From: L.A. Times - Health
A new report finds that adult obesity is up in 23 states. No state
shows a decrease in the rate of obesity. Americans are fat and
getting fatter, according to a new report that finds that adults
and children in the United States continue to pack on the pounds.
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Childhood Obesity is Everyone's Problem
The United States is experiencing an epidemic of obesity. Two
thirds of American adults are either overweight or obese -- and the
epidemic also affects children. Today, one third of all children
ages 2-19 are overweight or obese. Most of these children will
become diabetic. Even now, the costs of obesity are staggering --
112,000 Americans die each year due to obesity-related diseases,
and care for obesity-induced conditions costs $150 billion each
year. ABC News reports: “The generation of
children born in 2000 will likely live shorter life spans
than their parents. Economic productivity of this
generation will probably be less than their parents as well.
Indeed, an obese adult adds $1,400 excess health care costs
annually compared with his or her non-obese peers.â€
Obesity linked to lower risk of glaucoma in women
A recent study found that heavier women were less likely to get one
type of glaucoma than their thinner peers - the first time this
association has been shown, the authors report. The finding
doesn’t mean that anyone at risk for the
disease should try to pack on the pounds, they say, but it could be
a first step towards learning more about why people develop
glaucoma and how it progresses. Glaucoma is a degenerative eye
condition that occurs when there is damage to the optic nerve -
fibers that run between the eye and the brain. According to the
Glaucoma Research Foundation, more than 4 million Americans, mostly
older adults, have glaucoma. Common treatments for glaucoma include
medicated eye drops and other drugs as well as surgery.
Young Journalists: Obesity soars — Oliver to the rescue
There’s an epidemic sweeping our nation that I
feel many people try to avoid, ignore, or just complain about and
not act upon. According to the National Health and Nutrition
Examination survey, one in every three Americans is obese. In the
United States in 2008, Washington had an obesity rate of 25.4
percent, not too far behind the highest, in West Virginia, with 31
percent, according to the CDC. Cowlitz County topped the chart for
most obese county in Washington with a rate of 36 percent in 2007
according to the Washington DOH. I am constantly hearing in the
media how obesity is not the person’s fault,
that it’s a disease. But the way I see it, it
is a disease that, with hard work and devotion, can be overcome.
Obesity top threat to children’s health: poll
Adults consider obesity the number one threat to
children’s health in the United States and many
believe the problem is getting worse, according to a new poll.
Almost 40 percent of adults cited obesity as the biggest threat to
youngsters and teenagers, followed by drug abuse, smoking, Internet
safety and stress. “The message about the
dangers of obesity and the prevalence of the disease among children
has really gotten through to the American public,â€
said Dr. Matthew M. Davis, director of the University of Michigan
C.S. Mott Children’s Hospital National Poll.
Obesity top threat to children’s health: poll
Adults consider obesity the number one threat to
children’s health in the United States and many
believe the problem is getting worse, according to a new poll.
Almost 40 percent of adults cited obesity as the biggest threat to
youngsters and teenagers, followed by drug abuse, smoking, Internet
safety and stress. “The message about the
dangers of obesity and the prevalence of the disease among children
has really gotten through to the American public,â€
said Dr. Matthew M. Davis, director of the University of Michigan
C.S. Mott Children’s Hospital National Poll.
