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Two-thirds of Americans are overweight, while approximately one-third are obese. Being obese means having too much body fat, while overweight is simply weighing too much. Both are unhealthy conditions, increasing the risk of diabetes, heart disease, stroke, arthritis and even some cancers.Bookmark this page to keep these WisdomCards at your fingertips. You'll find carefully chosen, doctor approved resources for the most highly searched subjects by clicking on any of the links below!
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Drugs and Medications
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- Atypical Antipsychotics and Metabolic Syndrome
- Bipolar Medications and Weight Gain
- Bontril PDM
- Bupropion and Weight Loss
- CNS Stimulants
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- Cylaris
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- Orlistat
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- Weight Gain and Glucophage
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- Zyban and Weight Loss
Living with It
- Acanthosis Nigricans Photos
- Acid Reflux Causes
- Atherosclerosis Prevention
- Atherosclerosis and Obesity
- Back Pain and Weight
- Bacteroidetes
- Bipolar Medications and Weight Gain
- Bisphenol A
- Body Odor Myths
- Cardiovascular Disease Causes
- Childhood Obesity Causes
- Childhood Obesity Statistics
- Chloride
- Citalopram and Weight Gain
- Cushing's Syndrome Causes
- Domestic Hygiene
- Firmicutes
- Health Benefits of Walking
- Heart Disease Controllable Risk Factors
- Heart Disease and African-American Women
- Heart Disease and Latinas
- High Cholesterol and Weight
- Human Leptin
- Incontinence Risk Factors
- Incontinence and Weight Loss
- Insulin Resistance and Depression
- Life Expectancy in the United Kingdom
- Life Expectancy in the United States
- Obesity in America Statistics
- Occupational Hygiene
- Peripheral Artery Disease Risk Factors
- Personal Hygiene
- Pre-Diabetes Risk Factors
- Pre-Puberty in Girls
- Psoriasis and Weight Gain
- Rheumatoid Arthritis and Weight
- Sleep Apnea Causes
- Sleep Apnea and Weight Gain
- Sleep Deprivation Physical Effects
- Sleep and Weight Loss
- Snoring Causes
- The History of Obesity
- Weight Gain
- Weight Loss
- Wii Fit
Alternative and Holistic Care
- 5-HTP
- Acai Berry Diet
- Acupuncture for Weight Loss
- Akavar
- Alli Side Effects
- Alternatives to Gastric Bypass Surgery
- Apple Patch Diet
- Applied Kinesiology
- Back Pain Alternative Treatments
- Bio-Magnetic Treatment
- Bitter Orange
- Chromium Picolonate
- Citrus and Flavonoids
- Conjugated Linoleic Acid
- Cornsilk
- Dietary Supplements Recalled
- Glucomannan
- Green Tea Side Effects
- Guarana
- Herbs for Weight Loss
- Hoodia Side Effects
- Hypnosis and Weight Loss
- Lipo-6
- Lipovarin
- Ma Huang
- Mineral Pitch
- Natural Cures for Heartburn
- Noni Juice
- Pilates
- Psyllium
- Relacore Side Effects
- Rhubarb
- Spirulina
- Tea Diet
- Vasodrene
Calculators and Tools
Celebrities and Health
Communities and Support
Complications
Conditions
- Acanthosis
- Acanthosis Nigricans
- Ahumada-Del Castillo Syndrome
- Androgen Insensitivity Syndrome
- Arterial Occlusive Disease
- Atherosclerosis and Obesity
- Binge Eating Disorder
- Borjeson Syndrome
- Cellulite
- Cerebrovascular Accidents
- Childhood Obesity
- Degenerative Joint Disease and Obesity
- Depression and Obesity
- Diphyllobothriasis
- Dumping Syndrome
- Enlarged Heart and Obesity
- Erythrasma
- External Hemorrhoid
- Froelich's Syndrome
- Growth Plate Injuries
- HIV-Associated Mycobacterium Avium Complex
- Heart Attack and Smoking
- Heart Disease Types
- Heartburn
- High Blood Pressure and Obesity
- High Cholesterol
- How to Cure Sleep Apnea
- Hyperlipidemia
- Hyperostosis Frontalis Interna
- Hypothalamic Dysfunction
- Internal Hemorrhoid
- Kidney Stone Prevention
- Lactic Acidosis
- Laurence Moon Syndrome
- Lipodystrophy
- Lordosis
- Morbid Obesity
- Myeloid Leukemia
- Nonalcoholic Steatohepatitis
- Obesity
- Obesity and Diabetes
- Obesity and Heart Disease
- Obesity and Pregnancy
- Obesity and Urinary Incontinence
- Osteoarthritis and Obesity
- Paraumbilical Hernia
- Paroxysmal Nocturnal Dyspnea
- Pelvic Floor Dysfunction
- Pickwickian Syndrome
- Prolapsed Uterus
- Pulmonary Heart Disease
- Pulmonary Stenosis
- Pulmonic Stenosis
- Research On Obesity
- Sleep Apnea and Snoring
- South American Blastomycosis
- Stress Eating
- Stretch Marks
- Tailbone Trauma
- Uterine Polyps
Diagnostic Tests
Diet and Nutrition
- 3 Day Diet
- A and W Fast Food Nutrition
- Acai Berry Diet
- Accelis
- Adderall Diet
- Adipex
- Adipex Side Effects
- Adipex and Weight Loss
- Adipost
- Adrenal Fatigue
- Akavar
- Akavar Side Effects
- Alli Drug Interactions
- Alli Overdose
- Alli Uses
- Alli and Pregnancy
- Anti-Ghrelin Vaccine
- Antioxidants in Spinach
- Appecon
- Apple Cider Vinegar Diet
- Apple Patch Diet
- Athletic Performance
- Atkins Diet
- Benefits of Green Tea for Dieting
- Beverly Hills Diet
- Biggest Loser Diet
- Blood Type Diet
- Blood Type Diet: Type A
- Blood Type Diet: Type AB
- Blood Type Diet: Type B
- Blood Type Diet: Type O
- Body for Life
- Bone Protein Linked to Development of 'Good Fat'
- Bontril PDM
- British Facial Analysis Diet
- Cabbage Soup Diet
- Calories
- Cereal Too High in Sugar
- Checkers Drive-In Nutrition
- Child Obesity Rates Leveling Off
- Childhood Obesity Causes
- Childhood Obesity Statistics
- Chili Peppers
- Chromium Picolonate
- Citrus and Flavonoids
- Conjugated Linoleic Acid
- Corn Found in All Types of Fast Food
- CortiSlim
- Cylaris
- Dangers of Diet Pills
- Depression and Obesity
- Diet Desserts
- Diet Key to Diabetes Risk
- Diet Pill Hydroxycut Taken Off Shelves
- Diet Pills
- Dietary Fiber
- Dietary Supplements Recalled
- Dietitians
- Diets to Lower Cholesterol and Lose Weight
- Dr. Dean Ornish
- Easy Low Carbohydrate Diet Plans
- Eat This, Not That
- Eating Disorders Widespread Among American Women
- Effects of Obesity Drugs
- Exercise Pyramid
- Fad Diets
- Fast Eaters More Likely to Become Overweight
- Fat Cells Remain Even After Weight Loss
- Fat Loss 4 Idiots
- Fat Smash Diet
- Fattest Cities in the United States
- Firehouse Subs Nutrition
- Fitness Water
- Flat Belly Diet
- Food Diary for Weight Loss
- Foods on the Atkins Diet
- Foods with No Carbs
- Free Daily Calorie Tracker Tool
- French Women Don't Get Fat Diet
- Glucomannan
- Glucophage and Weight Loss
- Glycemic Index Diet
- Grapefruit Diet
- Green Tea Side Effects
- Green Tea and Weight Loss
- Hay Diet
- Healthiest Chain and Fast Food Restaurants
- Healthiest City Burlington Vermont
- Healthy Food Recipes for Kids
- Herbs for Weight Loss
- High Blood Pressure and Obesity
- High Debt and Obesity Linked
- Hoodia Side Effects
- Hoodia and Breastfeeding
- How to Create a Healthy Diet
- How to Drop a Dress Size
- How to Get Rid of Belly Fat
- How to Help Your Child Lose Weight
- How to Increase Metabolism
- How to Lose Ten Pounds Fast
- How to Lose Weight in Your Face
- Hydration Without Calories
- Hydroxycut
- Jenny Craig
- Jenny Craig Diet Cost
- Kids' Obesity Linked to Ear Infections
- Large Breakfast Key to Weight Loss
- Lipo-6
- Lipovarin
- Low-Carb Discussion Forums
- Low-Carb Parties
- Low Carb Diets
- Low Carb Recipes
- Low Carbohydrate Diet and Diabetes
- Low Carbohydrate Sweets
- Low Fat Diet
- Low Fiber Foods
- Martha's Vineyard Diet Detox
- Master Cleanse
- Medifast
- Mental Health and Obese Children
- Merida Side Effects
- Mini Gastric Bypass
- Morbid Obesity
- Negative Calorie Diet
- New York City Restaurants Required to List Calorie Counts
- Noni Juice
- Noodles and Company Nutrition
- Nutrition and Dietetics
- Obesity
- Obesity-Associated Acanthosis Nigricans
- Obesity Causes
- Obesity Effects on Health
- Obesity Passed Down From Mother
- Obesity Prevention
- Obesity Rate Grows
- Obesity Rates Up in 37 States
- Obesity and Poverty
- Obesity as an Epidemic
- Obesity in America Statistics
- Online Weight Loss Programs
- Opinions About Atkins Diet
- Orlistat
- Overeating Impacts Brain and Metabolism
- Perricone Diet
- Personality Type Diet
- Phentermine
- Phentermine vs. Concerta
- Pritikin Principle
- Purple Tomato May Help Cancer Fight
- Queen Latifah Weight Loss
- Red Wine
- Rhubarb
- Rice Diet Solution
- Sandella's Flatbread Nutrition
- Self-Esteem and Obesity
- Sonoma Diet
- South Beach Diet
- Spirulina
- Star Jones and Gastric Bypass
- Sugar Alcohols
- Taco Bueno Nutrition
- Taco Cabana Nutrition
- Taco Del Mar Nutrition
- Tea Diet
- Teen Weight Loss
- The History of Obesity
- The Never Ending Diet War
- Thin People Still Too Fat
- Thin for Life
- Ultimate Tea Diet
- Unhealthy Diet During Pregnancy May Have Long-Term Health Impact on Child
- Uric Acid
- Vasodrene
- Vegan Diet and Diabetes
- Video Games and Obesity
- Weight Gain
- Weight Gain During Pregnancy
- Weight Loss
- Weight Loss Camps
- Weight Loss Cream
- Weight Loss Drugs
- Weight Loss Product Reviews
- Weight Loss Success Stories
- Weight Loss Support Groups and Forums
- Weight Loss Tips for People with Bipolar Disorder
- Weight Loss Wisdom and Blogs
- Weight Management for Diabetes
- Weight Watchers
- Women and Obesity
- Worst Diet Foods
- Worst Kid's Foods
- Worst Snack Foods
- Yo-Yo Dieting
- You-On a Diet
- Zone Diet
- Zonya Foco
Fitness and Exercise
- Aerobics
- Akavar
- Akavar Side Effects
- Anaerobic Exercise
- Athletic Performance
- Benefits of Weight Loss After Diabetes Diagnosis
- Best Abdominal Exercises
- Best Body Toning Exercises
- Bicycling
- Bone Protein Linked to Development of 'Good Fat'
- Calories
- Endorphins and Exercise
- Exercise Benefits
- Exercise Pyramid
- Exercise and Brain Function
- Exercise and Cholesterol
- Exercise for Children
- Fast Food and Obesity
- Fattest Cities in the United States
- Fitness Boot Camps in New York
- Fitness Training
- Fitness Water
- Free Daily Calorie Tracker Tool
- Glucophage and Weight Loss
- Green Tea and Weight Loss
- Health Benefits of Walking
- Healthiest City Burlington Vermont
- Heart Disease Controllable Risk Factors
- High Blood Pressure and Obesity
- How to Do Chest and Pectoral Exercises
- How to Do Isometric Exercises
- How to Do Mini Trampoline Exercises
- How to Do Resistance Band Exercises
- How to Drop a Dress Size
- How to Get Rid of Belly Fat
- How to Get Rid of Love Handles
- How to Help Your Child Lose Weight
- How to Increase Metabolism
- How to Lose Ten Pounds Fast
- Hydration Without Calories
- Jane Fonda
- Kegel Exercises
- Kickboxing
- Marathon Training
- Mental Health and Obese Children
- Metabolism
- Morbid Obesity
- Obese People Aren't Always Unhealthy
- Obese Women Need to Double Exercise Time
- Obesity
- Obesity Prevention
- Obesity Rates Up in 37 States
- Obesity Tied to Global Warming
- Obesity and Exercise
- Obesity in America Statistics
- Personality Type Diet
- Physical Activity Among Immigrant Children Low
- Pilates
- Queen Latifah Weight Loss
- Richard Simmons
- Rock Climbing
- Role of Body Fat in Diabetes
- Sedentary Lifestyle Effects
- Self-Esteem and Obesity
- Spot Reduction
- Star Jones and Gastric Bypass
- Stiff Joints
- Stretching
- Tenuate
- The History of Obesity
- Trail Running
- Ultrarunning
- Vasodrene
- Video Games and Obesity
- Vigorous Exercise Combats Obesity Gene
- WalkingSpree
- Weight Cutting
- Weight Loss Camps
- Weight Loss Product Reviews
- Weight Loss Success Stories
- Weight Loss Tips for People with Bipolar Disorder
- Weight Management for Diabetes
- Wii Fit
- Women and Obesity
Foundations
Genetics
- Acrocephalopolysyndactyly
- Androgen Insensitivity Syndrome
- Arterial Occlusive Disease
- Borjeson Syndrome
- CortiSlim
- Cortisol
- Denys-Drash Syndrome
- Doctors and Obesity
- Dr. Michael Nierenberg
- FTO
- Genetic Factors in Weight Management
- Gigantism
- Hyperlipoproteinemia Type IV
- Hypertriglyceridemia Treatment
- Laurence Moon Syndrome
- Obesity
- Obesity Passed Down From Mother
- Obesity Tied to Global Warming
- Polydipsia
- Rs1421085
- Rs17817449
- Rs9939609
- Sibutramine
- Vigorous Exercise Combats Obesity Gene
Health Science
Health Advocates and Professionals
Healthcare Companies
Hospitals and Health Centers
- Allina Hospitals and Clinics
- Birmingham Veterans Affairs Medical Center
- CHA Hollywood Presbyterian Medical Center
- Cabell Huntington Hospital
- Franklin Square Hospital
- Geisinger Health System
- Hospital of St. Raphael
- Kern Medical Center
- Kindred Hospital-South Florida-Fort Lauderdale
- Lincoln Medical and Mental Health Center
- Medical Center of Central Georgia
- Memorial Regional Hospital
- MetroHealth System
- Metropolitan Hospital Center
- Northeast Georgia Medical Center
- Palmyra Medical Center
- Peninsula Medical Center
- Saint Bernadine Medical Center
- South Coast Medical Center
How To
- Best Body Toning Exercises
- How to Create a Healthy Diet
- How to Cure Sleep Apnea
- How to Cut Your Breast Cancer Risk
- How to Do Chest and Pectoral Exercises
- How to Do Isometric Exercises
- How to Do Mini Trampoline Exercises
- How to Do Resistance Band Exercises
- How to Drop a Dress Size
- How to Get Rid of Belly Fat
- How to Get Rid of Cellulite
- How to Get Rid of Love Handles
- How to Get Rid of Man Boobs
- How to Get Rid of Stretch Marks
- How to Help Your Child Lose Weight
- How to Increase Metabolism
- How to Lose Ten Pounds Fast
- How to Lose Weight in Your Face
- How to Prepare for Liposuction
- How to Prepare for a Tummy Tuck
News (most recent first)
- Depression, Obesity, Alcohol Interlinked in Women
- High Debt and Obesity Linked
- Weight Loss Surgery Cuts Women's Cancer Risk
- Childhood Obesity Linked to Asthma
- Diabetes Drug Helps Patients with Weight Loss
- Childhood Obesity and Allergies
- Diet Pill Hydroxycut Taken Off Shelves
- Brown Fat Burns Calories
- Obesity Virus
- Sled Dogs May Hold Key to Diabetes, Obesity
- Obesity May be Caused by a Virus
- Weight Loss Surgery Before Pregnancy
- Healthiest City Burlington Vermont
- Belly Fat and Risk of Early Death
- Obese Children Have Old Arteries
- Prescriptions for Children Rising at an Alarming Rate
- Purple Tomato May Help Cancer Fight
- Fast Eaters More Likely to Become Overweight
- New, Non-Invasive Weight Loss Procedure, Toga
- More Americans Getting High Blood Pressure
- Overeating Impacts Brain and Metabolism
- Books May Aid Teens in Weight Loss
- Cereal Too High in Sugar
- Hunger Hormone May Be Suppressed
- Plastic Chemical Tied to Disease
- Call to Action on Deep Vein Thrombosis
- Pollution Blamed for Obesity
- Vigorous Exercise Combats Obesity Gene
- Bone Protein Linked to Development of 'Good Fat'
- Obesity Rates Up in 37 States
- Kids' Obesity Linked to Ear Infections
- Obese People Aren't Always Unhealthy
- Benefits of Weight Loss After Diabetes Diagnosis
- Child Obesity Linked to Sleep Patterns
- Physical Activity Among Immigrant Children Low
- Diet Key to Diabetes Risk
- Obesity Gene Keeps People Hungry
- Obese Women Need to Double Exercise Time
- Obesity Rate Grows
- The Never Ending Diet War
- Obesity Passed Down From Mother
- Obesity Raises Women's Pancreatic Cancer Risk
- Low Fertility in Men Linked to Obesity and Diabetes
- Food Diary for Weight Loss
- Obese Children Candidates for Cholesterol Drug
- Unhealthy Diet During Pregnancy May Have Long-Term Health Impact on Child
- Diabetes Cases on the Rise
- Cancer Risk Cut by Weight Loss Surgery
- Large Breakfast Key to Weight Loss
- Hydration Without Calories
- Drinking Juice Not Cause for Obesity
- Child Obesity Rates Leveling Off
- Obesity Tied to Global Warming
- Childhood Cancer Survivors May Be Prone to Heart Trouble
- Fat Cells Remain Even After Weight Loss
- Eating Disorders Widespread Among American Women
- Gastric Bypass Surgery and Diabetes
- Life Expectancy Dropping
- Start! Walking Movement for Heart Health
- New York City Restaurants Required to List Calorie Counts
- Dietary Supplements Recalled
- Lack of Sleep Creates Weight Gain in Toddlers
- Thin People Still Too Fat
- Pregnant While Obese Means Greater Health Care Needs
- Police Officers Slimming Down
- Obese Women Less Likely To Be Screened For Some Cancers
- Eat This, Not That
- Obesity and Breast Cancer
- Genetic Factors in Weight Management
- Oklahoma City on a Diet
- Red Wine and Cancer
- Doctors and Obesity
- Sports Drinks
Physicians
Surgeries and Procedures
- Abdominoplasty
- Alternatives to Gastric Bypass Surgery
- Aortic Valve Surgery
- Atrial Fibrillation Surgery
- Bariatric Surgery Thins Bones
- Gastrectomy
- Gastric Artery Chemical Embolization
- Gastric Bypass Surgery
- Gastric Bypass Surgery Risks
- Gastric Bypass Surgery and Diabetes
- How to Prepare for Liposuction
- Lap Band and Metformin
- Mini Gastric Bypass
- New, Non-Invasive Weight Loss Procedure, Toga
- Weight Loss Surgery
- Weight Loss Surgery Before Pregnancy
- Weight Loss Surgery Cuts Women's Cancer Risk
