Obesity Death Figures Lowered
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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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The obesity epidemic that has been spreading for more than a quarter-century in the United States has leveled off among women and may have hit a plateau for men, as well, federal health officials reported yesterday.
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NEW YORK  - It seems that the association between body mass index (BMI) and high blood pressure or hypertension has decreased since 1989, researchers say. The finding suggests that obesity may not have as much of an impact on heart-related disease as previously thought.
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Federal health officials said yesterday they had overestimated in a high-profile study the number of Americans dying from being overweight.
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As adult obesity balloons in the United States, being overweight has become less of a health hazard and more of a lifestyle choice, the author of a new book argues.
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NEW YORK  - Deaths from cardiovascular disease are declining among men with diabetes, but not women, and poorer control of blood pressure and cholesterol levels may be to blame, a new study suggests.
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Obese women with breast cancer are more likely to die from the disease than those of a normal weight, researchers said today. US researchers looked at information
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The government, acknowledging a mistake in a highly publicized health report, is expected to significantly reduce its estimate of the number of Americans who die because of obesity.
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Fewer people in Scotland are dying from heart disease and strokes, official figures reveal.
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NEW YORK  - Findings from a new study   confirm that obesity is associated with decreased survival   among women with ovarian cancer.
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Individuals are not to blame for the obesity crisis and the state must act, a major UK report concludes.
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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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Obese people may be less likely to develop prostate cancer but more likely to die  of it, a study suggests.
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Life expectancy in the United States is set to drop within the next 50 years due to obesity, one of the world's top experts on the subject said on Wednesday.
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In time of economic crisis, rates of obesity, diabetes, stroke and coronary heart disease drop, a new study finds.
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Although obesity is usually linked to detrimental health consequences, new research indicates that overweight people with heart failure have a lower mortality risk than those of normal weight.
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The obesity epidemic has a simple solution. If you want to lose weight, either eat less, or breathe more.