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Extreme obesity ballooning in adults
Study: Surging twice as fast as the less severely overweight

ASSOCIATED PRESS
CHICAGO, Oct. 13 — Americans are not just getting fatter, they are ballooning to extremely obese proportions at an alarming rate...

 

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Stretchers get beefed up to handle obese

Saturday, October 18, 2003 Posted: 7:59 AM EDT (1159 GMT)
 
WILMINGTON, Ohio (AP) -- The sharply rising number of obese Americans is leading medical-equipment manufacturers and ambulance crews to supersize their stretchers.

Manufacturers are adding thicker aluminum frames, bulkier connectors and extra spine supports to create stretchers with a capacity of 650 pounds, instead of the standard 350 to 500. Ambulance crews are switching to the heavy-duty models to avoid injuries to rescue workers and patients alike...

 

 

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Satcher: Obesity almost as bad as smoking

Obesity is reaching "epidemic proportions" in the United States, Surgeon General David Satcher said Thursday, and could soon cause as much preventable disease and death as cigarette smoking.

More than 61 percent of adults and 14 percent of adolescents are affected by obesity and some 300,000 die each year from health problems directly related to obesity, Satcher noted...

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Health report card helps obese kids


ASSOCIATED PRESS
CHICAGO, Aug. 11 — A school program that sends home health report cards with student weight and fitness information has helped get parents of overweight children involved in trying to address the problem, a study found ...

 

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More obese teens seek surgery

ASSOCIATED PRESS
WASHINGTON, Aug. 4 —  Amy Topel had tried exercise, weight-loss pills and every diet, real or fad, around. But at age 15, she’d reached 260 pounds and a difficult decision: It was time to try surgery. Operating was scary, but her mother had undergone it and lost 100 pounds - and Amy was tired of classmates’ taunts. So in June, the same surgeon shrank Amy’s stomach. She’s dropped 30 pounds and counting ...

 

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Parents blamed for child obesity
Survey finds few put responsibility on fast-food restaurants

Reuters
Aug. 11 — Parents, not fast-food restaurants, are most responsible for the rise of obesity in American children, a survey said Tuesday. Two out of three U.S. households surveyed by ACNielsen said the parent or guardian was to blame for obesity in children 17 and under, with fast-food restaurants blamed by only 10 percent and food manufacturers named by only 1 percent.

 

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CDC chief: Obesity top health threat

WASHINGTON (Reuters) -- Obesity is the No. 1 health threat in the United States today, the head of the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention said.
While much of her time is spent preparing to fight anthrax, smallpox, and biological threats, and diseases like SARS and West Nile virus, the CDC's Dr. Julie Gerberding said Americans are much more likely to die from cancer, heart disease, and diabetes caused by smoking, eating too much and exercising too little ...

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