Yet, 60% of us are overweight and half of that number is clinical obesity.
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And from about 15 to 20 percent of cancer deaths are attributable to obesity.
The team said that the mutations were linked to a "strong predisposition" to obesity.
Last week, an NHS dietician said children as young as two were being treated for obesity.
Mississippi is one of several states and cities to show decreases in childhood obesity.
The Institute of Medicine has found strong evidence that TV watching is associated with child obesity.
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Failures of government aside, the private sector hasn't done much better in abating obesity.
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The statement from his office cited health problems facing the city, including an increase in obesity.
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These include medicines with potential for treating cancer, diabetes, AIDS and (think 60% of Americans) obesity.
The study also did not account for genetic factors and family history of obesity.
It says it does not accept that heavy marketing of high-calorie processed foods is causing obesity.
Some experts are skeptical that a drug can really have a dramatic impact on reducing obesity.
And a surprisingly large number of genomics drugs seem to be targeted at obesity.
Pharmaceutical and medical-device companies are quite good at treating the conditions that come with obesity.
Departmental officials briefed the committee on the recommendations contained in the inquiry on obesity.
But this time Varian, Chief Economist for the Google, was talking to author Holly Finn about obesity.
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Even more sobering is the estimation that 280, 000 U.S. citizens die each year from complications of obesity.
Those arguments can sometimes bleed into each other in these matters, as they do with say, obesity.
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To paraphrase Homer Simpson, organized youth sports is the cause of, and solution to, childhood obesity.
There's a lot of new research that shows we're -- we have very high rates of obesity.
It is estimated that about a third of cancers are caused by smoking, diet, alcohol and obesity.
Scientists at the British Dental Health Foundation suggested mouth bacteria could play a part in causing obesity.
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Six in ten people in the United States are overweight, with a third crossing the boundary into obesity.
Nowhere is the transformation more noticeable than in the prevalence of diabetes, closely linked to over-eating and obesity.
Americans keep getting fatter, and now there are new findings about the health dangers that come with obesity.
The First Minister said the launch of Health Challenge Wales last week will, in particular, challenge childhood obesity.
States like California, and cities like New York and Philadelphia, have also seen measurable declines in childhood obesity.
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