AFP - The epidemic of obesity among US teenagers could lead to double digit increases in cases of heart disease and heart-disease related deaths by 2035, according to a new study.
HealthDay - WEDNESDAY, Dec. 5 (HealthDay News) — Overweight children and
adolescents are more likely to be overweight or obese adults and more
likely to suffer early heart disease and death, two new studies
conclude.
Reuters - The number of obese children will grow
dramatically in the coming years and so will their death rates
from heart disease, according to a pair of studies from the
United States and Denmark published on Wednesday.
Reuters - More than half of British mothers
who died during child birth were overweight, a report found on
Tuesday.
HealthDay - THURSDAY, Nov. 29 (HealthDay News) — The U.S. National Institutes of
Health and the Association of Children’s Museums are teaming up on a
program to combat the obesity epidemic among America’s children.
AFP - After rising steadily for a quarter century, the rate of obesity in the United States appears to be leveling off, although it remains alarmingly high, a US government report concluded Thursday.
HealthDay - WEDNESDAY, Nov. 28 (HealthDay News) — Obesity among American
adults hasn’t increased much in recent years, but there are still far too
many adults who are overweight, a new federal study reports.
Reuters - After 25 years of successive increases,
obesity rates in the United States are holding steady,
government health officials said on Wednesday.
HealthDay - TUESDAY, Nov. 27 (HealthDay News) — Black American women and Chinese
women who ate foods high on the glycemic index — which measures the
effect of carbohydrates on blood glucose levels — were at increased risk
for developing type 2 diabetes, two new studies found.
HealthDay - TUESDAY, Nov. 27 (HealthDay News) — Some obese patients who
suffer complications after gastric bypass surgery are too big for CT
scanners and other diagnostic imaging equipment, U.S. researchers
warn.