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The Weight's Over: Should Fat People Pay More for Health Insurance?
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...
Tags: Fat People Pay More, health care, health insurance, No., Obesity
Discussion threads 2007-09-13
International dimensions of obesity and overweight related problems: an economics perspective.(Principal Paper Sessions)
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...
Tags: obesity, Obesity, World Health Organization
Research articles 2005-12-01
Moderately Overweight and Obese Patients in General Practice: A Population Based Survey
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...
Tags: Vertical Industries, Obesity, Survey, Health Care, BioMed Central, Patient, Netherlands, Software, Enterprise Software, Benefits, Healthcare, Human Resources
White papers 2006-07-07
Golden Arches banned by royal decree.(retailwire: Plugged In)(poll on obesity)(McDonald's Corp.)(Brief article)
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...
Tags: McDonald's Corp., obesity
Research articles 2007-04-01
The rising cost of fat; Business is finding out that obesity drives up costs for more than just health insurance.(Special Report)
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 ...
Tags: Comerica Inc., health care, health insurance, obesity, risk
Research articles 2004-09-13
Frequency of Alcohol Use and Obesity in Community Medicine Patients
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...
Tags: Healthcare, Obesity, Alcohol, BioMed Central, Public Health, Patient
White papers 2005-04-22
Obesity and Disability: The Shape of Things to Come
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...
Tags: Vertical Industries, Body Mass Index, Obesity, Benefits, Healthcare, Enterprise Software, Software, Human Resources, Health Care, Ingersoll-Rand
White papers 2005-02-03
Influence of Intense Multidisciplinary Follow-Up and Orlistat on Weight Reduction in a Primary Care Setting
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....
Tags: Treatment, BioMed Central, Obesity, Vertical Industries, Benefits, Healthcare, Enterprise Software, Software, Human Resources
White papers 2005-01-29
Orexigen hopes to fatten up by entering multibillion-dollar market for treating obesity: startup proposes to combine depression, addiction drugs.
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...
Tags: FDA, obesity
Research articles 2007-06-11
F as in Fat: How Obesity Policies are Failing in America
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...
Tags: America, Health Care, Obesity, Vertical Industries, Benefits, Healthcare, Enterprise Software, Software, Human Resources
White papers 2004-10-18
Political Response to Obesity
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...
Tags: Ban, Obesity, Branding, Food & Beverage, Marketing, Manufacturing
White papers 2004-07-01
American Heart Assn. Commends Senate for Introducing Obesity- Fighting Legislation; IMPACT Act Seeks to Reduce Rates for Obesity
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....
Tags: obesity, U.S. Senate
Research articles 2003-06-03
Statement of American Heart Association on Department of Health and Human Services' Plan to Combat Obesity
"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...
Tags: obesity, U.S. Department of Health and Human Services
Research articles 2004-03-09
Drilling down on obesity at Black & Decker
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...
Tags: Black & Decker Corp., obesity
Research articles 2006-01-01
Obesity, Liability & Insurance
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...
Tags: Insurance Information Institute, Workers Compensation, Casualty Insurance, Obesity, Insurance, Financial Planning, Benefits, Business Operations, Corporate Insurance, Finance, Human Resources
White papers 2004-01-08
AGRI-FOOD : MCDONALD'S AND COCA-COLA PRAISED FOR THEIR EFFORTS TO FIGHT OBESITY.
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...
Tags: Coca-Cola Co., McDonald's Corp., obesity
Research articles 2006-11-17
University launches obesity research center
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...
Tags: obesity, University of Michigan
Research articles 2006-03-01
HHS wants firms to join fight against obesity.(rules & Regs)(Department of Health & Human Services)(Brief Article)
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...
Tags: obesity, U.S. Department of Health and Human Services
Research articles 2004-05-01
CHINA: YOUNG GLOBAL LEADERS' "TABLE FOR TWO" INITIATIVE SIMULTANEOUSLY TARGETS HUNGER IN THE DEVELOPING WORLD AND OBESITY IN DEVELOPED COUNTRIES.(Company overview)
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...
Tags: developing country, Millennium, obesity
Research articles 2007-09-06
Weight watchers.(EDITORIAL)
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...
Tags: Obesity, U.S. Congress
Research articles 2005-12-12
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