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...Obesity is a major public health crisis in the land of the free, and it brings with it a host of undesirable complications and hidden costs. In 2007, almost two-thirds of all American adults were either overweight or obese, and about 30 percent had a body mass index (BMI) of over 30, generally considered the threshold for clinically significant obesity. This epidemic has been associated with a wide variety of high-risk side effects, including ischemic heart disease, congestive heart failure, high blood pressure, and diabetes. Medical obesity leads to a 200 to 300 percent increase in the risk...
...Unfortunately, in a country where two-thirds of the electorate is overweight, it seems unlikely that it will ever be seriously considered. But such is the tragedy of mass politics...
...still managed to avoid being fat. Their simple trick? Exercise. Rampersaud found that the most physically active men and women in the study were able to stay within a normal BMI range, despite their genetic predisposition; other people with the same gene variants, who were relatively inactive, were overweight. "This is the first time that we can show the direct gene-environment interaction for a gene related to obesity," Rampersaud says. "It re-emphasizes the role that physical activity plays in our daily life - it's not just something people preach. There actually is something related to the outcome...
...Still, it pays to break the news of a child's problem gently. Following the advice of numerous obesity experts, the Department of Health has decided that the name of the final, portliest category - very overweight - was a more sensible choice than obese. "Preliminary findings of the survey suggest that many people who would be defined clinically as obese find the use of the term obese highly offensive and would stop listening to further advice...
...Statistics on childhood obesity in Britain make grim reading. Figures from 2006, the most recent numbers, show that nearly a third of all children aged between two and 15 are overweight or obese, an overall increase of 11% from...