Overweight & Obesity
Overweight & Obesity
     * Strategies to Prevent & Manage Obesity
               o Acting Early to Prevent Obesity
               o Childhood Obesity Research Demonstration (CORD) 1.0
               o Childhood Obesity Research Demonstration (CORD) 2.0
     * Adult Overweight and Obesity
          + Defining Adult Obesity
          + Adult Obesity Causes & Consequences
          + Defining Childhood Obesity
          + Childhood Obesity Causes & Consequences
          + CDC Reports Improvement in Childhood Obesity among Young
          + Adult Obesity Facts
          + Childhood Obesity Facts
               o Adult Obesity Maps
Division of Nutrition, Physical Activity, and Obesity
     * Overweight & Obesity
Adult Obesity Causes & Consequences
     * Consequences of Obesity
   Obesity is a complex health issue to address. Obesity results from a
   Obesity is a serious concern because it is associated with poorer
   Watch The Obesity Epidemic to learn about the many community
   environmental factors that have contributed to the obesity epidemic, as
   reduce obesity.
   to Prevent Obesity page. More specifically, strategies to create a
Do Genes Have a Role in Obesity?
   for the obesity epidemic. Nevertheless, the variation in how people
   development of obesity.
How Could Genes Influence Obesity?
   contribute to obesity by increasing hunger and food intake.
   Rarely, a clear pattern of inherited obesity within a family is caused
   by a specific variant of a single gene (monogenic obesity). Most
   obesity, however, probably results from complex interactions among
   (multifactorial obesity).^3,4
   help identify people at high risk of obesity-related diseases such as
   Learn more about genetics and obesity here: Obesity and Genomics.
   Some illnesses may lead to obesity or weight gain. These may include
Consequences of Obesity
   People who have obesity, compared to those with a normal or healthy
   with obesity, visit Health Effects of Obesity.
   with overweight and obesity, visit Clinical Guidelines on the
   Identification, Evaluation, and Treatment of Overweight and Obesity in
   Obesity and its associated health problems have a significant economic
   overweight and obesity may involve direct and indirect costs.^12,13
   services related to obesity. Indirect costs relate to morbidity and
   obesity-related health reasons) and ‘presenteeism’ (decreased
National Estimated Costs of Obesity
   The medical care costs of obesity in the United States are high. In
   The annual nationwide productive costs of obesity obesity-related
   In addition to these costs, data shows implications of obesity on
   to obesity: a challenging but not insurmountable task. Am J Clin Nutr
   ^4Choquet H, Meyre D. Genetics of obesity: what have we learned? Curr
   ^5NHLBI. 2013. Managing Overweight and Obesity in Adults: Systematic
   Evidence Review from the Obesity Expert Panel. [PDF – 93KB]
   of Overweight and Obesity in Adults. [PDF – 2MB]
   ^8Kasen, Stephanie, et al. “Obesity and psychopathology in women: a
   three decade prospective study.” International Journal of Obesity 32.3
   ^9Luppino, Floriana S., et al. “Overweight, obesity, and depression: a
   ^10Roberts, Robert E., et al. “Prospective association between obesity
   journal of obesity 27.4 (2003): 514-521.
   call to action to prevent and decrease overweight and obesity.
   obesity in the United States. Obesity Research.1998;6(2):97–106.
   ^13Wolf, A. What is the economic case for treating obesity? Obesity
   ^14Hammond RA, Levine R. The economic impact of obesity in the United
   States. Diabetes, metabolic syndrome and obesity : targets and therapy.
   spending attributable to obesity: payer-and service-specific estimates.
   Indirect costs of obesity: a review of the current literature. Obes
   Rising Obesity for U.S. Military Recruitment,” Health Economics 21, no.
Division of Nutrition, Physical Activity, and Obesity
     * Overweight & Obesity
          + Division of Nutrition, Physical Activity, and Obesity,