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Insecurity May Contribute to Obesity
• Obesity • May 18 10
Researchers studying food behavior have identified a crucial element in overeating.
Disinhibited eating is a pattern of behavior that involves eating too quickly and…
Fighting obesity
• Obesity • May 17 10
Cribbage and a couple cups of coffee- That’s how these men like to spend their mornings at The Rite Place in Bellevue. It’s something…
Senators lift exercise rule from obesity bill
• Obesity • • Public Health • May 17 10
The fight against childhood obesity in Ohio will go on without a requirement that students get at least 30 minutes of exercise per day…
Mona Charen: Obesity problem and fat government
• Obesity • • Public Health • May 17 10
“The closest thing to immortality on this Earth,” Ronald Reagan once said, “is a federal government program.” We still have a Rural Electrification Administration…
Now an anti-binge nasal spray to tackle obesity
• Children's Health • • Obesity • May 17 10
Tackling obesity may become a little easier as a nasal spray developed by a group of researchers can restrain people from having temptation of…
Green Bay joins nationwide effort to promote exercise, fight childhood obesity
• Children's Health • • Obesity • May 17 10
The Green Bay area is pumping up efforts to fight childhood obesity and promote exercise, mirroring a national movement toward trying to raise fit…
Taking Away Toys to Help Fight Obesity
• Obesity • May 16 10
In their quest to fight childhood obesity, California politicians have required chain restaurants to post nutrition information on their menus, banned trans fats from…
Studies Investigating Relationship Between Cardiovascular Health And Obesity Presented At The Annual Meeting Of The North American Association For The Study Of Obesity
• Heart • • Obesity • May 15 10
Three clinical studies investigating the relationship between aspects of cardiovascular health - including disease risk and cardiorespiratory fitness - and obesity were presented at…
BMI Not as Effective as Waist-To-Height Ratio in Determining Heart Risks
• Obesity • May 15 10
Body mass index (BMI) doesn’t predict cardiovascular risk as well as waist-to-height ratio and other measures of obesity, new research suggests.
Asked whether physicians…
BMI is a big fat lie, say scientists
• Obesity • • Public Health • May 15 10
GERMAN boffins have poured scorn on the medical profession’s yardstick for judging obesity saying the Body Mass Index is not the pathfinder to disease…
Insulin reduces obesity-related inflammation
• Diabetes • • Obesity • May 12 10
Scientists have found that one of the most common side effects of obesity – inflammation – can be fought by administering insulin.
As an…
Traffic density and increased BMI linked
• Obesity • May 11 10
People living in neighbourhoods where they perceived traffic made it unpleasant to walk were more likely to have a higher BMI than those who…
US obesity task force urges action
• Obesity • May 11 10
Economic incentives to provide inexpensive healthy food and insurance coverage for prevention are among a list of 70 immediate steps that can reduce U.S.…
Study defines different levels of obesity
• Obesity • May 11 10
The more obese you are, the more health problems you are bound to have. That’s what the Utah Department of Health has discovered in…
Should Anti-Obesity Campaigns Learn from McDonald’s?
• Obesity • • Public Health • May 11 10
Watching McDonald’s new “Big Mac World Chant” ad campaign-announced within a week of The Atlantic’s latest cover story, “Fat Nation: It’s Worse Than You…
Children’s obesity rates vary by geography
• Obesity • • Public Health • May 11 10
U.S. kids have been getting fatter in recent decades, but a new study that shows geographical differences in childhood obesity trends paints a clearer…
Americans Ignoring Obesity Health Warnings
• Obesity • • Public Health • May 11 10
Americans still aren’t heeding media and medical messages about the dangers of obesity. More Americans were obese at the end of 2010’s first quarter…
Obesity: understanding the UK epidemic
• Obesity • • Public Health • May 11 10
What does poverty look like in Britain? An emaciated young child, perhaps? Not exactly. Studies about the predictors of obesity in the UK have…
Bottle-fed babies may eat more, study hints
• Children's Health • • Obesity • May 10 10
Babies who are bottle-fed early on may consume more calories later in infancy than babies who are exclusively breastfed, a study published Monday suggests.
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Federal official: Childhood obesity is everyone’s problem
• Obesity • • Public Health • May 09 10
In her first report to the nation as U.S. surgeon general, Dr. Regina Benjamin chose to address the nation’s obesity epidemic. The Surgeon General’s…
Childhood obesity: Motivation to exercise is hard to come by
• Children's Health • • Obesity • May 09 10
In the summer, Danielle Puckett swims and walks her dog around her Susquehanna Twp. neighborhood. When the weather turns cold, she just wants to…
Georgia Ranks High for Obesity, Baldwin Co. Promotes Healthy Living
• Obesity • May 09 10
A new partnership hopes to make healthier lifestyles, including more locally grown produce and options for outdoor activities, more accessible to people in…
Fight Obesity With A Low Sodium Diet
• Dieting • • Obesity • May 09 10
Its no surprise to see the growing awareness among people to switch to low-sodium alternatives, as they understand how high sodium intake is related…
Health Ministry launches obesity control drive
• Obesity • May 09 10
RIYADH: The Ministry of Health on Saturday launched an obesity-control campaign as part of its national health-awareness program.
The program, held under the support…
Bacteria in the gut may trigger obesity—study
• Obesity • May 09 10
Some of the common causes for obesity are family history, heredity, nutrition and exercise. Now, researchers at Cedars-Sinai Medical Center claim that the risk…