Obesity Prevalence Remains High in U.S.; Women Over 60 At Particular Risk
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Obesity As a Disease – Really! (VIDEO)
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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),...
Obesity As a Disease – Really!
åÊ The American Medical Association recently voted to define obesity as a disease, making it a medical condition requiring treatment that should be covered by insurance. Obesity affects more than a third of adults and 17 percent of children nationwide. The AMA took its vote during its annual meeting after...
Obesity Burns Gas
Here is a fascinating statistic courtesy of The Atlantic. Thanks to the startling rise in obesity, every year Americans consume at least a billion gallons more gas today than they would have if people were as trim as they were in 1960.åÊ For every additional pound of passenger weight, the...
Putting Obesity in Perspective
The world’s population is 16.5 million tons overweight. If everyone on the planet had the same average weight as Americans, it would be equivalent to having 935 million additional people on earth.åÊ Happy 5th of July! Source: BBC
Senior Fitness, Obesity and Medicaid – Weighty Issues!
Obesity carries with it inherent health problems. Combine obesity and old age and you exacerbate age-related decline.æ A new study published in the New England Journal of Medicine shows those over 65 should continue with diet and exercise, dispelling the belief that weight loss can cause the elderly to lose...