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Anti-obesity program doesn’t help teen girls: study
• Obesity • • Public Health • May 09 12
An intensive obesity-prevention program for Australian girls didn’t lead to any improvements in their diet, physical activity or body weight a year later, according…
Study shows link between pre-pregnancy obesity and lower test scores
• Obesity • • Pregnancy • May 08 12
Women who are obese before they become pregnant are at higher risk of having children with lower cognitive function - as measured by math…
Keeping obesity rates level could save nearly $550 billion over 2 decades
• Obesity • • Public Health • May 08 12
Researchers have forecast the cost savings and rise in obesity prevalence over the next two decades in a new public health study.
“Keeping obesity…
A new candidate pathway for treating visceral obesity
• Obesity • May 07 12
Brown seems to be the color of choice when it comes to the types of fat cells in our bodies. Brown fat expends energy,…
HBO Teams with Feds to Tackle Obesity
• Obesity • • Public Health • May 02 12
Cable television station HBO has once again partnered with federal officials to raise awareness of a major public health crisis through a documentary series…
Why underweight babies become obese
• Children's Health • • Obesity • May 02 12
It seems improbable that a baby born underweight would be prone to obesity, but it is well documented that these children tend to put…
Missing Teeth Can Lead to Obesity
• Dental Health • • Dieting • • Obesity • May 01 12
There has always been a link between missing teeth and poor nutrition. After all, chewing is the first step in the digestive process. It…
Fear of not having enough food may lead to obesity
• Food & Nutrition • • Obesity • Apr 28 12
While eating too much food can cause obesity, the fear of not having enough food may lead to the same result, according to a…
Is the obesity tide turning among preschoolers?
• Children's Health • • Obesity • Apr 25 12
In eastern Massachusetts, the number of kids under age six who are obese declined significantly in recent years - a trend that might be…
Why Have Americans Become More Obese?
• Obesity • Apr 24 12
In the early 1960s, the average American adult male weighed 168 pounds.
Today, he weighs nearly 180 pounds. Over the same time period, the…
Fight Obesity With Soy
• Food & Nutrition • • Obesity • Apr 24 12
With so many American’s suffering from Obesity, a new discovery with soy protein could help thousands.
A University of Illinois study shows how soy…
Gut Organisms Could Be Clue in Controlling Obesity Risk
• Dental Health • • Obesity • Apr 24 12
The international obesity epidemic is widespread, nondiscriminatory, and deadly. But do we really understand all of the factors underlying this alarming trend? The concept…
Obesity rates declining among Massachusetts infants and toddlers
• Children's Health • • Obesity • Apr 24 12
Researchers at the Harvard Pilgrim Health Care Institute found a drop in obesity rates among Massachusetts infants and preschoolers, reports the Boston Globe.
The…
New research connects obesity and cancer
• Cancer • • Obesity • Apr 24 12
New research suggests people who are obese and lacking physical activity in their daily lives are at higher risk of developing common forms of…
Obesity study focuses on healthy nutrition in group homes
• Dieting • • Obesity • Apr 24 12
For people with developmental disabilities, particularly those who live in a community group home, the prevalence of obesity can be significantly higher than in…
Sneak peak in Oakland of HBO “Weight of the Nation” series Wednesday
• Obesity • • Public Health • Apr 24 12
U.S. citizens stubbornly remain obese despite decades of efforts by movie stars, fitness gurus, educators and even religious leaders to get Americans into shape.…
Emotional eating: The trick to staying slim
• Dieting • • Obesity • Apr 18 12
Your idea of a good time after a bad day is a scoop of dulce de leche ice cream piled high atop a fudge…
Surgery Wins Again for Obese Diabetics
• Diabetes • • Obesity • • Surgery • Apr 17 12
Yet another study has found that bariatric surgery is a better diabetes treatment in obese patients than medical therapy, Italian researchers said, confirming results…
Tough Home Life for Toddlers Tied to Obesity
• Children's Health • • Obesity • Apr 17 12
Girls who face multiple social stressors at home as toddlers are more likely to be obese by age 5, researchers found.
Among girls from…
Prenatal exposure to air pollution linked to childhood obesity
• Children's Health • • Obesity • Apr 16 12
Overall, 17% of children in the United States are obese, and in inner-city neighborhoods, the prevalence is as high as 25%. While poor diets…
Sleepless city faces obesity, diabetes risk
• Diabetes • • Obesity • Apr 14 12
If you sleep less than five hours a day, chances are you will put on five kilos within a year and develop diabetes sooner…
U of I study: Lose body weight before gaining baby weight
• Obesity • • Pregnancy • Apr 12 12
A new University of Illinois study contains a warning for obese women who are planning pregnancies. Even if they eat a healthy diet when…
Screen Time and the Childhood Obesity Epidemic
• Children's Health • • Obesity • Apr 10 12
Approximately 20 percent of adolescents in the U.S. today are obese or overweight. With the number of obese and overweight younger children close behind,…
How many calories does it take to reach childhood obesity prevention goals?
• Children's Health • • Obesity • Apr 10 12
In order for the nation to achieve goals set by the federal government for reducing obesity rates by 2020, children in the United States…
Obesity Accounts for 21 Percent of U.S. Health Care Costs
• Obesity • Apr 09 12
Obesity now accounts for almost 21 percent of U.S. health care costs – more than twice the previous estimates, reports a new Cornell University…