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Share of adults that are obese, 1975 to 2016. Obesity is common in the United States and is a major health issue associated with numerous diseases, specifically an increased risk of certain types of cancer, coronary artery disease, type 2 diabetes, stroke, and cardiovascular disease, as well as significant increases in early mortality and economic costs. [1]
Meredith "Meme" Roth (née Clements) [1] is an anti-obesity activist and founder of the National Action Against Obesity, a campaign that she runs out of her home in Manhattan. [1] Roth has appeared on Fox News , [ 2 ] CNN , CNBC , [ 3 ] Penn & Teller: Bullshit! , and Dr. Phil to discuss her views on health and obesity .
Obesity has been observed throughout human history. Many early depictions of the human form in art and sculpture appear obese. [2] However, it was not until the 20th century that obesity became common — so much so that, in 1997, the World Health Organization (WHO) formally recognized obesity as a global epidemic [3] and estimated that the worldwide prevalence of obesity has nearly tripled ...
Researchers said the analysis lays bare a ‘decades-long-failure’ to tackle the overweight and obesity epidemic Supersize US: Without ‘immediate action’ nearly 260 million Americans will be ...
While some people think lack of exercise is to blame for our expanding waistlines, others think it's entirely about the kind of food we eat. However, a new study has found a very simple reason to ...
Fat Land: How Americans Became the Fattest People in the World is a 2003 non-fiction book by Greg Critser describing how 60% of Americans came to be overweight and exploring the relationship between the relentless rise of fast food corporations and increasing sizes in the American diet, along with misguided government policies and poor nutritional education in schools.
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This has been attributed to the fact that people often lose weight as they become progressively more ill. [91] Similar findings have been made in other types of heart disease. People with class I obesity and heart disease do not have greater rates of further heart problems than people of normal weight who also have heart disease.