While a quarter of Americans are now defined by the CDC as obese and a recent New York Times Magazine cover asked, Is Sugar Toxic?
Additionally, being obese means a girl is more likely to get her first period earlier.
Around 1978, some 17 percent of US women were obese, a figure that grew to 35 percent by 2003.
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Being overweight or obese is a risk factor for type 2 diabetes, according to the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention.
More than 17 percent of youths ages 12 to 19 were estimated to be obese after a 2003-2006 Centers for Disease Control and Prevention study.
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Two-thirds of the U.S. adult population is either overweight or obese while a growing number of adolescents are climbing into the danger range, many developing type 2 diabetes at younger and younger ages.
Asking too-big-to-fail banks to write resolution plans in the event of their failure is like giving an obese eater a free pass to neighborhood buffets and demanding that he draft a diet plan in case he dies.
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"If a mutual friend becomes obese, it nearly triples a person's risk of becoming obese, " the book said.
Sharonne Hayes, a Mayo Clinic cardiologist, suggests women who are overweight or obese and planning a pregnancy take steps to lose weight before conceiving.
Ms. Coury said Arizona officials hadn't yet finalized how they would determine whether a person was obese or had sufficiently followed a wellness plan, but that measures such as body-mass index could provide some guidance.
If someone becomes obese, the chance that a sibling will also become obese increases by 40%.
Probably not, so one too often unspoken of positive of a consumption tax is that it would put an obese federal government on a diet.
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In the latest study, researchers compared three groups of obese mice on a high-calorie diet.
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It would also disproportionately impact lower-income Americans, while in addition punishing the non-obese who choose a soda or sports drink as part of their diet.
Air France offers obese passengers booking a second seat up to 33 percent off the ticket price, depending on the type of seat and availability.
When the obese teenager lands a spot on The Corny Collins Show and becomes a sensation, we seem to be in a world of village idiots.
"People often wonder if obese patients have a worse outcome because they are more inherently at risk for complications, and we did not find that, " he says.
While obese people had a higher risk of death -- particularly those whose BMI was 35 or more -- overweight people had a 6% lower risk of death than those of normal weight.
The UK is one of the most obese nations in the world with about a quarter of adults classed as obese.
In 1994 a scientist at Rockefeller University discovered the "obese" gene, which plays a role in regulating hunger.
Across the country, a bout a third of all adults are classified as obese, meaning that they have a Body Mass Index (BMI) of 30 or higher.
Drinking two to three units of alcohol a day, being obese in the post-menopausal period, or having a first pregnancy at a late-age individually all increase the chances of breast cancer more than taking HRT, and even these risk factors contribute to less than half of breast cancer cases.
Obese people are at a much higher risk for heart attacks, strokes, diabetes, arthritis and some cancers.
Some 24% of women were obese, compared with a national average of 16%.
And special patient lifts and bathing fixtures to prevent falls and injury for obese adults are also a growing need for children.
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He argues that the ad is poorly conceived since it pairs athleticism with greatness, which, for anyone, but particularly for an obese person, is a no-no.
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On my last visit to one, I watched a morbidly obese patient die, while slumped over in his wheelchair, among the 30 patients lined up that morning to see the doctor.
Moreover, when obese people went on a diet and lost up to a quarter of their body weight, their gut flora changed too, becoming more like those of the lean group.
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