Looking around I have found the following interesting articles around the web that caught my eye as interesting

Physical fitness activity is rising across the US which is a really nice to see. I saw last night that apparently in just a few years 25% of all adults in America will be obese
Physical Activity Rising in U.S. Adults

Food side effects? I had never thought of these like this until now. These are some really great things to watch out for
10 Food Side Effects You May Not Know – Dumb Little Man

Get all the sleep you need or you just might get fat from your lack of sleep. I kind of believe this, if you are tired you are going to make bad food decisions and decide more easily not to eat
Childhood: Too Little Sleep May Pose Obesity Risk – New York Times

I have always been intrigued by the drink known as Absinthe. Apparently Absinthe is a liquor type substance that has helped inspire writers and artists for centuries. I have never tried it so I can’t vouch for it’s effects.
Connections – Absinthe – Column – New York Times

Gastric Bypass surgery is back in the news. Carnie Wilson says that she was a drunk and has not been able to lose the weight since having her baby a few years ago. I am not in favor of Gastric Bypass surgery as it has a really bad side effect of often killing it’s patients. I think the Biggest Loser show has proved that there is an alternative for morbidly obese people.
Lite and Hope | Carnie Wilson Infomercial, Morbid Obesity, Weight Loss Surgery

Looking to make a change and lose some weight? I have reviewed the top diet on the internet and you can go and read over 200 comments people have made about why this diet has worked well for them, as well as some of the problems.

We all know how bad the obesity problem is but I found this article on MSNBC that is saying that the growth is people more than 100 pounds overweight – the Hyper Obese – is growing at an alarming rate.

People who are 100 pounds or more overweight are the fastest-growing group of overweight people in the United States, researchers reported on Monday.

They found the proportion of the severely obese was 50 percent higher in 2005 than it had been in 2000 — a startling rate of growth.

“The proportion of people at the high end of the weight scale continues to increase at a brisk rate despite increased public attention on the risks of obesity and the increased use of drastic weight loss strategies such as bariatric surgery,” said Roland Sturm, an economist at Rand Corporation, a nonprofit research institute.

“The explosion in the use of bariatric (weight-loss) surgery has made no noticeable dent in the trend of morbid obesity,” Sturm added in a statement.

The researchers found that based on self-reported height and weight, which tends to underestimate the weight part, 3 percent of Americans are already severely obese — defined as having a body mass index of 40 or higher.

Body mass index is calculated by dividing weight in kilograms by the square of a person’s height in meters.

The researchers, whose report will be published later this year in the journal Public Health, found that the proportion of Americans with a BMI of 30 or more increased by 24 percent between 2000 and 2005.

The proportion of people with a BMI of 40 or more increased by 50 percent and the proportion of Americans with a BMI of 50 or more increased by 75 percent.

The number of bariatric procedures, which include stomach stapling and stomach bypass surgery, rose to an estimated 200,000 in 2006 from 13,000 in 1998.