Obese Older Women at Higher Risk for Death, Disease, Disability Before Age 85
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Obese Older Women at Higher Risk for Death, Disease, Disability Before Age 85
A new study in JAMA shows that obese older women are at higher risk for death, disease, and disability before age 85. Obesity and a bigger waist size in older women are associated with a higher risk of death, major chronic disease and mobility disability before the age of 85,...
People May Adopt the Diet and Exercise Patterns of the Least Fit in their Peer Group (VIDEO)
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People May Adopt the Diet and Exercise Patterns of the Least Fit in their Peer Group
Who you follow makes a difference. The decline in the physical fitness of the U.S. population has been increasingly in the news. Nearly two-thirds of adults are currently overweight, while more than 30% are obese. While societal factors have shifted people toward increased food consumption or decreased exercise, a provocative...
Americans Living Longer but Are Less Healthy (VIDEO)
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Americans Living Longer but Are Less Healthy
Wrong, wrong, wrong. So just on the heels of reporting that if you make it to 90 you have a reasonable shot at living with a quality of life to 95 comes this. Americans are living longer than they did two decades ago, but they are losing ground on key...
We’re Exercising More But Getting Nowhere!
A study in Population Health Metrics shows that while we are exercising more as a country, we are not gaining in the battle of obesity. Obesity and physical inactivity are associated with several chronic conditions, increased medical care costs, and premature death.åÊ Using the Behavioral Risk Factor Surveillance System (BRFSS),...
Sobering Report for Health of 40+
A MetLife Report on the Health Status of the 40+ Population paints a sobering picture. It focuses on three areas. Obesity Obesity carries with it an increased risk for many chronic conditions, such as hypertension, high cholesterol, cardiovascular disease, cancer, and even loss of sight, among others.åÊ Unhealthy behaviors and...
Obesity is InHUMANe
That’s a fat cat. In a month that celebrates Adopt-a-Dog Month and National Cat Day, it is only appropriate that we have this.Cummings School of Veterinary Medicine at Tufts University in Massachusetts has opened the nation’s first weight-loss center catering exclusively animals. According to The Week, pets are even fatter...
Boomers – The Fattest Generation
According to an Associated Press-LifeGoesStrong.com poll, boomers are more obese than other generations and even those who aren’t obese need to do more to stay fit. Most adults are supposed to get 2_ hours a week of moderate-intensity aerobic activity. Only about a quarter of boomers polled report working up...