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Author: William Heisel

William Heisel is the Assistant Director for External Relations at the Institute for Health Metrics and Evaluation at the 天美影院. Heisel worked at the Los Angeles Times as an investigative reporter before joining IHME. In addition to his work at IHME, Heisel reports and writes as a Contributing Editor for ReportingonHealth.org at the University of Southern California's Annenberg School for Communication & Journalism.

August 3, 2012

Americans gaining more weight than they say

Despite the increasing awareness of the problem of obesity in the United States, most Americans don鈥檛 know whether they are gaining or losing weight, according to new research from the Institute for Health Metrics and Evaluation, also known at IHME, at the 天美影院. Obesity increased in the U.S. between 2008 and 2009, but in response to the questions about year-to-year changes in weight that were included in the most widespread public health survey in the country, on average,…