But Doctor Misra is hopeful that the spread of obesity can be slowed.

VOA: special.2010.05.12

Speaking via Skype, Lubetkin pointed to a clear link between the lack of exercise and the bad health consequences of obesity.

VOA: standard.2010.08.10

"The rate of obesity significantly increased, in fact it was almost double, it was about 89 percent."

VOA: standard.2010.08.10

"They have the longest lifespan in the world, the lowest incidence of obesity, heart disease and diabetes."

VOA: standard.2010.02.23

African-American women are another group with low life expectancy because of their high rates of obesity.

VOA: standard.2010.04.08

Here in the U.S., the rate of obesity doubled over a span of 16 years.

VOA: standard.2010.08.10

Black women,in particular, had higher rates of obesity throughout the 16 years studied, and they paid the biggest price in terms of quality-adjusted years of life lost.

VOA: standard.2010.08.10

She adds that, since a lifetime of obesity may put a child at greater risk for heart disease and other health problems, parents need to be concerned about their child's weight from the very start.

VOA: standard.2010.03.09

"Black women, who are more likely to be uninsured, are living in communities where there is limited access to the healthy foods and exercise and activity that is necessary from childhood on to reduce the likelihood of obesity and chronic illnesses."

VOA: standard.2010.06.23

Earlier studies by the 2 researchers described the effects of social networks on obesity and efforts to stop smoking.

VOA: special.2009.01.21

But a new study shows that India's leading causes of death now also include obesity-related diseases such as heart disease.

VOA: special.2010.05.12

To others,they are enemies of the public health in a time of what the World Health Organization calls a "global obesity epidemic."

VOA: special.2010.04.12

It says obesity is responsible for an increasing part of health care costs in the United States.

VOA: special.2009.07.21

He compared obesity rates and physical activity levels of women who had been in high school before and after Title Nine took effect.

VOA: special.2010.03.04

Another American study says obesity has become as great a threat to quality of life as smoking.

VOA: special.2010.01.13

A new report says adult obesity rates rose last year in twenty-three of the fifty states.

VOA: special.2009.07.21

And a lack of physical activity among many Pacific islanders only adds to the obesity problem.

VOA: special.2010.08.23

Last month,the members of the White House Task Force on Childhood Obesity presented its action plan.

VOA: special.2010.06.07

The World Health Organization defines obesity as a body mass index of thirty or more.

VOA: special.2011.02.15

The new report says widespread obesity is increasing the rates of chronic, or long-lasting,disease.

VOA: special.2009.07.21

As a matter of fact, one of the major contributors to tuberculosis going up in several countries is because diabetes is going up -- and obesity.

VOA: special.2011.05.11

The report also calls for creation of a national program to fight obesity.

VOA: special.2009.07.21

Mississippi had the highest rate of adult obesity in the new study.

VOA: special.2009.07.21

"We work to promote breast feeding to prevent childhood obesity, which is where it all begins in terms of child health."

VOA: standard.2010.06.23

"So the combination of eating more calorie-dense food and having fewer opportunities for physical activity, that's what creates this obesity epidemic."

VOA: standard.2010.07.02