Obese
Desk Jobs Increase Risk Of Obesity
If you sit behind a desk six hours a day, you have almost doubled the risk of obesity when you compare it to someone who spends only 45 minutes a day behind a desk.
Tax Deductions For Weight Loss Programs
The IRS issued a ruling that states that if your physician determines that you are obese and then prescribes a weight loss program, the fees for the weight loss program are deductible medical expenses for tax purposes.
Study: Adults Often Bully Overweight Kids
Research out of Yale University finds that although overweight and obese adolescents are most often bullied by friends and peers, a significant numbers of them are also bullied by adults.
Fat Philly No More?
A recent report seems to demonstrate that citywide efforts in Philadelphia against childhood obesity are working.
