Weight of the Nation Conference The Centers for Disease Control and Prevention will host its second Weight of the Nation conference, designed to provide a forum to highlight progress in the prevention and control of obesity through policy, systems and environmental approaches to help advance healthy eating and active living.

Original title: “CDC to Host Second Weight of the Nation Conference to Address Obesity”

Obesity has become a problem in every state, according to data analyzed by the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention. No state reported that less than 20 percent of adults were obese in 2010, which means that no state met the national Healthy People 2010 goal to lower obesity prevalence to 15 percent within the past decade, CDC researchers say.

Original title: “Latest State Data Show Rates of Obesity Remain High”

The number of states with an obesity prevalence of 30 percent or more has tripled in two years to nine states in 2009, according to a CDC Vital Signs report.

Original title: “More U.S. Adults Report Being Obese”

Wide sections of the Southeast, Appalachia, and some tribal lands in the West and Northern Plains have the nation's highest rates of obesity and diabetes, according to estimates released today by the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention.

Original title: “Highest Rates of Obesity, Diabetes in the South, Appalachia, and Some Tribal Lands”

Eight organizations were awarded the Pioneering Innovation Award today at the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) Weight of the Nation Conference in Washington, D.C...

Original title: “CDC Recognizes Innovative Obesity Prevention and Control Initiatives with Weight of the Nation Awards”

Weight of the Nation is designed to provide a forum to highlight progress in the prevention and control of obesity through policy and environmental strategies and highlight strategies that overcome barriers to the primary prevention of obesity for youth and adults in four settings: communities, medical care, schools, and workplaces...

Original title: “CDC Holds Inaugural Conference to Address Obesity Crisis in the United States”

The health cost of obesity in the United States is as high as $147 billion annually, based on a new study from Research Triangle Institute and the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention...

Original title: “Study Estimates Medical Cost of Obesity May Be As High as $147 Billion Annually”

One of 7 low-income, preschool-aged children is obese, but the obesity epidemic may be stabilizing, according to a study by the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention...

Original title: “Obesity Among Low-Income Preschool Aged Children Appears to be Slowing”

Blacks had 51 percent higher prevalence of obesity, and Hispanics had 21 percent higher obesity prevalence compared with whites, according to researchers with the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention...

Original title: “New Obesity Data Shows Blacks Have the Highest Rates of Obesity”

The proportion of U.S. adults who are obese increased to 26.1 percent in 2008 compared to 25.6 percent in 2007...

Original title: “Obesity Among U.S. Adults Continues to Rise”

Weight of the Nation Conference...

Original title: “CDC Holds Inaugural Conference to Address Obesity Crisis in the United States”

The Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) today unveiled LEANWorks!, a Website designed to help businesses address obesity. LEAN stands for Leading Employees to Activity and Nutrition...

Original title: “CDC Introduces New Website to Help Employers Combat Obesity and Reduce Health-Related Costs”

The proportion of U.S. adults who self report they are obese increased nearly 2 percent between 2005 and 2007, according to a report in today's Morbidity and Mortality Weekly Report (MMWR).

Original title: “Latest CDC Data Show More Americans Report Being Obese”

Also have longer hospital stays

Original title: “Pregnant Women Who are Obese Linked with Greater Health Care Services Use”

After a quarter century of increases, obesity prevalence has not measurably increased in the past few years but levels are still high

Original title: “A New CDC Study Finds no Real Increase in Obesity Among Adults; But Levels Still High”

Diabetes and obesity have reached alarming rates in the United States. CDC's Division of Diabetes Translation and the Division of Nutrition and Physical Activity are convening a national conference that will examine these issues and discuss ways to combat these illnesses through improving the environment, changing policies, building better health care systems, and helping individuals make lifestyle changes.

Original title: “CDC to Host First Diabetes and Obesity Conference”