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The Happiest Countries in the World
The OECD report on life satisfaction in the developed world measured more than 30 sets of data in 11 different categories, including education, health and employment.
Prevalence of kidney stones doubles in wake of obesity epidemic
The number of Americans suffering from kidney stones between 2007 and 2010 nearly doubled since 1994, according to a study by researchers at the University of California, Los Angeles and RAND.
Obesity in Pregnancy Strongest Predictor of Large Babies
Obesity during pregnancy is the strongest predictor of whether a mother will give birth to a large infant, a new study from Canada suggests.
A Systems Approach to Solving America's Obesity Problem
Americans know they are fat. A staggering two-thirds of adults and one-third of children in the United States are overweight or obese, hampering the overall productivity and health of the nation. Obesity-related illness treatments cost an estimated $190.2 billion annually, for example, which is 21 percent of annual medical spending in the United??States. Researchers project ...
The biggest problem today's youth faces is obesity
Childhood overweight and obesity is a growing problem in this nation. Overweight children are more likely to have severe health issues in their adolescence and as an adult. The most recent data indicates that in the United States about 16% of children ages 6 -19 years old, are overweight.
Study: U.S. Exporting Obesity to Mexico
A new study says that the United States is exporting its obesity epidemic--to Mexico.
U.S. Report Outlines Strategies to Prevent Obesity
TUESDAY, May 8 (HealthDay News) -- The United States' progress against the battle of the bulge has been slow, but certain strategies could speed obesity prevention efforts, a new report concludes.
Nutrisystem Named National Strategic Partner Of The American Diabetes Association In Recognition Of Its Commitment To ...
FORT WASHINGTON, Pa., May 23, 2012 /PRNewswire/ --Â Nutrisystem (NASDAQ: NTRI), a leading provider of weight management products and services, today announced that it has been named a National Strategic ...
HBO film takes aim at nation's growing obesity epidemic
Produced by Sheila Nevins and John Hoffman, "Weight" pulls no punches, spares neither the multibillion-dollar food and advertising industries nor public officials for not only failing to fix the problem but actually making it worse. The category not only includes all kinds of packaged, processed foods, but, of course, fast-food offerings, which have become the plaque-building lifeblood of the ...
Obesity campaigns appear to have the cause wrong
By Gary Taubes, Newsweek Most of my favorite factoids about obesity are historical ones, and they don’t make it into the new, four-part HBO documentary on the subject, The Weight of the Nation. Absent, for instance, is the fact that the very first childhood-obesity clinic in the United States was founded in the late 1930s at [...]
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