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Obesity: What You Need to Know
Verywell Health via Yahoo News· 3 months agoLearn more about the definition of obesity and what it means for your health. Medically reviewed by Allison Herries, RDN Obesity is a chronic disease...
Inside America's obesity epidemic: How America's weight (and weight loss) aren't so simple
USA TODAY via Yahoo News· 2 years agoMore than 4 in 10 Americans now fit the medical definition for having obesity, putting them at risk...
Obesity was long considered a personal failing. Science shows it's not.
USA TODAY via Yahoo News· 1 year agoEditor’s note: Part 1 of a six-part USA TODAY series examining America’s obesity epidemic. Barbara...
More US children becoming obese at younger ages
The Hill via Yahoo News· 2 years agoStory at a glance Compared with levels seen in the early 2000s, recent data show more American children are becoming obese and being diagnosed earlier....
How will the obesity epidemic end? With kids.
USA TODAY via Yahoo News· 2 years agoEditor’s note: Part 6 of a six-part USA TODAY series examining America’s obesity epidemic. Each of the children in Betty McNear's home day care has a...
Split Opinions on Obesity as a Disease
Verywell Health via Yahoo News· 7 months agoObesity is an abnormal or excessive amount of body fat that adversely affects your health. Although it affects just over 40% of the U.S. population,...
New guidelines expand eligibility for weight loss surgery. Will insurance coverage follow?
USA TODAY via Yahoo News· 2 years agoTwo groups of bariatric surgeons have overhauled weight loss surgery guidelines for the first time...
Weight loss treatment is on the verge of transformation. It's not there yet. Here's why.
USA TODAY via Yahoo News· 1 year agoA new generation of anti-obesity medications offers the promise of dramatic weight loss but there is...
Extra weight increases health risk in the long run. Fat shaming hurts now.
USA TODAY via Yahoo News· 1 year agoEditor’s note: Part 2 of a six-part USA TODAY series examining America’s obesity epidemic. Tigress...
A catalyst for childhood obesity: How racism has 'huge implications' for health trajectory
USA TODAY via Yahoo News· 10 months agoRacism contributes to childhood obesity, according to a new study that found children as young as 9 were more likely to meet the definition of obesity if they faced racism a year earlier. Though ...
