obesity

Texas is home to the most obese city in the country.

Just like their human counterparts, pets who are excessively overweight will face many health challenges they may have otherwise avoided.

We need to eat more fiber. Note: Dietary Fiber does not include spicy chicken sandwiches from KFC. I know this because I checked.

Adults ages 24-49 need to take a hard look at their weight.

And not only is weight an issue, but Texas has some of the cities near the top of the list for high cholesterol and inactivity. Uh oh.

With countless reports weighing in on the unfit conditions of the great American waistline expansion project, it should come as no surprise that the battle of the bulge is in no way coming to a screeching halt.

It’s no secret that a sedentary lifestyle promotes obesity, but a new study by the Milken Institute in California confirms the negative impact of TVs and computers while adding a frightening statistic — for every 10 percent increase a country spends on technology, that country’s obesity rate climbs.

The drug, Qnexa is up for approval by the FDA. Reports say that if approved, this will be the first new anti-obesity prescription drug since 1999! Other drugs never met the standards by the FDA because of their links to increased heart problems in patients. In an attempt to gain FDA approval back in 2010, the FDA gave Qnexa a "No". The new vote by the FDA is on April 17, 2012. This new

Is obesity contagious? A study back in 2007 seemed to indicate that, saying we get it from our friends. To back that up, researchers highlighted data showing members of social groups were likely to have similar rates of obesity. New research, however, seems to be changing all this by finding that social interactions may have little impact on body weight.