Childhood obesity has more than tripled its 1980 rate. Whereas only 6.5 percent of children between ages 6 and 11 were obese in 1980, 19.6 percent were obese in 2008, according to the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention. Similarly, only 5...
According to Trust for America's Health, as of 2009 "the percentage of obese or overweight children is at or above 30 percent in 30 states." Rates of childhood obesity were at about 18 percent in 2009. Being obese means that a child's body has too...
Obesity is a serious problem for adults, teenagers and children in the United States. As damaging as obesity is for an adult, children who struggle with obesity may be obese their entire life. Children who are obese may struggle to keep up with...
Although people in the United States might not be eating more, they are gaining weight. According to the U.S. Department of Agriculture, fat consumption by people in the United States has declined during the past decades, but calorie expenditure...
Childhood obesity increases a young person's risk for developing early onset diabetes, heart disease and high blood pressure. In the United States, 10 percent of children ages 2 to 5 are obese, and 20 percent of children 6 to 11 are obese,...
The average American spends five hours per day watching television, according to a 2009 Nielsen report described by Dennis Rosen, M.D, in Psychology Today. Evidence suggests that the increase in prevalence of obesity may be correlated to the...
Childhood overweight and obesity is a growing epidemic worldwide. In the last 3 decades, childhood obesity rates have more than tripled in the United States. The American Heart Association reports that 1/3 of American children and teens are...
Reducing your calories is one of the first measures taken to treat obesity. But dieting has the potential to lower your resting metabolic rate. When this happens, you'll have trouble keeping that weight off. Weight regain is one of the most common...
Sometimes, "obesity" and "overweight" are tossed around as if they were interchangeable words. In fact, obesity refers to excess body fat. You're overweight if you're heavier than you need to be. Obesity has become a widespread problem in the...
According to the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention, nine states exceeded a 30 percent obesity rate in 2009 and no state met the country's Healthy People 2010 goal of lowering obesity rates to 15 percent or less. Being overweight is not...
Since 1980, obesity rates in the developed countries of the world have risen significantly. In the United States, obesity statistics indicate that almost one in every three people is medically obese. Other countries have also experienced...
The obesity rate in North American countries is among the highest in the world. Obesity is not only prevalent among adults in North America, but children as well. North Americans often neglect nutrition in favor of convenience, leading to poor...
It can be difficult to watch your spouse become unhealthy and unhappy. But with a countrywide obesity rate of over 30 percent and an overweight and obesity combined rate of over 60 percent, according to a study published in the "Journal of the...
Obesity is when an individual carries an unusually high amount of body fat. This is based on your body mass index --- you're known as obese if you have a BMI of 30 or higher. The amount of people struggling with obesity continues to increase each...
Two important aspects of a healthy diet are quality and quantity. If you are eating all the right foods and still having trouble losing weight, you might be suffering from "portion distortion," a condition in which you have lost the ability to...
The Centers for Disease Control and Prevention reports that obesity is common, costly and serious, often leading to other medical conditions. Sugar cravings can present an obstacle for even the most disciplined dieter. Giving in to sugar cravings...
Childhood obesity has reached epidemic proportions and is an area of ongoing concern in the United States. A child who is defined as obese means she has an excessive amount of body fat. In comparison, a child who is overweight might only need to...
Obesity increases your risk for chronic health problems such as heart disease, high blood pressure, type 2 diabetes and some types of cancer. Treatment and prevention of weight problems has become a common topic among health care professionals due...
Obesity-related illnesses top the list as the leading causes of death. According to the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention, diabetes ranks No. 7 in the leading causes of death in the United States. There exists a solid link between obesity...
You can lose weight quickly on a vegetarian diet, but it depends on what you eat and how much you eat. The American Dietetic Association recommends eating vegetables, legumes, seeds, whole grains and fruits instead of refined pasta, breads and...
Physical activity is one way to combat the 33 percent obesity rate among Americans, according to a Centers for Disease Control and Prevention report appearing in a 2010 issue of The Journal of the American Medical Association. Simply put, most...
Based on a measure of obesity of body mass index of 30 or higher, 35.5 percent of women and 32.2 percent of men were clinically obese as of February, 2010. Of those Americans, 5.7 percent were extremely obese. Only approximately one-third of...
The Centers for Disease Control and Prevention, the CDC, reports a drastic increase in obesity in the United States over the past 20 years. Body Mass Index is calculated based on weight and height. The CDC defines "obese" as having a BMI of over...
Obesity, defined as having a body mass index of 30 or greater, has been shown to increase the likelihood of certain diseases and other health problems. Obesity is quickly becoming a widespread problem across the world. Unfortunately, obesity is...
Teen obesity is a problem that has been growing in the United States. The Centers for Disease Control and Prevention statistics show that teenage obesity rates were only about 5 percent in the 1970s, but that rate grew by more than 20 percentage...
In the United States, 79 percent of the population is overweight or obese. This means that only about 21 Americans out of 100 are at or below normal weight. If your body mass index is 25 or over, you are overweight. A BMI of 30 constitutes...
Over the past few decades, portion sizes have been expanding just as quickly as our waistlines. At the same time, the market for diets pills, powders and programs promising speedy weight loss is steadily increasing. Despite hundreds of fad diets,...
The United States' obesity rate won't level off until 42 percent of adults are obese, according to a November 2010 article by "Harvard Gazette." Harvard University researchers, who analyzed four decades of data, also estimate obese people only...
Korean food has established a place in modern American cuisine, and the influences of Western dietary traditions are likewise finding a place in contemporary Korean eating habits. The nutritional profiles, benefits and disadvantages of the typical...
One soda can contain up to 11 ounces of sugar and fill you will empty calories. Learn more about soda as well as some healthy alternatives in this healthy shopping video.
