Topic: Mississippi
Mississippi leads nation for sixth straight year According to the report, America's waistline continues to expand. More than two-thirds of states (38) have adult obesity rates above 25 percent. In 1991, no state had an obesity rate above 20 percent. For the ...
Most parents think childhood obesity is a problem. Just not their kids' problem. An annual obesity report by two public health groups includes a new survey of parental attitudes about the issue. The survey shows an increasing awareness of obesity and its ...
The first county-by-county survey of obesity reflects past studies that show the rate of obesity is highest in the Southeast and Appalachia. High rates of obesity and diabetes were reported in more than 80 percent of counties in the Appalachian region that ...
NEW YORK (Reuters Life!) - Overweight children, particularly girls, are more likely than other youngsters to feel lonely, anxious and depressed, researchers said on Monday. In a study of more than 8,000 children they found that the negative social consequences of being ...
Cluster of Southern states, topped by Mississippi, remain most obese, new US survey findsThe South tips the scales again as the nation's fattest region, according to a new government survey. More than 30 percent of adults in Mississippi, Alabama and Tennessee are ...
Most porcine state mulls drastic measuresWill hefty Mississippi consumers have to step onto the scales before being allowed to order a Big Mac and fries? Perhaps, if legislation introduced in the Mississippi House last week with three co-sponsors somehow gets passed into ...
