Thirteen per cent found themselves in the obese or overweight category after giving birth.
Because people are fatter, airlines spend more on jet fuel, and the obese themselves spend more on gas.
Who will be the next politically disfavored group after smokers or the obese?
"Ultimately, my dream is to make a dance fitness DVD, because the obese public can relate to me, " he said.
Worldwide the ranks of the obese hover near 400 million adults, a number projected to grow to 700 million by 2015.
The evaluations will detail the risks for developing conditions from diabetes to heart disease if the obese don't make lifestyle changes.
Lean male participants tended to believe that the obese female was more likely to issue another bad check in the future.
When injected with the protein leptin, which the obese gene codes for, they shed up to one-third of their weight in fat.
If the obese just subtracted 250 calories a day for 14 days, which equals 3, 500 deleted calories, they would lose a pound.
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At the last follow-up, 75 percent of the obese patients had died, compared with 52 percent of patients with a BMI less than 35.
Among some of the solutions being looked at today are more detailed workplace-sponsored health evaluations and higher insurance premiums for the obese.
King Ralph is the Ugly American retooled as the Obese American.
Newly released prescription data reveals a mixed picture and the drugmaker has now begun a free promotion for a 14-day starter dose to entice the obese.
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.
There have been suggestions recently that smokers, drinkers and the obese should all be denied treatments for conditions brought about by smoking, drinking or being overweight.
By Wednesday, the FDA will reach a decision the drug, which is intended for the obese or overweight who have at least one additional weight-related health problem.
However, more than half of those in the obese category were in class 1, and these individuals had no increased risk of dying compared to normal weight individuals.
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Type 2 diabetes, which is also called adult onset diabetes, is a growing problem in the Western world and is most common in the overweight and the obese.
What they found is that, compared to normal weight individuals, those in the overweight category had a lower risk of dying of any cause, and those in the obese category had an elevated risk.
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But the obese, the gamblers, rugby players, skiers, the sedentary, the promiscuous who don't practice safe sex, those who won't wear helmets on motorcycles and bikes, horseback riders, pool owners, all-terrain-vehicle operators, small-plane pilots, sunbathers, scuba divers, and surfers -- all of whom cost us money and incur higher than average health care costs -- are still on the job.
His research shows rising numbers in all social groups, with the numbers of morbidly obese increasing twice as fast as the merely obese.
The UK is one of the most obese nations in the world with about a quarter of adults classed as obese.
When she visited Mississippi three years ago, it had just been declared the most obese state in the nation, she said.
He said children who are the most obese and where the sugar ban would do the most good tend to be in the city's minority neighborhoods.
Our society is becoming increasingly sedentary and the quality of the foods we eat are going down, we are one of the most obese nations in the world.
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If you started the pregnancy obese (BMI of 30 or greater), the latest recommendations suggest that you need to gain only about 15 pounds during your pregnancy.
Though intended only for the morbidly obese (those with 45 kilos or more of excess weight), the surgery is attracting the attention of thinner patients who want a quick fix.
Willie had recently moved to Angela's hometown of Beaumont, Texas -- a city so enamored with fried food and lazy summer days that it was named the fifth most obese city in the nation in 2012.
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