Obesity Studies

Obesity in the United States

It's no secret that obesity is epidemic in the United States. Primary care doctors are being urged to make routine obesity checkups in a new "call to action" since they "have the greatest access, as the average American makes three office visits per year," according to Archives of Internal Medicine.

Obesity is touching all segments of the population. According to the Wall Street Journal, 3/09/04, "By 2020, the treatment of medical problems related to excess weight will consume one in five health-care dollars in people aged 50-69." And, The New York Times, 8/26/03 reports "Rising Obesity in Children Prompts Call to Action."

  

 

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