The FDA report says that no link has been proven but that people are more likely to eat more at restaurants because of the large portions and the convivial atmosphere.
The study suggests that obesity itself may not be a harbinger of impending death. Rather, hypertension and type 2 diabetes -- admittedly common fellow travelers to obesity -- make people more likely to die in the near term.
The environment in which we live may be even more important than either genetics or our individual food choices in determining the prevalence of obesity.
Obesity is a serious threat to American health, and nowhere is the need for action more clamant than Mississippi, where 7 out of 10 adults are overweight or obese.
Obesity is a serious threat to American health, and nowhere is the need for action more clamant than Mississippi, where 7 out of 10 adults are overweight or obese.
Mayor Michael Bloomberg has proposed to bar New York City's recipients of food stamps from buying sugared beverages, in an effort to curb the city's rising levels of obesity and diabetes.