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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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...
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
States Let Kids Opt Out of Gym – No Wonder We Have a Problem
The habits we start young can have a nasty way of sticking around if we’re not careful. That is why this USA Today article on students being able to opt out of gym is so distressing. According to the article, the number of states that allow students to waive or...
Obesity Accounts for 17% of Medical Costs
A National Bureau of Economic Research study found that obesity actually accounts for 17 percent of all medical costs annually, well up from a previous estimate. Researchers at Cornell University and Lehigh University concluded medical costs are close to $170 billion per year. Understated self-reporting and overly cautious research gathering...