Obesity
(Following Excerpt from National
Heart Lung and Blood Institute for page " Aim
for Healthy Weight ")
The National Heart, Lung, and Blood Institute, in cooperation with the National
Institute of Diabetes and Digestive and Kidney Diseases, released the first
Federal guidelines on the identification, evaluation, and treatment of overweight
and obesity. About 97 million adults in the United States are overweight or
obese. Obesity and overweight substantially increase the risk of morbidity
from hypertension; dyslipidemia; type 2 diabetes; coronary heart disease;
stroke; gallbladder disease; osteoarthritis; sleep apnea and respiratory problems;
and endometrial, breast, prostate, and colon cancers. Higher body weights
are also associated with increases in all-cause mortality.
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