The US Centers for Disease Control and Prevention says over 40 percent of American adults are overweight and that affects about 93 million of the US adults. The government agency says more than 13 million children are overweight, too. The yearly medical cost of this disease in the US is ...
aA third of American children are obese or overweight, according to the government, and roughly 40 percent of the calories they eat are consumed in the school lunch period. Nutrition experts say if the nation wants to make progress on the obesity crisis among children, what they eat at ...
aMuch of McDonald's advertising is aimed at children, and it's been effective. Every month, approximately nine out of 10 American children eat at a McDonald's restaurant. Most U.S. children can recognize McDonald's before they can speak. Tragically, one in every three children born this...
When reporting the prevalence of childhood obesity in the USA a few years ago,the magazine U.S.News & World Report stated: "...some 17 percent of kids are now obese,which means they're at or above the 95th percentile for weight in relation to height for their age;an additional 17 per...
Question: Approximately what percentage of the American population has some form of diabetes? A) 1-2% B) 4-5% C) 9-10% D) 14-15% Diabetes: Diabetes is a type of metabolic syndrome in which an individual has high blood glucose. Diabetes can either ...
2) It is a disgrace that well over 20% of American children grow up in poverty. It is a greater moral failing that ending this is not a national priority. The banks have done a terrible job in this sphere. They caused the greatest loss of working class wealth since the Great Depression...
Meanwhile, American farmers began using large quantities of organophosphate insecticides, planted large-scale crop monocultures, and adopted “clean farming” practices that scrubbed native vegetation from field margins and roadsides. These practices killed many native bees outright—they’re as vulnerable ...
44. One quarter of teachers in an American city said that children in kindergartens had no time for playing freely. 45. According to a pediatrician, no matter what kind of play children engage in, they are learning how to create things. ...
Even though approximately 16 percent of American children are overweight, most diet pills are not recommended for use by children under the age of 16. The exception is orlistat, which can safely be used by teens 12 and older. If you watch late-night TV, you know that it seems like every...
Binge eating disorder is an illness that is characterized by episodes of binge eating. Unlike people with bulimia, those with binge-eating disorders do not use compensatory behaviors to negate the consumption. As a result, many people with binge-eating disorder are overweight or obese. Binge eatin...