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US survey shows southern counties most obese
Nov 19, 2009 |
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(AP) -- The first county-by-county survey of obesity reflects past studies that show the rate of obesity is highest in the Southeast and Appalachia.
Be overweight and live longer
Oct 16, 2009 |
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Contrary to what was previously assumed, overweight is not increasing the overall death rate in the German population.
Obesity epidemic taking root in Africa
Dec 15, 2009 |
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The urban poor in sub-Saharan Africa are the latest victims of the obesity epidemic. Researchers writing in the open access journal BMC Public Health claim that overweight and obesity are on the increase among this group. ...
Women live longer, not better, largely because of obesity and arthritis
May 03, 2009 |
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Obesity and arthritis that take root during early and middle age significantly contribute to women's decreased quality of life during their senior years, according to researchers at Duke University Medical Center.
Changing the price of foods may significantly affect Americans' weight
Mar 18, 2009 |
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A new article published in The Milbank Quarterly explores how food prices can affect weight outcomes, revealing that pricing interventions can have a significant effect on obesity rates. This article is part of the March ...
Research shows rates of severe childhood obesity have tripled
Jul 29, 2009 |
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Rates of severe childhood obesity have tripled in the last 25 years, putting many children at risk for diabetes and heart disease, according to a report in Academic Pediatrics by an obesity expert at Brenner Children's Hospit ...
Diet, exercise, weight curbs could cut cancer rates by third
Feb 26, 2009 |
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A third of common cancers could be prevented if people shifted to a sounder diet, exercised more and controlled their weight, researchers said on Thursday.
Minimizing obesity's impact on ovarian cancer survival
Dec 29, 2008 |
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Obesity affects health in several ways, but new research shows obesity can have minimal impact on ovarian cancer survival. A study by researchers at the University of Alabama at Birmingham (UAB) Comprehensive Cancer Center ...
Obesity associated with worse outcomes after pancreatic cancer surgery
Mar 16, 2009 |
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Obese patients with a body mass index (BMI) of more than 35 appear more likely to have cancer that has spread to their lymph nodes, lower rates of survival and higher rates of recurrence following surgery for pancreatic cancer, ...
Differences in neighborhood food environment may contribute to disparities in obesity
Mar 19, 2009 |
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Researchers at Columbia University Mailman School of Public Health examined the association of neighborhood food environments and "walkability" with body mass index (BMI) and obesity in New York City and found that a higher ...
Chaotic Households Contribute to Mothers' Obesity
Feb 06, 2009 |
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Putting food on the table, struggling with unemployment and meeting the relentless needs of young children all contribute to household stress. Now, a new study finds that these pressures also increase the possibility that ...
Obesity will snuff out health benefits gained by smoking declines
Dec 02, 2009 |
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If obesity trends continue, the negative effect on the health of the U.S. population will overtake the benefits gained from declining smoking rates, according to a study by U-M and Harvard researchers published today in the ...
Helping the obese fight loss of muscle function
Sep 16, 2009 |
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Experts at The University of Nottingham are working on ground-breaking research to determine, for the first time, precisely what damage obesity can inflict on the muscles in our body.
Gene therapy shows early promise for treating obesity
Mar 09, 2009 |
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With obesity reaching epidemic levels, researchers at the Ohio State University Medical Center are studying a potentially long-term treatment that involves injecting a gene directly into one of the critical feeding and weight ...
Obesity rates rising, Mississippi's still fattest (Update)
Jul 01, 2009 |
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(AP) -- Mississippi's still king of cellulite, but an ominous tide is rolling toward the Medicare doctors in neighboring Alabama: obese baby boomers.
