Mississippi Business Journal » fat http://msbusiness.com Mississippi Business Journal Fri, 24 May 2013 20:36:00 +0000 en-US hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.5.1 State sees first decline in adolescent obesity in 10 years http://msbusiness.com/blog/2012/12/04/state-sees-first-decline-in-adolescent-obesity-in-10-years/?utm_source=rss&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=state-sees-first-decline-in-adolescent-obesity-in-10-years http://msbusiness.com/blog/2012/12/04/state-sees-first-decline-in-adolescent-obesity-in-10-years/#comments Tue, 04 Dec 2012 12:19:30 +0000 MBJ Staff http://msbusiness.com/?p=66129 ACROSS MISSISSIPPI — Mississippi’s obesity rate in high school students (grades 9-12) has dropped by 12.7 percent, knocking the state’s teens out of the number one spot down to number five in obesity nationwide. Mississippi’s 2011 Youth Risk Behavioral Survey found the rate of obesity among Mississippi high school students to be 16.5 percent, down [...]

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]]> http://msbusiness.com/blog/2012/12/04/state-sees-first-decline-in-adolescent-obesity-in-10-years/feed/ 1 Report: Nearly 70% of state’s residents will be obese by 2030 http://msbusiness.com/blog/2012/09/18/report-nearly-70-of-states-residents-will-be-obese-by-2030/?utm_source=rss&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=report-nearly-70-of-states-residents-will-be-obese-by-2030 http://msbusiness.com/blog/2012/09/18/report-nearly-70-of-states-residents-will-be-obese-by-2030/#comments Tue, 18 Sep 2012 17:06:39 +0000 Associated Press http://msbusiness.com/?p=62817 NEW YORK — A group campaigning against obesity predicts that by 2030 more than half the people in 39 states will be obese — not merely overweight, but obese. Mississippi is expected to retain its crown as the fattest state in the nation for at least two more decades. The report predicts 67 percent of [...]

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]]> http://msbusiness.com/blog/2012/09/18/report-nearly-70-of-states-residents-will-be-obese-by-2030/feed/ 3 How about $250 for every 10 pounds lost? http://msbusiness.com/blog/2011/06/19/how-about-250-for-every-10-pounds-lost/?utm_source=rss&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=how-about-250-for-every-10-pounds-lost http://msbusiness.com/blog/2011/06/19/how-about-250-for-every-10-pounds-lost/#comments Sun, 19 Jun 2011 06:00:13 +0000 Nancy Anderson http://msbusiness.com/?p=42614 So, we’re fat. Fattest state in the union. Our politicians are fat. Our news anchors are fat. Our family reunions look like an episode of “The Biggest Loser.” And, yes, I’m trying to lose a few pounds myself! “Fat” has an economic impact. Of all the money we spend on healthcare, nearly 10 percent can [...]

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]]> http://msbusiness.com/blog/2011/06/19/how-about-250-for-every-10-pounds-lost/feed/ 0 It’s cheaper to be… fat http://msbusiness.com/blog/2010/11/14/it%e2%80%99s-cheaper-to-be-fat/?utm_source=rss&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=it%25e2%2580%2599s-cheaper-to-be-fat http://msbusiness.com/blog/2010/11/14/it%e2%80%99s-cheaper-to-be-fat/#comments Sun, 14 Nov 2010 06:00:27 +0000 Clay Chandler http://msbusiness.com/?p=33245 Sebelius: Healthy foods too expensive, lifestyles too sedentary Mississippi, by any measure, is the poorest state in the U.S. It’s also the fattest state. Those two dynamics feed off each other, and it’s not hard to discern why. Healthy food, fruits and vegetables and anything grown organically, is expensive. Food loaded in sodium and saturated [...]

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