| Colorado Remains 'Skinniest' State, Obesity Poll Finds (LiveScience.com) Posted: 26 Aug 2011 09:24 AM PDT LiveScience.com - If you were to walk the streets of, say, Denver, you'd probably see more thin people than overweight ones. Colorado continues to have the country's lowest obesity rate, according to the latest Gallup poll results. |
| Obesity Continues to Balloon in U.S. and U.K.: Study (HealthDay) Posted: 26 Aug 2011 09:03 AM PDT HealthDay - THURSDAY, Aug. 25 (HealthDay News) -- The number of obese people in the United States will increase from 99 million in 2008 to 164 million by 2030, and the number of obese people in the United Kingdom will increase from 15 million to 26 million, a new study predicts. |
| Obesity to worsen, weigh heavily on healthcare costs (Reuters) Posted: 26 Aug 2011 08:56 AM PDT Reuters - Obesity is most widespread in Britain and the United States among the world's leading economies and if present trends continue, about half of both men and women in the United States will be obese by 2030, health experts warned on Friday. |
| Half of US Will Be Obese by 2030, Study Finds (LiveScience.com) Posted: 26 Aug 2011 07:14 AM PDT LiveScience.com - If current trends continue, about 50 percent of Americans will be obese by 2030, according to a new study. |
