NIH News Release. July 31, 2002.
NHLBI's Framingham Heart Study Finds Strong Link Between Overweight/Obesity and Risk for Heart Failure
While extreme obesity has been associated with heart failure, until now, data have been limited regarding the influence of overweight and lesser degrees of obesity on the risk of this disease. According to a new study supported by the National Heart, Lung, and Blood Institute (NHLBI), excess body weight is strongly and independently associated with an increased risk of heart failure. This risk, which increases continuously with increasing degrees of body weight, is 34 percent higher for overweight individuals and 104 percent higher for obese persons. read more...

Washington Post. July 9, 2002.
In Northeast, Moved by a Fitness Revelation
Church finds a new calling in fighting obesity and tending to its flock's physical needs. read more...

CNN. August 22, 2001.
Obesity drugs alone won't do it
The pitch is all in the verbs: Absorb. Block. Burn. Metabolize. The names and promises of obesity drugs make it sound as if the pills will do all the work - consuming, searing and routing fat right out of a body. read more...

CNN. August 9, 2001.
Rea Blakey: Diet, exercise can be powerful medicine
A new study on diabetes joins others that consistently show daily exercise and a low-fat diet can be very beneficial, yet Americans on average seem to be less fit and more obese. CNN Health Correspondent Rea Blakey looks at the situation. read more...

Fox News. May 15, 2001.
Fit or Fat: Kids Groove to Exercise Videos
It's nothing new to see adults tucking their tummies to a videotape. But now kids as young as a year old are doing aerobic workouts with unlikely exercise gurus like Tinky Winky the Teletubbie. read more...

CNN. March 12, 2001.
U.S. children continue to gain weight
U.S. children continue to gain weight Children and teenagers in the United States are heavier than ever and the trend shows no signs of stopping, according to data released Monday by the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC). read more...

CDC Media Relations. October 26, 1999.
Obesity epidemic increases dramatically in the United States
Obesity epidemic increases dramatically in the United States A growing obesity epidemic is threatening the health of millions of Americans in the United States, according to CDC (Centers for Disease Control and Prevention) research published in the October 27, 1999. read more...