The link between obesity, inactivity, and poverty may be too costly to ignore because obesity-associated chronic disease already accounts for 70% of U.S. health costs. For instance, counties with ...

Malnutrition, in all its forms, includes undernutrition (wasting, stunting, underweight), inadequate vitamins or minerals, ...

we describe the prevalence of obesity and city barriers to reducing city prevalence of obesity: 1) less favorable natural and built environments, 2) higher poverty and less healthcare access, and 3) ...

Research suggests a correlation between poverty and obesity, particularly in states with the highest poverty level (Mississippi, West Virginia, Arkansas, Louisiana, Kentucky, Alabama, Oklahoma ...

Obesity and food insecurity are patterned by economic disadvantage. More than 22 percent of Philadelphians are poor (below 100 percent of the Federal poverty level). Among those who are obese and ...

are poverty-driven food insecurity, unhealthy environments that make it hard to provide good meals and the “agressive promotion of cheap junk food.” Obesity has risen by almost a third since ...

There has been an 80% increase in severe obesity rates for children living in the country's most deprived areas ...

While the study didn’t find a direct link between screen time rules and a reduced obesity rate, it did show how these rules ...

Although the study didn't look at causes, it said poverty was likely to increase the risk of both problems. The findings, to be presented at the European Congress on Obesity (ECO) in Glasgow ...

The state had relatively lower rates of children in poverty, while its smoking and obesity rates were relatively high. 39. Ohio was one of the states that's experienced the largest increase in ...