You know I talk a lot about the obesity epidemic in this country here at FFTV, but this is something that even shocked me. New research finds if things don’t change, most American adults - 86 percent - will be overweight or obese by the year 2030. 86 percent!
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The obesity epidemic is getting worse. A new report from the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) shows about 25.6 percent of adults in the U.S. are obese - up nearly two-percent from 2005.
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The new Japan fat law includes measuring the waists of nearly half its population. So what happens to those whose waistlines exceed the measurements?

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As you may know, the idea for FatFighterTV came to me after spending years as a health reporter covering the obesity epidemic and seeing its effects on so many people, especially children – like pre-teens who now have diabetes and other serious health conditions. I wanted to bring more attention to the problem and show [...]

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After going up for the past 25 years, the percentage of American children who are overweight or obese has stopped rising, according to a new study. So, does this mean there’s an end in sight for the childhood obesity epidemic?
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How tough do you think it’s going to be to curb the obesity epidemic? A leading researcher thinks governments are going to have to take similar actions as they did to fight smoking. I definitely think the critical word here is action.
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This is just the kind of story I like to hear - some Philadelphia elementary schools made changes to fight fat… and they won big! It was all part of a government-funded study to see if a few healthy tweaks could reduce the number of overweight kids.
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