Obesity Research

U.S. NIH releases statement on its commitment to obesity and diabetes research

Published in Obesity and Diabetes Week, February 6th, 2006

On January 12, 2006, Allen M. Spiegel, MD, director, U.S. National Institute of Diabetes and Digestive and Kidney Diseases (NIDDK) and Elizabeth G. Nabel, MD, director, U.S. National Heart, Lung, and Blood Institute (NHLBI), issued the following statement on the U.S. National Institutes of Health research on obesity and type 2 diabetes:

[helv]Obesity and type 2 diabetes have become major public health problems in this country. Less than half of American adults are at a healthy weight. Approximately one-third of American adults are obese and an additional one-third are overweight and at risk for becoming obese. Alarmingly, approximately 16% of children and teens ages 6...

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