CDC Study Overestimated Deaths From Obesity
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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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Obesity appears to spread from one person to another like a virus or a fad, researchers reported yesterday in a first-of-its-kind study that helps explain -- and could help fight -- one of the nation's biggest public health problems.
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The Centers for Disease Control and Prevention said that its estimate that 400,000 Americans die each year from obesity was too high because of a calculation error.
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Exercise alone cannot totally offset the risk of premature death associated with obesity, research suggests.
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Obese woman suffering from early-stage breast cancer are more likely to die from the disease compared to women of normal weight, according to researchers at the Fox Chase Cancer Center in Philadelphia.
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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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Sept. 23, 2004 -- Drinking to excess causes more than 75,000 deaths in the US each year, resulting in nearly 2.3 million years of potential life lost among Americans, according to a new CDC report.
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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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Breast cancer is more likely to kill obese women than those of normal weight, research suggests. US researchers from the Fox Chase Cancer Center in Philadelphia examined data on more than 2,000 patients with early stage breast cancer.
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FRIDAY, Nov. 19 (HealthDayNews) -- New research confirms the worst fears of those who worry about putting on extra pounds: Severely overweight people are much more likely to report poor sex lives.
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Obesity -- especially abdominal obesity -- is associated with a poor outlook for patients with established cardiovascular disease, results of a recent study indicate.
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ATLANTA - Mathematical errors may have caused scientists to inflate the number of obesity-related deaths in the US, health officials said Tuesday.
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.Exercise only is not enough to reduce the death risk associated with being obese, a study of over 116,000 female nurses has revealed.
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Preventing obesity and smoking can save lives, but it doesn't save money, researchers reported Monday. It costs more to care for healthy people who live years longer, according to a Dutch study that counters the common perception that preventing obesity would save governments millions of dollars.
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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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Being overweight boosts the risk of dying from diabetes and kidney disease but not cancer or heart disease, and carrying some extra pounds appears actually to protect against a host of other causes of death, federal researchers reported today.
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While being fat increases your chances of a heart attack, some studies suggest a puzzling paradox: Obese people seem to have a better chance of surviving one.