Obesity Cause and Help

Numbers now show that worksite wellness programs implemented by Nebraska businesses are improving the quality of health for many working Nebraskans. Thirty-eight large and small companies across the state were the first to receive the Governor’s Excellence in Wellness Award in 2008 for their accomplishments in worksite wellness by demonstrating significant improvement in employee health [...]

A much-needed infusion of more than $2 million in federal funds will help the Utah Department of Health (UDOH) help others reach a healthy weight. The Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) will give the state $455,000 annually over the next five years to develop a new Physical Activity, Nutrition and Obesity (PANO) Program. [...]

On May 17, The Washington Post launched an extensive five-day series on childhood obesity. The series explores the issue of childhood obesity from many perspectives, ranging from the latest medical research to public health information, efforts to address the problem, and policy solutions including responses from Senators Clinton, McCain and Obama. A number of stories [...]

Health Secretary Alan Johnson calls for a national movement to tackle the growing problem of obesity. In a major speech on public health the Secretary of State for Health will outline the public health implications of the obesity epidemic and argue that our strategy to combat obesity will only succeed if every part of our [...]

Testing men for elevated levels of prostate-specific antigen (PSA) in the blood — the gold standard screening test for prostate cancer — may be biased against obese men, whose PSA levels tend to be deceptively low. And this bias may be creating more aggressive cancers in this population by delaying diagnosis, according to a new [...]