Ont. medical officer calls obesity an &#39;epidemic&#39;
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TORONTO - Empty calories and inactive lifestyles are creating an &quot;obesity epidemic&#39;&#39; in Ontario, with almost half of adults now overweight, the province&#39;s chief medical officer warned Wednesday.
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NEW YORK  - Findings from a new study   suggest that obesity per se is not a risk factor for organ   failure or death. However, the risk is increased with diabetes,   which often develops in people with a high body mass index
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An aging workforce, combined with the growing obesity epidemic and the high cost of medical care, could result in an epidemic of preventable illness that might cripple the region's economy, according to a study being released this morning by the New England Health Care Institute and the Boston Foundation.
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Obesity is considered a major public-health problem, but many scientists are coming to see it as a comparative blessing, given the alternative.
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Life & style: A government study says modern life has Britain sleepwalking towards an obesity crisis.
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Reports claimed that obesity had played a part in 20 child protection cases last year.
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A growing number of Americans are being told they have  "metabolic syndrome," a diagnosis that has become alarmingly common, primarily because of the obesity epidemic.
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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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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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Dec. 6, 2004 - America&#39;s hectic lifestyle, fueled by sleep loss, is feeding the obesity epidemic, according to new research. This week, two studies address this phenomenon -- building on earlier research pointing
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The US Centers for Disease Control and Prevention now admits it erred in its widely publicized estimate that 400,000 Americans die each year from obesity.
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The research, published in this week&#39;s Lancet medical journal, should bolster the arguments against those in the food industry who claim that the obesity is caused not by what you eat but how little exercise you take.
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Health officials worried about expanding waistlines cite computer video games as among the culprits feeding into a modern-day obesity epidemic.
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&quot;The scale of the crisis facing the public health system from the surge in obesity and smoking-related illnesses should force even the most libertarian among us to accept that the government can no longer be a passive bystander .
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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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A Nottingham GP is hoping a new taskforce will stop obesity in the UK from spiralling out of control. National Obesity Forum president Dr Ian Campbell says the new group will harness a wide range of expertise.
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Being obese boosts the risk of half a dozen types of cancer, and the odds strengthen as one's waistline thickens, according to a major review published on Saturday by The Lancet.