Thursday, July 7, 2011

Yahoo! News: Weight Loss News

Yahoo! News: Weight Loss News


U.S. Obesity Epidemic Continues to Spread (HealthDay)

Posted: 07 Jul 2011 09:04 AM PDT

HealthDay - THURSDAY, July 7 (HealthDay News) -- A new report outlining how obesity threatens America's future reveals that obesity rates climbed over the past year in 16 states, and not a single state reported a decline in the proportion of excessively overweight residents.

Mississippi most obese state, Colorado least (Reuters)

Posted: 07 Jul 2011 08:42 AM PDT

A competitor stands before judges at a casting call for the second season of the reality television programme Reuters - The number of obese U.S. adults rose in 16 states in the last year, helping to push obesity rates in a dozen states above 30 percent, according to a report released on Thursday.


Percentage of obese adults in all 50 states (AP)

Posted: 07 Jul 2011 07:26 AM PDT

AP - Percentage of obese adults in all 50 states

Obesity rates still rising in many states (AP)

Posted: 07 Jul 2011 07:16 AM PDT

AP - In 1995, no state had an obesity rate above 20 percent. Now, all but one does.

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