A study of bariatric surgery on California adolescents shows that growing numbers of families are opting for a surgical solution to their children’s obesity. But a study on trends in bariatric surgery among those under 21 shows that, in this population, the surgical weight-loss technique is disproportionately embraced by girls, and by white adolescents in general.

Weight-loss surgery surges among California kids, especially white girls – latimes.com

More sick days and extra gasoline for vehicles cost more for obese people, particularly women. It was observed in this study and previous ones was that obese women make less than skinnier women so increased costs affect them more, something that does not apply to men.

Another Study Shows Obesity Hurts the Pocketbook (CalorieLab Lab Notes)

Chances are slim to none that the U.S. will meet its public health goal of sharply reducing the number of obese adults by this year, according to federal health officials with the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention in Atlanta.

While just 13 percent of adults were obese in the early 1960s, more than 30 percent were by 1999. In Healthy People 2010, a series of health objectives published in 2000, the U.S. government set forth the goal of reducing the percentage of obese Americans to 15 percent by 2010.

Obesity rates remain ‘disturbingly high’ | Reuters