The Weight's Over: Should Fat People Pay More for Health Insurance?I'm all for encouraging healthy behaviourOvereating and smoking are voluntary behaviors, and they are not the tobacco company's or food company's fault. If I were you boss and saw this kind of behavior (always blaming someone else for something...
Obesity is a growing concern. New World Health Organization WHO figures indicate that obesity is spreading around the world as a "global epidemic." According to the WHO, there are more people suffering from overweight-related problems tha Obesity is a growing concern. New World Health Organization WHO...
Obesity is a main threat to public health in the Western world and is associated with diseases such as diabetes mellitus and coronary heart diseases. Up to now a minority of research studied the relation between obesity and the use of primary health care. In the Netherlands the General Practitioner...
The Prince of Wales recently suggested that obesity in Arab Gulf states could be dealt with if those countries would just shut down McDonald's. The chain was not pleased that a Royal tried to use it as a scapegoat in what many see as an issue of...
Byline: Katie Merx If American businesses want to relieve the stress of obesity on the corporate bottom lines, they need to help their overweight workers slim their own bottom lines, corporate benefits directors and insurance industry studies cont Byline: Katie Merx ...
Obesity is an important public health problem. However, the effects of alcohol use on the risk for obesity have not been thoroughly explored. This study focuses on how frequency of alcohol use is related to the risk of obesity in a community medicine clinic population. The paper concludes that more...
America appears to be in the midst of an obesity epidemic. Should they care? Obesity is weight that endangers health because of its high body fat relative to lean body mass. A good screener for obesity is the Body Mass Index BMI. BMI is a person's weight in kilograms, divided...
Obesity is the most common health problem in developed countries. Recently, several physicians' organizations have issued recommendations for treating obesity to family physicians, including instructions in nutrition, physical activity and medications. The aim of this study was to examine if effective weight-reducing treatment can be given by a family physician....
A local startup believes it holds a key to helping solve the nation's obesity crisis--a combination of drugs used to treat depression, alcoholism and addiction to such painkillers as opium and heroin. Orexigen Therapeutics Inc. led a near virtual A local startup...
Obesity is the nation's leading health problem and No. 1 killer. Already the cause of 400,000 deaths a year -- or 45 per hour -- obesity will soon overtake tobacco use as the leading cause of preventable death, if current trends continue. The percentage of overweight children has more than...
The paper provides an overview of the different strategies recently proposed by the Federal Government and the Federal Opposition in response to the obesity problem. Obesity is fast becoming an 'epidemic' in the developed world and Australia is one of the most severely affected countries. In mid-June, the Federal Opposition...
WASHINGTON, June 3 /U.S. Newswire/ -- Legislation introduced today in the U.S. Senate sends a clear message that America faces a growing health crisis in how to deal with overweight and obesity, according to the American Heart Association. WASHINGTON, June 3 /U.S. Newswire/ -- Legislation introduced today in the U.S....
"According to CDC statistics, all indications are that obesity, caused by physical inactivity and poor diet, may soon overtake tobacco use as the nation's leading cause of preventable death. If we are to reverse the trend, we must take action now to"According to CDC statistics, all indications are that...
At Black & Decker, the nation's largest manufacturer of power tools and accessories and a CIGNA customer, obesity and smoking are among the leading health care cost drivers. At Black & Decker, the nation's largest manufacturer of power tools and accessories and a CIGNA customer, obesity and smoking are...
Obesity is a growing international problem that is imposing immense additional costs on the economy and society as a whole, and becoming an increasingly important cost driver and exposure issue for insurers. This report summarizes various areas of insurance industry exposure, including increased claim frequency and severity in health, disability...
Nine November saw something of a paradox at the European Commission. The champions of the agri-food and soft drinks industries, including McDonald's, Unilever, Kraft, Coca-Cola and Pepsi-cola were there to highlight their actions in fighting obesity. Nine November saw something of a paradox at the European...
The University of Michigan Medical School in Ann Arbor, USA. is launching a new center for research on obesity and metabolism. The new University of Michigan Metabolomics and Obesity Center will explore the science behind weight gain and loss.The University of Michigan Medical School in Ann Arbor, USA. is launching...
The U.S. Department of Health & Human Services says it wants more firms to join a national cooperative effort to increase awareness of the problem of obesity and help individuals access healthy foods and opportunities for healthy physical activit The U.S. Department of Health & Human...
With one billion people suffering from hunger and another billion suffering from obesity, the "Table for Two" initiative of the Young Global Leaders of the World Economic Forum aims to tackle both, at the same time. The initiative, launched With one billion people suffering from hunger...
Obesity is the leading public-health problem in the U.S. And that's not us talking. It's the conclusion of the surgeon general, who said so in a speech earlier this year. Again last week, a new study ordered by Congress concluded, among other thing Obesity...
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