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Kidney Failure A Health Risk of Obesity

Posted: Monday, January 23, 2006

Compared with normal weight individuals, those who were overweight were nearly twice as likely to develop kidney failure, and the extremely obese were seven times more likely

Proportion of Cancer Due to Obesity High: Study

Posted: Friday, November 11, 2005

In the United States, roughly 10% of all cancers -- more than 100,000 cases a year -- could be avoided if overweight and obesity did not exist "We can clearly conclude that adult overweight and obesity cause cancer,"

Obesity Rates Grow In Every State But Oregon

Posted: Tuesday, September 06, 2005

According to a new report Mississippi is the heaviest state, while Colorado is the least heavy. More than 25 percent of adults in 10 states are obese --To see where your state is listed: State Obesity Chart

Children Of Obese Parents At High Risk For Diabetes & Being Overweight

Posted: Monday, July 19, 2004

64 Percent of children with overweight parents became overweight.

The factor that puts children at greatest risk of being overweight is having obese parents, according to a new study by Stanford University School of Medicine researchers. By identifying the risk factors that lead to childhood obesity, the researchers hope to pave the way toward preventive measures.

Hypertension Related to Body Weight

Posted: Tuesday, June 22, 2004

A positive correlation was observed between blood pressure and body mass index (BMI) in both genders.Young obese women loose their gender-related protective advantage in terms of the prevalence of hypertensionThe public should be aware that the deleterious effects of obesity come early on," Dr. Sharabi continued, and young women should be particularly aware that hypertension might result if they are overweight

How We Grew So Big

Posted: Friday, June 04, 2004

So why is it happening? It's natural to try to find something to blame--fast-food joints or food manufacturers or even ourselves for having too little willpower. But the ultimate reason for obesity may be rooted deep within our genes

Losing a Few Pounds May Help the Obese

Posted: Friday, June 04, 2004

For the obese, a small loss may be a big victory. Evidence is building that really heavy people may be able to greatly improve their odds of dodging weight-related illnesses while remaining very heavy.
The secret: Lose just a few pounds. Weight reduction, it appears, is powerful medicine for the large, no matter how seemingly insignificant the dose.

Obesity Poll Method

Posted: Saturday, May 29, 2004

The Associated Press-Ipsos poll on attitudes about diet and obesity is based on telephone interviews with 1,000 randomly selected adults from all states except Alaska and Hawaii. The interviews were conducted May 17-19 by Ipsos-Public Affairs.

Results were weighted to represent the population by demographic factors such as age, sex, religion and education.

World Action On Obesity Agreed Upon

Posted: Saturday, May 29, 2004

The plan recommends people limit intake of sugar, fat and salt. It also recommends tighter controls on food marketing to children

Advocates Fear Obesity Strategy Blockage

Posted: Wednesday, May 19, 2004

Anti-obesity advocates said Tuesday they fear that a bloc of developing countries, led by Brazil, could derail the adoption this week of a global strategy to fight obesity and other diet- or exercise-related diseases worldwide.
Health ministers are scheduled to vote later this week on the adoption of the strategy, which sets out a range of global policy options for addressing obesity and its related diseases, such as diabetes, heart disease and cancer