By: Karen Rowan, MyHealthNewsDaily Managing Editor Published: 04/11/2013 09:13 AM EDT on MyHealthNewsDaily The varying obesity rates seen across...
Qatar is the richest country in the world. As such, it provides a vivid demonstration that money can't buy you health any more than it can buy you love. The converse, in fact, appears to be true: The wealth of Qatar is being purchased at the cost of its people's health.
Mayor Michael Bloomberg said on Tuesday that he’s still going to fight for his soda ban that was struck down, a measure he thinks will greatly benef...
According to a new study published by the International Journal of Obesity, people living in high altitude states like Colorado are less likely to obe...
Bad news: Obesity is on the rise for nearly all adult Americans. According to a recent poll, published by Gallup on Oct. 24, obesity rates have c...
(Reuters) - Here's one more reason to dread aging: older Americans are seeing a greater increase in obesity rates, according to a survey released on W...
By now, America's weight problem is well established: more than 35 percent of adults across the country are considered obese, with a BMI greater than ...
The number of teens in the U.S. with diabetes or prediabetes has skyrocketed in the last decade, jumping from 9 to 23 percent, new data finds. Othe...
The good news: America is no longer the fattest country in the world. The bad news: Americans are fat, and they're getting fatter.
A recent Gallup poll shows a little bit of good news with regard to America's obesity epidemic: Obesity rates are decreasing slightly across most demo...
An annual report issued late last week took another close look at obesity rates across the United States. The report found one unfortunate trend: In ...
WASHINGTON (AP) -- Rural Mississippi is the country's fattest state for the seventh year in a row, according to an annual obesity report issued Thursd...
A new study from the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) -- the first to compare American obesity data with another country -- finds (per...
Just over one-third of American adults are obese. Though alarmingly high, this rate has remained relatively steady over the past decade, leading some public health experts to suggest that the obesity epidemic has peaked.
It's enough to make you re-think ordering that dessert next time: a new report has found that over two-thirds of the U.S. population is currently ove...
NEW YORK — A new study finds New York City's law requiring restaurant chains to post calories on menus doesn't change the eating habits of low-i...
In light of America's rising obesity rate, the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention took stock of over 350,000 to determine the fattest and slim...
