Doctors fear that a rising tide of obesity will pose dire health consequences for the nation.
Look for the next year to be a defining period in the pharmacotherapy of obesity.
But the economics of obesity are not too rosy, either, according to the Rand study.
The study also did not account for genetic factors and family history of obesity.
It must also be difficult to separate the disease burden of obesity from the figures.
In 2004, a CDC scientist studied the effects of obesity on the airline industry.
The problems of obesity and overeating in our society receive a lot of attention.
Even more sobering is the estimation that 280, 000 U.S. citizens die each year from complications of obesity.
Northern Ireland faces a "tsunami" of obesity-related diseases with which the health service will struggle to cope.
Despite average rates of obesity and smoking, their life expectancy outpaces the national mean by a year.
In the nineteen-eighties, rates of obesity started to rise sharply in the U.S. and around the world.
There's a lot of new research that shows we're -- we have very high rates of obesity.
Mississippi has the nation's highest rate of obesity, according to the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention.
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In that, it would be like the epidemic of obesity which results from stone-age appetites meeting capitalist abundance.
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The big challenge is tackling the root causes and consequences of obesity such as heart disease and diabetes.
Scientists are finding that chronically reduced or disrupted sleep may increase the risk of obesity, diabetes and cardiovascular disease.
The scientists suggest the findings could help to improve the diagnosis and treatment of obesity and other eating disorders.
Imagine hospitals that create healthy food environments to help address the epidemic of obesity and diabetes in our country.
Experts have claimed that sugary drinks are a leading cause of obesity.
Professor Phil James, chairman of the International Association for the Study of Obesity, said something had to be done.
But she also urged the government to be more proactive by addressing some of the wider determinants of obesity.
The Association for the Study of Obesity believes the report sends a clear message, but changes cannot happen overnight.
Although the causes of obesity are undoubtedly complex, only a limited number of cases are primarily due to genetics.
It has been argued that rising levels of obesity were behind the rise.
D. student at Yale and lead author of the study, which was published in the International Journal of Obesity.
The author does acknowledge the conundrum of how to assign responsibility when it comes to the public-health scourge of obesity.
Coincidentally or not, the leveling off of obesity coincides with a drop in the amount of soda that Americans consume.
In this pandemic of portliness, some 300, 000 people die each year of obesity-related diseases such as diabetes and cardiovascular problems.
Nevertheless, Dr Hall and his colleagues suspect the wastage they have discovered and America's rising levels of obesity are connected.
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