Obesity Facts With 61% of the U.S. adult population considered overweight or obese, the National Heart, Lung, and Blood Institute has released a new practical guide to help doctors treat their overweight patients. It consists of a 10-step plan to help the nation’s 97 million obese or overweight adults to lose weight and thereby reduce their risk of illness or death from hypertension, diabetes, heart disease, and other conditions that have been associated with overweight. Weight loss is recommended to lower elevated blood glucose levels in overweight and obese persons with type 2 diabetes. Clinical Trials Experts evaluated dozens of controlled clinical trials to determine the effect... [Read more...]