- Obesity Is in the Eye of the Beholder: BMI and Socioeconomic Outcomes across Cohorts (Sociological Science)
- The Obesity Cure Is Out of Reach in the Heaviest States (The Atlantic)
- Food Swamps Predict Obesity Rates Better Than Food Deserts (University of Connecticut)
- One-third of world now overweight, with US leading the way (CNN)
- 'Scary' prediction for U.S. kids: 57% could be obese by age 35 (USA Today)
- Obesity epidemic at new high, costs $150B a year, hurts military recruiting (Washington Examiner)
- America’s Obesity Epidemic Reaches Record High (NBC News)
- 40 percent of US cancers linked to excess weight (CDC)
- U.S. pays high price for obesity (CBS News)
- How To Control Obesity? Eat More Home-Cooked Meals, Avoid Watching Television During Meals To Be Healthy (International Business Times)
- Study finds obesity can spread through communities like a "social contagion" (New Atlas)
AIDS/HIV
- "We think that we beat AIDS. We think it is done. It is not." (Futurism)
- Obesity rates are the highest ever, and dietitians say a key factor may be to blame (Business Insider)
Sexually Transmitted Infections/Diseases (STI/STD)
- Close to Half of American Adults Infected With HPV, Survey Finds (New York Times)
- Oral sex is causing an oral cancer epidemic in men by outwitting natural defenses (The Sacramento Bee)
Diabetes
Hypertension
- Under New Guidelines, Millions More Americans Will Need to Lower Blood Pressure (The New York Times)
- Masked hypertension affects millions (Newsday)
Cancer
Pandemics