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Yahoo! News: Weight Loss News

Yahoo! News: Weight Loss News

Obesity is America's Continuing Self-Inflicted Wound Upon Itself (ContributorNetwork)

Posted: 28 Aug 2011 10:02 AM PDT

ContributorNetwork - By 2030, trends are pointing out that approximately half of all Americans (164 million) will be obese, as reported by The Daily Mail. Already, obesity in America is putting a strain on state government funds to where financially-strapped California is being bled to the tune of some $15.2 billion annually (2009 estimate), according to MyHealthNewsDaily. Around 11 per cent of state medical budgets go to address this American crisis.

Obesity Problem to Worsen; is Government Intervention the Answer? (ContributorNetwork)

Posted: 28 Aug 2011 09:42 AM PDT

ContributorNetwork - It may come as little surprise to learn that those living in the United States and Britain have the highest rate of obesity as populations among all of the world's leading economies, reports Reuters via Yahoo! News. In a series of four articles published in The Lancet on Friday, it is estimated that half of the adults in the United States will be obese by 2030 if current trends continue unabated. What remains unknown is how this public health dilemma will best be addressed.

Obesity Rate in Michigan Expected to Grow (ContributorNetwork)

Posted: 28 Aug 2011 09:42 AM PDT

ContributorNetwork - Despite healthy lifestyles initiatives, improved nutrition information in schools and healthy McDonald's kids meals, the problem of obesity is growing. One-third of the nation is overweight. By 2030, half of Americans will be overweight. Obesity is fast overtaking tobacco as the number one lifestyle disease.
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