In a study of overweight adults and their overweight dogs researchers found both the people and their pets lost weight and kept it off over the course of the one year study.
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A study sponsored by the federal government released Sept. 30 says government, business, and families must address the alarming rate of obesity in children.
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The government is to spend 75 million  pounds on a campaign to encourage healthy lifestyles and  counter what it calls an obesity epidemic in Britain.
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BABY FAT: More than 10 percent of U.S. children ages 2 to 5 are overweight &#151; a figure 7 percent higher than in 1994, the American Heart Association reports.
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By JUAN A. LOZANO    HOUSTON  -- Nearly 70 percent of Americans say they are careful about what they eat, and even more say diet is essential to good health, according to a new nationwide health poll in which obesity ranked second among the biggest health concerns...
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THE United Statesâ obesity epidemic has reached the playpen, according to research, with more than 10 per cent of children aged two to five reported to be overweight.
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Nearly 70 percent of Americans say they are careful about what they eat, and even more say diet is essential to good health, according to a new nationwide health poll in which
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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.