2017-08-11 Overweight Asian-Americans Seen More American
What does an American look like? Nearly 1,300 Americans, mostly college students, were asked that question for a recent study in Psychological Science. They were shown pictures of people and…
2017-06-16 Study: Nearly a Third of World Overweight
A new study finds one third of the world’s population is overweight or considered obese. Since 1980, obesity rates in children and adults have doubled in 73 countries. And rates…
2013-06-12 Overweight Children in Developing Countries
From VOA Learning English, this is the Health Report. The World Health Organization (WHO) says there has been a sharp increase in the number of children in developing countries who…
2013-01-09 Study Finds Overweight People Have Lower Risk of Death
From VOA Learning English, this is the Health Report in Special English. New research shows that overweight or even mildly obese people have a lower risk of early death than…