Increasing numbers of people are developing type two diabetes here in the United States. Approximately sixteen million people in this country are diabetic, yet not all of them are aware of it. With type two diabetes the body either stops producing enough of the hormone insulin, or the cells of the body do not react [...]

Around the world, there are over 1 billion overweight adults and this number just keeps growing. At least 300 million of these adults are obese. The health risks associated with the obesity epidemic include diabetes, cardiovascular disease, and cancer. Obesity is considered a public health problem because of its prevalence and the [...]

The obesity epidemic in the United States has received quite a bit of attention from the media but its impact on a global scale is far more reverberating. The causes of the global obesity epidemic on a more general level include modernization, economic growth, urbanization, and globalization. The Far-Reaching Impact of the [...]

Thanks to the prevalence of sedentary lifestyles and the fast food culture, the obesity epidemic in the United States is infamous around the world. Unfortunately, other countries in the world are following the American example and incorporating these unhealthy lifestyle practices into their cultures. The fast food obesity epidemic is only one [...]

One does not have to have an intelligence quotient comparable with that of Albert Einstein to work out that there is a definite link between fast food and the obesity epidemic. One would have to be a total fool not to realize that the serious worldwide general obesity epidemic is largely the result of the [...]