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A new Health Blueprint for Southwest Virginia maps out the biggest challenges in the region. Smoking, high blood pressure, diabetes and obesity were among the top health risks.
The corner bodega or neighborhood Kwik-E-Mart could be fueling childhood obesity in the United States, a new study suggests.
Growing interest in the technology plus a novel tracer on the way may induce change in coming years, says Marcelo Di Carli.
An alarming 41.4 percent of the state's children fall into this category. This rate towers above the US national average ...
The American Academy of Pediatrics said aggressive obesity interventions would not fuel eating disorders. But authors of the ...
About 40% of Louisiana adults are obese, according to new data released by the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention.
HealthDay News — Statistics from 2023 on US obesity rates reveal that in every US state, 1 in every 5 people now has obesity, according to data released Thursday by the US Centers for Disease Control ...
The last time Arkansas ranked third was in 2019, when its obesity rate was 37.4%. In 2021, Arkansas ranked sixth, with a rate ...
The CDC has released its Adult Obesity Prevalence Maps for 2023, and more than 35 percent of the adults in 23 states are obese. Texas just misses that mark, with 34.4 percent of adult Texans ...