Obesity in America

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 obesity epidemic has been driven by the extreme use of both fructose and high fructose corn syrup.

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.

McDonald’s — battered by almost constant criticism of its negative nutritional and environmental impacts — is attempting to turn the tide by opening its first “green” restaurant.

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.

The US is struggling to deal with its national obesity problem as many resort to surgery in order to achieve weight loss.

"I look across this country, and people are obese, and everybody wrings their hands, and nobody's willing to do something about it" - New York City Mayor Michael Bloomberg defending his proposed ban on large sodas.