Today's American culture promotes eating habits that lead to obesity. Many of us help our selves to food that is readily or easily available instead of...
: A Growing problem in adolescent America
"Sixty-four percent –that's 123 million Americans-- are overweight or obese. Fifteen percent of our children are overweig...
What is Obesity? Obesity is when there is excessive amount of fat in the body. For a child to be overweight their body mass index (BMI) that is 25 of m...
hasn't been a problem to people until now. There has been a major weight change from the past 20 years. Obesity is a problem that affects virtually every person on the...
America's "Huge" Problem
If there is one ideal that unites all Americans, it is the belief that every single one
of us, regardless of ethnic background is a "fa...
The increase in the prevalence of obesity in the U.S. has given way to various studies investigating the cost of obesity and related diseases on the general population of ind...
It has previously been shown television is linked to weight gain as children are less active and eat while watching.
Researchers at New Zealand's University of Otago look...
Obesity means having too much body fat. It is different from being overweight, which means weighing too much. The weight may come from muscle, bone, fat and/or body water. Bot...
Childhood and adolescent obesity has been increasing at alarming rates over the past few years. In fact, reports show that overweight children aged 6 to 11 more than doubled i...
