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Thursday, December 8, 2011

Obesity And Diabetes Undermining America's Overall Health From Medical News Today

America's overall health is being undermined by obesity and diabetes, other chronic diseases, and child poverty; these detriments have been deemed greater than the benefits from improvements in cardiovascular deaths, preventable hospitalizations and smoking cessation, says a new report titled 2011 America's Health Rankings.

The Rankings is a collaboration between United Health Foundation, the America Public Health Association, and Partnership for Prevention.

No improvement in overall health - while the country's overall health improved by an average of 0.5% from 2000 to 2010 and 1.6% since the 1990s, the rate was unchanged from 2010 to 2011, the authors wrote.

For the full article please go here.

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