Obesity rates will reach 42 percent: study Obesity rates will reach 42 percent: studyAmericans will keep growing fatter until 42 percent of the nation is considered obese, and having fat friends is part of the problem, researchers said on Thursday(Nov.4,2010)The prediction by a team of researchers at Harvard University contradicts other experts who say the nation's obesity rate has peaked at 34 percent of the U.S. population.The finding is...more
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Obesity: Is it Contagious? The obesity rate in American has remained at 34% during the past five years, but will continue to grow until reaching 42%, Harvard medical researchers conclude.The study builds off a 2007 report that an individual's risk of becoming obese increases 50% if a friend of his becomes obese.Researchers believe this phenomenon is fueling the obesity rate in the United States, which is projected to increase over the next 40 years.Is obesity contagious? Harvard medical researchers examined the influencing factors of becoming obese. "We found there is some baseline risk of becoming obese based on the friends you have," Allison Hill, a graduate student at Harvard and the Harvard- Massachusetts Institute Technology Division of Health Sciences and Technology said."It looks like obesity is becoming more infectious."Based off this analysis, researchers predict the obesity rate to rise before reaching a plateau at 42%.The average American adult holds a 2% risk of becoming obese in any given year. Each obese social contact increases that risk by 0.5% each year. The study propagates that obesity spreads through social networks.One research scientists from the study...more
Obesity time bomb - what to do? Doctors are sounding the alarm: Obesity is becoming a real epidemic. It has millions of chronic illnesses such as diabetes, heart attack and stroke result. New research shows: Even small changes in behavior to reduce the risk.The numbers are shocking: "Only about six percent of children and young people today...more
Obesity -- A Growing Trend Obesity is a growing trend, even though Americans are more health conscious than ever. Studies estimate that two-thirds of all Americans are overweight, and one-third of those are "obese."According to the Center for Disease Control, here's what's going on.1. We're eating less fat, but consuming more calories. While...more
Obesity can be prevented and cure Currently more than 1 billion adults are overweight - and at least 300 million of them are clinically obese. According to WHO, "childhood obesity is already epidemic in some areas and on the rise in others. An estimated 22 million children under five are estimated to be overweight worldwide. According to the US Surgeon General, in the USA the number of overweight children has doubled and the number of overweight adolescents has trebled since 1980. The prevalence of obese children aged 6-to-11 years has more than doubled since the 1960s. Obesity prevalence in youths aged 12-17 has increased dramatically from 5% to 13% in boys and from 5% to 9% in girls between 1966-70 and 1988-91 in the USA. The problem is global and increasingly extends into the developing world; for example, in Thailand the prevalence of obesity in 5-to-12 year olds children rose from12.2% to 15-6% in just two years". The reason why this is so undesirable is because, obesity is the root cause of over 40 different illnesses and efforts to prevent it are not misplaced. Obesity can impact our health by increasing the risk of cardiovascular, musculoskeletal and digestive...more
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Obesity Epidemic Increasing Rapidly in Developing Countries The obesity epidemic that spreads across most western, developed countries is seeping into developing parts of the world as prosperity in those regions increases. Prosperity seems to...more
Health debates about obesity never seem to end. Some experts say that the problem stems from genetics. Others claim that it is all about self-control. There are probably truths to be found in both arguments. One thing that no one will debate though...more
Obesity Can Spread From Person to Person Obesity can spread from person to person, just like a virus. Researchers from famous institutions, including Harvard, University of California, and Duke report that when a person gains weight, close...more
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When you think of weight-loss surgery, what comes to mind? You probably think that its an extreme option for the severely overweight or obese, which is essentially what it was. Until now. This story was covered by Andrew Pollack of The New York...more