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Obesity Prevention Should Start in Infancy
• Children's Health • • Obesity • Apr 05 10
Obesity prevention should start as young as infancy, according to a new study, which may require a change in cultural attitudes about chubby babies.
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A closer look at our country’s obesity problem: Fighting Fat
• Obesity • • Public Health • Apr 05 10
Fighting Fat is presented by The Plain Dealer in partnership with WKYC Channel 3 and WVIZ/PBS and 90.3 Ideastream. Stories and projects are planned…
Babies of overweight mums run risk of obesity
• Children's Health • • Obesity • Apr 05 10
Aspiring moms may be advised to achieve a healthy weight before they become pregnant or their babies may run the risk of obesity later.
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Being overweight ups stroke risk, study confirms
• Obesity • • Stroke • Apr 02 10
Excess weight increases stroke risk, a new study including nearly 2.3 million people confirms. And the heavier a person is, the greater their risk.
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Obesity may hinder baby’s ability to crawl, walk
• Children's Health • • Obesity • Apr 02 10
Those cute little rolls of fat some infants have may actually slow their ability to crawl and walk, according to a new study.
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Obesity risks start before birth
• Obesity • Apr 02 10
Today, one of every three U.S. children is overweight — but it’s much easier to prevent obesity than to treat it. That’s why pediatric…
Overweight babies may have delayed motor skills
• Children's Health • • Obesity • Mar 31 10
Pudgy babies may be adorable, but being overweight may delay a baby’s ability to roll over, crawl, or conquer other important physical skills,…
Massive under diagnosis of obesity
• Obesity • • Public Health • Mar 31 10
An analysis of 1,234 U.S. adults indicates a substantial under diagnosis of obesity when body mass index was used, researchers said.
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Sharp rise in use of drugs to treat smoking and obesity
• Obesity • • Tobacco & Marijuana • Mar 31 10
A RISING number of prescriptions for drugs to treat obesity and to help people stop smoking are being handed out in Scotland.
Figures yesterday…
Australian Obesity Summit offers no clear solution
• Obesity • • Public Health • Mar 31 10
The inaugural Australian Obesity Summit took place in Sydney on March 29-30, 2010. Despite consensus as to the severity of obesity in Australia, there…
Junk food addiction may be clue to obesity: study
• Food & Nutrition • • Obesity • Mar 30 10
Bingeing on high-calorie foods may be as addictive as cocaine or nicotine, and could cause compulsive eating and obesity, according to a study…
Childhood Obesity Causes - Facts & Dangers
• Children's Health • • Obesity • Mar 29 10
Losing weight can look like an unwinnable war for those who are suffering from overweight. Be aware from several childhood obesity causes, Facts and…
Fighting childhood obesity a community effort
• Children's Health • • Obesity • Mar 29 10
A one-size-fits-all approach will do little to reshape the health habits of a growing number of children who are overweight or at risk for…
ND health program tackles childhood obesity
• Children's Health • • Obesity • Mar 29 10
Childhood obesity is a growing health risk many children face in this country, and a new mentoring program at Companions for Children aims to…
Job Stress Harmful for Health, Leads to Obesity
• Neurology • • Obesity • Mar 29 10
A new study conducted by the researchers at University of Rochester Medical Center found that chronic job stress and deficit of exercise could lead…
After-school exercise helps overweight girls
• Children's Health • • Obesity • • Public Health • Mar 26 10
Two-years of after-school physical activity helped lessen the number of overweight and obese fourth- and fifth-grade girls, but not boys, and led to declines…
Farming reform needed to end hunger without obesity
• Obesity • • Public Health • Mar 26 10
Agriculture needs revolutionary change to confront threats such as global warming and end hunger in developing nations without adding to the ranks of the…
Rise in obesity makes VCs hungry for startups
• Obesity • Mar 26 10
Startups focused on treatments for metabolic disorders - one of the key contributing factors in obesity - have raised significant sums of venture capital…
China Tops India on World Diabetes Ladder as Boom Spurs Obesity
• Diabetes • • Obesity • • Public Health • Mar 25 10
China has overtaken India as the global epicenter of the diabetes epidemic after a study showed twice as many Chinese are afflicted with the…
A North Portland school battles childhood obesity with parents and pears
• Children's Health • • Obesity • • Public Health • Mar 25 10
The chubby boy considered his options in the Clarendon-Portsmouth cafeteria line, passing on the burrito or breaded chicken sandwich in favor of a sausage-studded…
LA County gets $32 million to promote health, fight obesity and tobacco use
• Obesity • • Tobacco & Marijuana • Mar 24 10
The Los Angeles County Department of Public Health has received $32.1 million to promote physical activity and educate the public about obesity problems and…
Report Examines Childhood Obesity in NY and London
• Children's Health • • Obesity • Mar 24 10
Over the past quarter of a century, childhood obesity rates in London and New York have more than doubled. Before they further increase, a…
Exercise remains effective tool in fighting obesity, study finds
• Obesity • Mar 24 10
In the battle against obesity, physical activity is a potent weapon, but just how much daily exercise is needed to win the war has…
Einstein-Montefiore Research Tackles Childhood Obesity in the Bronx
• Children's Health • • Obesity • Mar 24 10
The National Institutes of Health has awarded Albert Einstein College of Medicine of Yeshiva University $1.22 million to combat childhood obesity in the Bronx.…
Magazine makes cooking a tool in fight against child obesity
• Children's Health • • Obesity • Mar 23 10
As any parent of a finicky eater knows, children are more likely to eat something they made themselves. Yet until now, no one has…