Obesity Wars Molecular Progress Confronts an Expanding Epidemic

The Nutrition and Physical Activity Program to Prevent Obesity and Other Chronic Diseases: Monitoring Progress in Funded States

To help address the challenges posed by the obesity epidemic in the United States, the U.S. Congress authorized the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention to establish the Nutrition and Physical Activity Program to Prevent Obesity and Other Chronic Diseases. In this article, we summarize the progress of the first 20 states funded by this program. The data presented are based on the informat...

"R-Rating" for Fast Food: A Novel Weapon in Our Fight against the Expanding Teen Obesity Epidemic.

Expanding access to HIV prevention

Background The expanding HIV/AIDS epidemic represents one of the greatest threats to human health and international development today, and strengthening the global response is imperative. Despite recent progress in expanding access to HIV/AIDS treatment [1], the world continues to severely under-invest in efforts to fight HIV/AIDS, missing a tremendous opportunity to change the course of the ep...

Expanding evidence for the multiple dangers of epidemic abdominal obesity.

The waistline of America has been expanding now for decades,1 largely as a consequence of an obesogenic environment, with a car-worshipping culture and take-away lifestyle par excellence.2 No upper limit to the prevalence or extent of obesity is yet apparent, and many countries and communities worldwide are busily following the American lead. Accumulating research evidence suggests that the per...

Genetic determinants and molecular pathways in the pathogenesis of Type 2 diabetes.

T2DM (Type 2 diabetes mellitus) has reached epidemic proportions worldwide, exerting major health consequences at an individual and public health level alike. Unfortunately, the molecular pathophysiology of diabetes remains incompletely understood, impairing progress towards more effective prevention and treatment strategies. Although the rapid increase in the prevalence of insulin resistance a...