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New study from the Agency for Healthcare Research and Quality (AHRQ)has found that an increase in Body Mass Index lowers ones quality of life.
The American Association of Clinical Endocrinologists (AACE) has declared that there is significant clinical evidence to declare obesity as a disease state. The decision was made in a unanimous vote of the AACE Board of Directors at their quarterly meeting, July 23, in Dallas, TX.
Walk from Obesity
A new report illustrates in stark terms how the obesity epidemic in the US has spiraled in the past two decades and pinpoints, on a state-by-state basis, where the largest increases have occurred
Half of U.S. adults will be obese by 2030 if current trends continue, a new report shows.
The U.S. Food and Drug Administration has expanded the use of Allergan’s LAP-BAND Adjustable Gastric Banding System, a device implanted around the upper part of the stomach to limit the amount of food that can be eaten at one time.
