Our nation’s growing obesity problem is creating a new reality for health care. As obesity rates rise, risk of obesity-related health problems increases as well. Yet many health care faciliti… ...

Obesity and overweight are defined as abnormal or excessive accumulation of fat that may harm health. In 2014, 39% adults aged 18 years and above were overweight and 13% of the adults were obese ...

On average, treating the diseases caused by obesity costs an average of 8.4% of total health care spending in OECD countries. So where is obesity placing the biggest financial burden on healthcare ...

SAN DIEGO, July 27, 2012 /PRNewswire/ -- Angeles Health International has released an obesity risks infopgrahic of the top ten risks associated with obesity. The infographics shows that an ...

Massive Health has broken the infographics into five parts. Below is the infographic detailing how healthfully we think we eat. Click here to be directed to the infographics on when, where, what ...

With some 17 percent of 2- to 19-year-olds meeting the criteria for obesity, medical professionals have said it's important for society to stay on top of a child's weight. Even so, according to a ...

IN higher education, emphasis is largely placed on equipping students with future-ready skills, such as digital literacy, ...

Collectively, the numbers spell out a familiar story. American adults are expanding by the year, along with their children and health care costs. Depressing? Yes. Easy to tune out? Even more so.

Adults who eat foods with a high level of sodium may be more likely to develop obesity, researchers reported in a meeting abstract released ahead of the European Congress on Obesity. Infographic ...

As obesity rates rise, risk of obesity-related health problems increases as well. Yet many health care faciliti… (BPT) - Our nation's growing obesity problem is creating a new reality for health ...