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Spreading obesity might undo savings from health overhaul
Washington :: DC :: USA | 17 days ago
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Spending to treat the health effects of obesity, $86 billion last year, will quadruple over the next decade, and almost half of U.S. adults will be obese by 2018, according to the annual America's Health Rankings study. Doctors who participated in the...
Tags: obese rate, Washington, Metabolic disorders, Obesity, Epidemiology of obesity, Obesity in Australia, Business Finance, Body shape, Nutrition, Bariatrics, Health Medical Pharma, Hospitality Recreation, Social Issues
Storm knocks out power in Maine
Bangor :: ME :: USA | 5 months ago
Credibility Maine— Utility crews worked through the night to restore power in Maine after a severe thunderstorm hit early Friday. Most of the 2,300 Bangor Hydro customers that lost power were in Penobscot County...Please try again, or click here to retrieve your...
Tags: Mainers, obese rate
Obesity plagues Kings County
Los Angeles :: CA :: USA | 5 months ago
Credibility Even as California as a whole scored a low adult obesity rate in a recently released nationwide obesity study, Kings County and other Valley counties are still wrestling with some of the state's highest adult obesity rates -- ones that could rival those...
Skip dessert: We're getting fatter
Columbus :: OH :: USA | 5 months ago
Credibility The scale is moving in the wrong direction in Ohio and Kentucky, according to a new national report ranking the nation's fattest states. Kentucky ranked fourth nationally for fattest kids 10 to 17, the report released today found, with 37.1 percent of...
Tags: Ohio, adults obese, obese rate, 10th fattest
Tenn. ranks high in adult, child obesity
Jackson :: MS :: USA | 5 months ago
Credibility State health officials say Tennessee is making progress in fighting fat, but a report released Wednesday still ranked the state fourth in the nation for its percentage of obese adults. The report from Trust for America's Health and the Robert Wood Johnson...
Tags: Trust for America's Health, obese rate, Robert Wood Johnson Foundation, report released, Indiana, adults obese, Washington, obese adults, Trust for Americaâ, U.S
Georgia losing battle of the bulge
Birmingham :: AL :: USA | 5 months ago
Credibility How Obesity Policies Are Failing in America”, found that 27.9 percent of Georgia adults are obese...Georgia’s rate was basically unchanged from last year (27.5 percent), but up from the 2007 rate of 26.1 percent. It’s particularly important in the context...
Tags: obese rate, Georgia
Californians getting fatter
Washington :: DC :: USA | about 1 year ago
Credibility LA Daily News Californians and most other Americans are getting fatter and doctors see no slimming trend in sight as the squeezed economy will likely lead to even bigger waistlines, a report released Tuesday said. Californians pudged up at a slower rate...
Tags: Oklahoma, obese rate, gets fatter, Washington, Trust for America's Health
Is Ohio losing the fight vs. obesity?
Denver :: CO :: USA | about 1 year ago
Credibility But acknowledging a problem and doing something about it are different things. In a report bemoaning increasing obesity rates and ineffective government policies, the Trust for America's Health has ranked Ohio the 17th most obese state in America. The...
Tags: Trust for America's Health, Trust for Americaï, Robert Wood Johnson Foundation, Ohio, obese rate, obese policies
Report ranks Indiana 11th fattest state
Seattle :: WA :: USA | about 1 year ago
Credibility Indiana is still getting fatter, just not as much as some other states. In an annual report released Tuesday by the Trust for America's Health, obesity in Indiana continued to climb as a percentage of adults but once again dropped in its ranking among...
Tags: obesity rates, losing weight, obese rate, Indiana, Trust for America's Health, Colorado
CDC: Mississippi remains most obese state
Atlanta :: GA :: USA | about 1 year ago
Credibility Mississippi, Alabama and Tennessee lead the nation when it comes to obesity, a new government survey reports. More than 30% of adults in each of those states tipped the scales, helping to ensure the South remains the nation's fattest region. Colorado...
Tags: obesity, the south, health, CDC, obese rate, Center for Disease Control, U.S, Mississippi, Tennessee, Colorado
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