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Experts warn obesity will soon reach pandemic proportions
Obesity has become a global pandemic that could leave more than half of all adults worldwide overweight within two decades, experts said, calling for urgent action beyond just blaming people for lacking willpower. Speaking at the World Economic Forum in Davos, health, nutrition and fitness experts said the world’s increasingly…
Study: Americans fatter in the South
Fried chicken, fried okra and other fried cliches of US southern cuisine may be making their mark: a new study Tuesday shows that rates of obesity are highest in the US south. Just about one of every three adults in Mississippi, Louisiana, West Virginia and Alabama is considered obese, based…
U.S. approves first obesity drug in 13 years
WASHINGTON — US regulators on Wednesday approved the first drug to treat obesity in 13 years, a drug called lorcaserin, marketed as Belviq and made by Arena Pharmaceuticals. The drug works to control the appetite through receptors in the brain and was approved as additional therapy for certain overweight and…
Rejecting the “self-discipline” framework
Sam at Skepchick has an AI up that I think is probably one of the most clear-cut examples I’ve seen in a long time of how framing an issue really suggests the answers. The post is about obesity and nutrition-related diseases like diabetes and heart disease, and he throws out…
Major overhaul of U.S. life urged to cure obesity: experts
WASHINGTON — Two-thirds of American adults are too fat, and a major overhaul of US policies — from schools to restaurants to urban planning — is needed to stem the epidemic, medical experts said Tuesday. In a hefty, 400-plus page report, the Institute of Medicine (IOM) called for urgent action…
Solid ‘finger food’ may help babies avoid obesity
Infants outgrowing a liquid diet who give themselves finger food rather than being spoon-fed puree are likelier to eat healthily and avoid getting fat during weaning, reports a study released Tuesday. Researchers found that the technique, known as “baby-led weaning,” led to a child expressing a clear preference for pasta,…
Obesity costs US at least $215 billion every year: study
Obesity costs the US economy at least 215 billion dollars a year in direct and indirect impacts including medical expenses and lost productivity, a new study showed Tuesday. The report by Brookings Institution researchers found that medical costs for obese adults amounts to 147 billion dollars more than for those…
Less focus on the scale, more on the muscle?
File in the “interesting and useful if proven true” files: Research has come out showing that the health risks associated with obesity may be more a matter of fat-to-muscle ratios than just the number on the scale. The spin on the article is that there’s a lot of fat thin…
US scientists may have discovered key to defeating obesity
Shutting down an energy-controlling mechanism in mice left them leaner than normal mice and could be a new way to fight obesity in humans, US researchers said in a study published Tuesday. And the finding is big news in the United States, where around a third of the adult population…
In No Way Will We Actually Change The Things That We Are Doing
The Miami Herald talks about workplace efforts to fight obesity. The efforts to do so are intensive, but tend to fail to consider one basic solution: restructuring work schedules and work life so that people can organically choose healthier lifestyles. Even with more companies offering wellness programs, something is going…
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