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2. Obesity is staying steady, but 'severe obesity' is on the rise

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   About 40% of U.S. adults are obese (defined as a BMI of greater than or equal to 30), and nearly 1 in 10 of the approximately 6,000 people surveyed reported having “severe obesity” (defined as ...

3. The latest longevity trend? Social wellness clubs - AOL

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   A large meta-analysis revealed that lack of social relationships can influence mortality risk just as much as smoking and alcohol consumption—even more so than well-established risk factors like ...

4. Researchers have found a ‘clear genetic trigger for obesity ...

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   Obesity isn’t just a matter of food and exercise — it may be in your genetic code, according to new research. “Obesity’s causes are very complex and in the majority of cases, the ...

5. Everything You Know About Obesity Is Wrong - The Huffington Post

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   Other physicians sincerely believe that shaming fat people is the best way to motivate them to lose weight. “It’s the last area of medicine where we prescribe tough love,” says Mayo Clinic researcher Sean Phelan. In a 2013 journal article, bioethicist Daniel Callahan argued for more stigma against fat people. “People don’t realize ...

6. Obesity in the United States - Wikipedia

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   Prevalence of obesity in the adult population, top countries (2016), the United States has the tenth highest rate in the world. The CDC defines an adult (a person aged 20 years or greater) with a body mass index (BMI) of 30 or greater as obese and an adult with a BMI of 25.0 to 29.9 as overweight. [4] Obesity in adults is divided into three ...

7. Social influences on fitness behavior - Wikipedia

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   Obesity is a physical marker of poor health, increasing the likelihood of various diseases. [2] Due to social constructs surrounding health, the belief that being skinny is healthy and discrimination against those perceived to be 'unhealthy', [3] people who are considered overweight or obese on the BMI scale face many social challenges.