Healthy Living will create health collaboration in Fayette County. It works to reduce obesity, heart disease and diabetes. There is a six-week educational program and speakers who teach healthy life skills to community groups.

Obesity is a very complex disease, and this metabolic pathway probably does not fully explain obesity, but we now know that SCD1 is at least a very important contributor.

Obesity is a very complex disease, and this metabolic pathway does not fully explain obesity, but it is a likely contributor.

Our costliest health care problems -- in both economic and human measures -- are related to chronic diseases such as heart disease, cancer, stroke and diabetes. We know that many of the lifestyle choices we make every day can prevent or delay the onset of these diseases. Employers are learning that the more they help employees determine their health risks and the more opportunities they provide employees to make better choices, the greater the rewards -- a healthier, more productive workplace.

Obesity is a major modifiable risk factor for cardiovascular disease.

Dietary fat, whether saturated or not, is not a cause of obesity, heart disease or any other chronic disease of civilization.