MSNBC.com (Free subscription) | 19/11/2009
The first county-by-county survey of obesity reflects past studies that show the rate of obesity is highest in the Southeast and Appalachia. Obesity - Health - Conditions and Diseases - Nutrition and Metabolism Disorders - United States
AskMen.com (Free subscription) | 20/11/2009
ATLANTA (AP) -- The first county-by-county survey of obesity reflects past studies that show the rate of obesity is highest in the Southeast and Appalachia.High rates of obesity and diabetes were reported in more than 80 percent of counties in the Appalachian region that includes Kentucky, Tennessee and West Virginia, according to the new research from the U.S. Centers for Disease...
MSNBC.com: Top MSNBC Headlines (Free subscription) | 19/11/2009
The first county-by-county survey of obesity reflects past studies that show the rate of obesity is highest in the Southeast and Appalachia.
Same Difference (Free subscription) | 09/11/2009
Being obese as a teenager may be linked with an increased risk of multiple sclerosis as an adult, researchers say. A 40-year study of 238,000 women found those who were obese at 18 had twice the risk of developing MS compared to women who were slimmer at that age. Yet body size during childhood or adulthood was [...]
beSpacific (Free subscription) | 01/11/2009
"The country will never be able to contain rates of chronic diseases and health care costs until we find ways to keep Americans healthier. But right now, Americans are not as healthy as they could be or should be. . The childhood obesity epidemic is putting today’s youth on course to potentially be the first generation to live shorter, less healthy lives than their parents. This report, the...
Baltimore Sun (Free subscription) | 26/10/2009
Childhood neglect and abuse can leave mental and physical scars, but a new study in the journal Obesity suggests there may also be a correlation between abuse and obesity. Researchers looked at court records of 410 children up to age 11 from 1967 to 1971 in a Midwest county who had court-substantiated cases of physical and sexual abuse and neglect. They were matched with 303 children...
Scotsman.com (Free subscription) | 26/11/2009
Between 1998 and 2008 the number of overweight boys aged two to 15 rose from 28 to 36 per cent, while the number of morbidly obese boys jumped from 7 to 9 per cent.Over the same period the number of young girls classed as either overweight, obese or morbidly obese either stayed the same, dropped or rose by a fraction.Figures from the Scottish NHS Health Survey also showed that the number of obese adult...
The Guardian (Free subscription) | 26/11/2009
... struggling to contain the swine flu pandemic and E coli outbreaks. Meanwhile chlamydia cases and adult obesity rates are rising and Scotland has one of the fastest growing rates of fatal liver disease in the world. Cutting budgets on educating the public about sexually transmitted diseases might sound like a cost-free option in the politics of public opinion. But chlamydia cases rose...
News Scotsman (Free subscription) | 26/11/2009
... by a fraction.Figures from the Scottish NHS Health Survey also showed that the number of obese adult men and women rose by 6 per cent over the same time period.The results come after a survey by the British Heart Foundation (BHF) revealed on Monday that Scottish parents were "dangerously unaware" of how unfit their children are.Only 72 per cent of parents in the Couch Kids study believed...
montgomeryadvertiser.com (Free subscription) | 20/11/2009
ATLANTA -- The first county-by-county survey of obesity reflects past studies that show the rate of obesity is highest in the Southeast and Appalachia, with two Alabama counties -- Greene and Dallas -- having adult obesity rates that are among the highest in the nation.
montgomeryadvertiser.com (Free subscription) | 20/11/2009
A county-by-county survey of obesity has been released by the U.S. Centers for Disease Control, and the figures for Alabama aren't pretty.
StarTribune.com (Free subscription) | 19/11/2009
The first county-by-county survey of obesity reflects past studies that show the rate of obesity is highest in the Southeast and Appalachia.
Seattle Post-Intelligencer (Free subscription) | 19/11/2009
ATLANTA -- The first county-by-county survey of obesity reflects past studies that show the rate of obesity is highest in the Southeast and Appalachia.
Seattle Post-Intelligencer (Free subscription) | 19/11/2009
ATLANTA -- The first county-by-county survey of obesity reflects past studies that show the rate of obesity is highest in the Southeast and Appalachia.
Boston Herald (Free subscription) | 19/11/2009
ATLANTA - The first county-by-county survey of obesity reflects past studies that show the rate of obesity is highest in the Southeast and Appalachia. High rates of obesity...
