Obesity Epidemic

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- Obesity epidemic taking root in Africa - 5
- Obesity epidemic in United States underestimated - 5
- Weight during pregnancy affects daughter's risk of being obese - 4.7
- Strong genetic influence on childhood obesity - 4.5
- Workplace physical activity linked to obesity epidemic - 4.1
- Increased food intake increases body weight - 4.1
- Obesity increased in USA, obesity policies are failing - 3.8
- Obesity raises urinary tract infection risk - 3.8
- Eating fast may make you overweight and obese - 3.6
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Obesity Epidemic articles

Obesity epidemic in United States underestimated
The scope of the obesity epidemic in the United States has been greatly underestimated. Researchers found that the Body Mass Index (BMI) substantially under-diagnoses obesity when compared to the Dual Energy X-ray Absorptiometry (DXA) scan, a direct simultaneous measure of body fat, muscle mass, and bone density.

Workplace physical activity linked to obesity epidemic
The decrease in workplace physical activity over the past fifty years is a significant contributor to the obesity epidemic. Changes in caloric intake cannot solely account for observed trends in weight gain increases for men and women in the United States.

Turning bad fat into good - A future treatment for obesity
By knocking down the expression of a protein in rat brains known to stimulate eating, Johns Hopkins researchers say they not only reduced the animals' calorie intake and weight, but also transformed their fat into a type that burns off more energy. The finding could lead to better obesity treatments for humans, the scientists report.

50% rise in oesophageal cancer rate in men
Oesophageal cancer rates in men have risen by 50 per cent over the last 25 years, according to new figures published by Cancer Research UK.

Obesity remains an economic issue in US
Ensuring access to healthy, affordable foods is a top priority in tackling the obesity epidemic in the United States. Over the course of the last six months, the Institute of Medicine, United States Department of Agriculture, The White House and First Lady Michelle Obama have taken an interest in improving access to affordable and nutritious foods.

Obesity epidemic taking root in Africa
The urban poor in sub-Saharan Africa are the latest victims of the obesity epidemic, revealed by researchers in the journal BMC Public Health. Overweight and obesity are on the increase among this group.

Stress may lead to obesity and heart disease
Social stress could be an important precursor to heart disease by causing the body to deposit more fat in the abdominal cavity, speeding the harmful buildup of plaque in blood vessels, a stepping stone to the number one cause of death in the world.

Weight during pregnancy affects daughter's risk of being obese
Obesity is becoming epidemic worldwide. A new research revealed that a mother's weight and the amount she gains during pregnancy both impact her daughter's risk of obesity decades later.

Obesity increased in USA, obesity policies are failing
Adult obesity rates increased in 23 states of USA and did not decrease in a single state in the past year, according to F as in Fat: How Obesity Policies Are Failing in America 2009, a report released by the Trust for America's Health (TFAH) and the Robert Wood Johnson Foundation (RWJF).

Frequent feeding linked to childhood obesity
As the childhood obesity epidemic in the United States continues, researchers are examining whether early parent and child behaviors contribute to the problem.

Increased food intake increases body weight
A study presented on Friday at the European Congress on Obesity is the first to examine the question of the proportional contributions to the obesity epidemic by combining metabolic relationships, the laws of thermodynamics, epidemiological data and agricultural data.

Gene therapy promising for treating obesity
With obesity reaching epidemic levels, researchers at the Ohio State University Medical Center are studying a potentially long-term treatment that involves injecting a gene directly into one of the critical feeding and weight control centers of the brain.

Ban on fast food TV advertising may reverse childhood obesity trends
A ban on fast food advertisements in the United States could reduce the number of overweight children by as much as 18 percent, according to a new study being published this month in the Journal of Law and Economics.

Most parents underestimate children's obesity
Large numbers of parents fail to recognize that their children are overweight or obese, and therefore may be less inclined to modify their children's diet and activity levels. More than 40 percent of parents with obese children ages 6 to 11 describe their child not as obese, but as "about the right weight."

Sleep disordered breathing affects obese children
As the obesity epidemic grows in the U.S., doctors are discovering more and more far reaching health concerns for overweight children. Sleep-disordered breathing (SDB), which can include various sleep behaviors ranging in severity from snoring to obstructive sleep apnea (OSA), disproportionately affects children who are overweight and African- American, according to a new study published in the December 2007 edition of Otolaryngology – Head and Neck Surgery.

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