obesity epidemic

The U.S. obesity epidemic is gaining speed, with adult obesity rates up in 37 states and down in none. In 28 states, more than 1 in 4 people are obese.

Womb chemicals of overweight mothers raise the risk of their baby being obese, research suggests.

The nation's obesity epidemic is forcing experts to rethink weight guidelines for pregnant women.

The obesity epidemic might have peaked among U.S. children, halting a decades-long trend of inexorably expanding waistlines among the nation's youngest, most vulnerable generation, federal health officials reported today.

(University of Copenhagen) The inability to manage weight gain and weight regain throughout life is helping to fuel the obesity epidemic in adults and children throughout Europe.

However, the successful participation of more than 400 families in eight countries in the largest European dietary intervention study, coordinated by the EC funded Diogenes project and headed by Professor Arne Astrup from the Faculty of Life Sciences at University of Copenhagen, is helping to address this vital issue.

According to a newly published study in the Journal of Physical Activity and Health, researchers at the University of Colorado at Denver demonstrated the effectiveness of changing behaviors at a community level, suggesting that community-based interventions could be a viable option to address the nation's obesity epidemic.

Adults in Calcium, NY, who increased calcium intake by drinking more lowfat milk and other milk products and walked more frequently successfully lost weight after a 16-week overhaul.

LONDON (AP) -- Go on, have another doughnut. According to some experts whose views are public health heresy, the jury is still out on how dangerous it is to be fat.

"The obesity epidemic has absolutely been exaggerated," said Dr. Vincent Marks, emeritus professor of clinical biochemistry at the University of Surrey....

NEW ORLEANS (AP) -- Strokes have tripled in recent years among middle-aged women in the U.S., an alarming trend doctors blame on the obesity epidemic.

Nearly 2 percent of women ages 35 to 54 reported suffering a stroke in the most recent federal health survey, from 1999 to 2004.

Only about half a percent did in the previous survey, from 1988 to 1994....

NEW ORLEANS (AP) -- Strokes have tripled in recent years among middle-aged women in the U.S., an alarming trend doctors blame on the obesity epidemic.

Nearly 2 percent of women ages 35 to 54 reported suffering a stroke in the most recent federal health survey, from 1999 to 2004.

Only about half a percent did in the previous survey, from 1988 to 1994....

Spanish-language television is bombarding children with so many fast-food commercials that it may be fueling the rising obesity epidemic among Latino youth, according to research led by pediatricians from the Johns Hopkins Children's Center.

Latino children, who make up one-fifth of the US child population, also have the highest obesity and overweight rates of all ethnic groups.