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Because pounds due to excess body fatrather than larger bones or greater muscle mass — are the health concern, researchers have been looking for more precise ways to gauge fat levels. One way is to measure waist circumference, which studies suggest is better than BMI alone in assessing abdominal fat and health risks, such as [...]
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Obesity adds an estimated 147 billion a year in costs to the U.S. health care system and several states, including New York and California, have weighed a tax on sweetened soft drinks to defray the cost of obesity-related diseases.
Obesity is at epidemic levels. Its an incredibly difficult and complicated problem, said Dr. Jason Block of [...]
Oregon Has Lowest Rate Of Childhood Obesity
Oregon has the nations lowest rate of hefty kids, according to a new government study, which found big gaps between regions and ballooning obesity rates in many states from 2003 to 2007.
More than 16 percent of American children ages 10 to 17 years were not just overweight, but obese, in 2007. Thats a 10 percent [...]
Scientists Seek Origins Of Obesity In The Womb
She went on to have two daughters, and she may have boosted their chances of avoiding becoming obese, like her two older children are.
Thats the implication of research suggesting that something in an obese womans womb can program her fetus toward becoming a fat child and adult. Its not about simply passing along genes that [...]
Novo Nordisk Drug Helps Healthy Lose Weight, Axe Blood Pressure
The study involving 564 people found just five months of liraglutide injections shaved 4.8 kilograms (10.6 pounds) to 7.2 kilograms from their frames, compared with 4.1 kilograms for those on Xenical and 2.8 kilograms for those given placebo.
The research suggests that [...]
Being Overweight Can Axe Womens Life Expectancy
For every one-point increase in their Body Mass Index, women had a 12 percent lower chance of surviving to age 70 in good health when compared to thin women. Researchers defined “healthy survival” as not only being free of chronic disease, but having enough mental and physical ability to perform daily tasks like grocery shopping, [...]
Soft-drink Tax Might Pare Waistlines, Cover Health-care Costs
If sugar-sweetened beverages from makers including Coca- Cola Co. and PepsiCo Inc. were taxed at that rate, the U.S. could raise $14.9 billion in the first year, according to the article in the New England Journal of Medicine. The tax would also encourage people to cut back on soft drinks, cutting their daily calorie intake [...]
Fight Obesity? Add Sales Tax to Soda Tab
Proposals for a hefty soda tax though have repeatedly fallen flat. The idea was even floated as a way to help pay for health care reform, but government officials on Wednesday said thats not likely to happen.
The experts plan was released by the influential New England Journal of Medicine, in a health policy article by [...]
Obesity Medical Costs Balloon to $147 Billion, Study Finds
Each obese patient costs health insurers and government programs $1,429, or 42 percent, more a year than a normal-weight individual in 2006, according to the analysis of health expenses released today by the journal Health Affairs. In 1998, the medical costs of obesity were estimated to have reached $78.5 billion.
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Almost 10 Points Of Health Spending For Obesity
The higher expense reflects the costs of treating diabetes, heart disease and other ailments far more common for the overweight, concluded the study by government scientists and the nonprofit research group RTI International.
RTI health economist Eric Finkelstein offers a blunt message for lawmakers trying to revamp the health care system: “Unless you address obesity, youre [...]