The researchers believe obesity may increase the risk of pancreatic cancer by affecting insulin levels.
Smoking and obesity can increase risk because body fat puts extra pressure inside the abdomen and smoking weakens connective tissues.
The statement from his office cited health problems facing the city, including an increase in obesity.
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Such a drop would eliminate about half of the observed increase in obesity in America since 1980.
The Taskforce also expressed support for a halt in the increase in obesity and reductions in saturated fat intake, cholesterol, and alcohol (when excessive).
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So this is my fear: the 15 hour work week leads to 25 more hours of eating, sleeping, and watching TV and thus a massive increase in obesity.
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"While many restaurants have had nutritious and healthful offerings as permanent menu items in the past, we think there are several reasons supporting why they may become more popular over the intermediate term, " he wrote, citing various demographic changes such as the increase in obesity as factors.
The figures took into consideration other factors, such as smoking and obesity, which can also increase the risk of snoring and daytime sleepiness.
Preventable cardiovascular disease, cancer, arthritis, diabetes, mental health disorders and disabilities affect more and more people as obesity and other underlying risks increase and our population ages.
The reasons for the decline remain unclear, but researchers offered possible explanations, including a spike in prescription drug overdoses among young whites, higher rates of smoking among less educated white women, rising obesity, and a steady increase in the number of the least educated Americans who lack health insurance.
Scientists are finding that chronically reduced or disrupted sleep may increase the risk of obesity, diabetes and cardiovascular disease.
As we continue to focus on the twin issues of childhood obesity and hunger, we will increase access to good, quality meals in school cafeterias so the nutritional needs of our youngsters are better met.
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For example, a strong link between childhood obesity and death from heart disease decades later was recently found, and there is abundant evidence that obesity is the culprit of the shocking increase in diabetes in children.
Such dietary patterns also increase risk because they lead to obesity.
In contrast, the negative results for Vioxx and Celebrex showed a doubling or tripling of risk--about the same increase in cardiovascular risk as with obesity or smoking.
Obesity and a sedentary lifestyle are known to increase the risk of developing type 2, and the precipitous rise of diabetes in America is largely linked to the rise in obesity.
And it turns out -- we were just talking about the budget -- about a third of our increase in health care cost is directly attributable to obesity and illnesses like diabetes that are entirely preventable and curable if folks got back into the same habits that our parents and our grandparents had.
The worrying increase of diabetes in the UK is clearly linked to rising obesity levels and plummeting physical activity levels.
The authors say a higher limit could increase gas emissions and air pollution and could lead to increased obesity, with more people taking advantage of shorter car journeys.
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The country is seeing a 6% annual increase in patients with renal failure (caused mostly by diabetes and obesity).
No one knows the precise reason for the increase, but it is thought to be linked to a rise in obesity and smoking.
Obesity causes impairments in lung function, such as a reduction in lung volume and an increase in the amount of oxygen used during breathing, but these on its own would not be enough to induce the condition.
The dangers of soda extend beyond the increase in calories, although this is likely an important contributor to weight gain and obesity.
The findings suggest that overall population aging and rising obesity led to a decline in the quality of livers being harvested, and ultimately to an increase in the percentage of unused organs, the researchers write.
We know too much time sitting in front of screens contributes to the obesity crisis, we know stress contributes to a host of illnesses, and we even know breaks can increase productivity.
The study authors say these added pounds increase the risk of developing diabetes, cardiovascular disease and some cancers -- conditions often referred to as obesity-related diseases.
But another explanation could be changes in lifestyle factors which increase the risk of hormone-dependent tumours, such as women having babies at an older age, obesity after menopause and use of hormone replacement therapy.
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