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Learning about fat
• Fat, Dietary • Oct 23 04
Until recently the halls of North High in Minneapolis were lined with vending machines where students could buy soda pop and other sugary drinks,…
Walk it off
• Fat, Dietary • Oct 16 04
A year ago, Dr. James Hill took a deliberate step to change fat America: Every day, he declared, people should walk a little more…
Abdominal fat tied to metabolic syndrome in women
• Fat, Dietary • Oct 14 04
The distribution of body fat appears to be more important than Obesity itself in terms of women’s risk for developing the metabolic syndrome -…
Number of overweight Americans holds steady
• Fat, Dietary • Oct 13 04
The number of overweight Americans is holding steady as U.S. consumers are becoming more aware of what they eat, an annual report by…
Unsaturated fats cut gallstone disease risk in men
• Fat, Dietary • Oct 04 04
Men who eat a diet relatively high in polyunsaturated and monounsaturated fats have a reduced risk of developing gallstones, according to a report in…
Man trying to lose 800 pounds
• Fat, Dietary • Aug 14 04
A man who once weighed more than half a ton has lost 321 pounds under the care of a team of doctors and hopes…
Dairy intake tied to lower body fat in girls
• Fat, Dietary • Aug 11 04
Girls who get enough dairy products in their diets may stay leaner than their peers, study findings suggest.
Researchers found that among 323 9-…
Order the salad, but don’t hold the fat: report
• Fat, Dietary • Jul 27 04
People need to include moderate amounts of fat with their uncooked vegetables in order to absorb the beneficial nutrients, new research shows.
How To Control Your Child’s Weight
• Fat, Dietary • Jul 17 04
According to the Centers For Disease Control, 15 percent of American children and adolescents are overweight. One of the biggest reasons for this growing…
Overweight children risk iron deficiency
• Fat, Dietary • Jul 06 04
Overweight children are at double the risk of being iron deficient, perhaps because of bad diet or lack of exercise, a study said…
Kids do much of their munching in front of TV
• Fat, Dietary • Jul 02 04
Elementary school children appear to down many of their daily calories while planted in front of the television, a new study shows.
Body composition measurements found accurate
• Fat, Dietary • Jul 02 04
New research verifies the accuracy of several measures used to estimate the minimum weight that’s acceptable and healthy for college athletes.
Fitness boosts removal of “bad” cholesterol
• Fat, Dietary • Jun 15 04
Being physically fit boosts levels of “good” HDL cholesterol and improves the removal of “bad” forms of cholesterol, researchers in Australia report.
Babies, toddlers lose the fat in fitness classes
• Fat, Dietary • • Obesity • Jun 14 04
Lucy Brown somersaults backward down a ramp, leaps over a mat, rolls across a platform, jumps a series of hoops, squats into a yoga…
Junk about one-third of U.S. diet
• Fat, Dietary • Jun 03 04
Junk foods such as sugary sodas and chips make up nearly one-third of calories in the U.S. diet, researchers said.
Eat less harmful fat, more veggies - diet panel
• Fat, Dietary • May 30 04
Americans, often guilty of overeating, should cut harmful fats, get more exercise and watch their weight under a new set of U.S. government dietary…
Parents don’t see obesity in their children: study
• Fat, Dietary • May 27 04
Parents are so accustomed to seeing overweight youngsters that many fail to realize when their own children are obese, British researchers said on Wednesday.
…Obese kids more prone to bully, be bullied
• Fat, Dietary • May 27 04
Overweight adolescents are more likely than normal-weight children to be victims of bullying, or bullies themselves, a study found, bolstering evidence that being fat…
Take action now on childhood obesity, expert says
• Fat, Dietary • May 27 04
Ten percent of children, or at least 155 million youngsters worldwide, are overweight or obese, a leading health expert said Wednesday, citing new evidence…
U.S. says WTO biotech challenge against EU remains
• Fat, Dietary • May 27 04
The European Union’s decision to approve a genetically modified maize will not affect the United States’ challenge of EU biotech policy at the World…