Obesity Facts and Information

Is There an Obesity Tipping Point in Infancy?

If there is any reason for hope among the data on national obesity rates in the U.S. (the numbers should be familiar by now: two-thirds of adults and nearly one-third of children are overweight or obese in the country), it is that they finally seem to be leveling off. According to the most recently published [...]

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Obese Poor Shut Out From Weight-Loss Surgeries

THURSDAY, June 25 (HealthDay News) — Despite having one of the highest rates of obesity in America, the poor are less likely to undergo weight loss surgery than obese people who are better off financially, new research shows. White women with higher incomes and private health insurance were the most likely to have the surgery, [...]

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