Obesity affects 17 percent of children and adolescents and almost 36 percent of adults in the United States. Conservativ
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Obesity is a major public health challenge. More than one-third of the U.S. adult population is considered obese, a figu
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Many organizations are making focused efforts to prevent obesity. To achieve their goals, accelerate their progress, and
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Recent research suggests that obesity and excess weight can play a prominent role in the incidence and progression of va
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Childhood Obesity Prevention in Texas summarizes the information gathered at a workshop held February 5-6, 2009, in Aust
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Recent scientific evidence points to the origins of childhood obesity as an outcome of the dynamic interplay of genetic,
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The childhood obesity epidemic is an urgent public health problem. The most recent data available show that nearly 19 pe
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In January 2013, the Roundtable on Environmental Health Sciences, Research, and Medicine of the Institute of Medicine he
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