Title: More Obesity, Diabetes in South, Appalachia Category: Health News Created: 11/20/2009 11:08:00 AM Last Editorial Review: 11/20/2009 11:08:03 AM

A French initiative which was successful in tackling childhood obesity is adopted in a town in North Lanarkshire.

Children from across the tri-county area will visit farms, plant gardens and take part in other activities aimed at promoting healthy eating in a $110,000 initiative announced today to combat childhood obesity and diabetes.[...]

THURSDAY, Nov. 19 (HealthDay News) -- While rates of obesity are climbing across America, they are especially high in sections of Appalachia and the Southeast, the U.S. Centers for Disease Control and Prevention reports in its first county-by-county survey.

The CDC’s first-ever county survey of obesity confirms previous study findings which show the highest rate of obesity lies in the areas of the Southeast and the Appalachias.The Centers For Disease Control And Prevention issued its findings in its Morbidity and Mortality Weekly Report on Thursday.The CDC acknowledged that while surveillance systems function well at the national or state level ...

WASHINGTON — Spending to treat the health effects of obesity — $86 billion last year — will quadruple over the next decade, and almost half of U.S. adults will be obese by 2018, according to the annual America's Health Rankings study.

The CDC maps incidence of obesity and diabetes. Kentucky has lots of both. Check Lu-Ann's Kentucky News Review for more information.

The CDC released its first study to give county-specific data about obesity across the country Friday.

ATLANTA — The first county-by-county survey of obesity reflects past studies that show the rate of obesity is highest...

President Obama is exercising executive privilege to get youngsters to off their butts and to urge all Americans to volunteer for community service.