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Rising Obesity Rate Generates Government Action
• Obesity • • Public Health • Mar 15 10
The Obama Administration recently announced the creation of a task force on child obesity. And Missouri is looking for ways to guard the waistline…
SKMC holds Public Lecture about Obesity on 16 March 2010
• Obesity • • Public Health • Mar 15 10
Sheikh Khalifa Medical City (SKMC), managed by Cleveland Clinic holds a public lecture on Obesity under the title of “Walking Away from Obesity”…
Obesity and climate top agenda
• Obesity • • Public Health • Mar 15 10
A letter signed by more than 350 Australian health scientists has today been sent to the Medical Journal of Australia, urging Australian politicians and…
Sixth taste fights obesity: Study
• Obesity • Mar 15 10
Inability to taste fat in food is one of the reasons contributing to excess weight and obesity in some individuals, a new study finds.
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Conclusive Proof that Childhood Obesity Leads to Premature Death
• Obesity • Mar 15 10
Over ten million American kids between ages 10 and 17 are obese. One out of three are either overweight or obese. Those are startling…
Center Aims to Cut Obesity in Black, Latino New Yorkers
• Obesity • • Public Health • Mar 12 10
A $6 million grant from the National Heart, Lung and Blood Institute (NHLBI) has funded the creation of ORBIT: Obesity Related Behavioral Intervention Trials…
NC State Research Tackles Childhood Obesity
• Children's Health • • Obesity • Mar 11 10
Getting children involved in finding ways to become more physically active can not only make them more aware of local recreational opportunities, but can…
Study says fat is the sixth “taste”
• Fat, Dietary • • Obesity • Mar 11 10
People sensitive to the taste of fat tend to eat less of it and are less likely to be overweight, according to Australian research…
Taxing junk food could alleviate obesity
• Food & Nutrition • • Obesity • Mar 11 10
Researchers say an 18 percent tax on junk food would result in a loss of 5 pounds of weight per person per year.
Sounds…
Obesity Linked with Worse Colon Cancer Outcomes
• Cancer • • Obesity • Mar 11 10
Compared with healthy-weight patients, obese colon cancer patients have a higher risk of cancer recurrence and death. These results were published in Clinical Cancer…
Analysis: U.S. politicians may unite in obesity battle
• Obesity • • Public Health • Mar 10 10
One way to achieve bipartisanship in Washington may be to tackle an issue everyone can agree on - the childhood obesity epidemic.
The Obama…
Researchers Suggest Taxing Pizza, Soft Drinks to Curb Obesity
• Dieting • • Food & Nutrition • • Obesity • Mar 10 10
U.S. researchers predict an 18 percent tax on soft drinks and pizza would lower U.S. adult calorie consumption enough to reduce their average weight…
Welsh families offered action plans to reduce obesity
• Obesity • Mar 10 10
Families in Wales are to be offered tailored action plans on how to eat healthily and do more exercise to fight rising levels of…
Obesity as protection against metabolic syndrome, not its cause
• Obesity • Mar 09 10
The collection of symptoms that is the metabolic syndrome - insulin resistance, high cholesterol, fatty liver, and a greater risk for diabetes, heart disease,…
Childhood Obesity: Strongest Predictor of Premature Death
• Children's Health • • Obesity • Mar 08 10
As further evidence of the impact that obesity can have on longevity, a new study indicates that childhood obesity could dramatically increase the chance…
Rise in Colo. obesity raises eating disorder concerns
• Obesity • Mar 08 10
Despite years of ranking as one of the fittest states in the United States, a report released last week shows Colorado may be taking…
Hidden trigger of obesity: Intestinal bugs
• Obesity • Mar 08 10
If you’re fighting the battle of the bulge, most of your attention — and frustration — is probably aimed at your midsection. It makes…
Bugs in the gut can cause obesity: study
• Children's Health • • Obesity • Mar 06 10
The bugs that help digest food may also cause the body to pack on the pounds if they are not properly regulated, a new…
Childhood Obesity Prevention Should be Started at an Early Age, Says Research
• Children's Health • • Obesity • Mar 06 10
According to the researchers of the Harvard Pilgrim Health Care Institute, children obesity prevention programs should be set in motion at infancy or even…
Obesity Police Want to Track Your Kid’s BMI
• Children's Health • • Obesity • Mar 06 10
Amy Oztan is one of thousands of parents who got a letter from school bluntly pointing out that her son is fat. She promptly…
Causes of Childhood Obesity
• Children's Health • • Obesity • Mar 05 10
Childhood obesity is a serious widespread struggle facing many of our children today. It is an epidemic that has quadrupled in the last 40…
Obesity ‘Set Before Age of Five’
• Children's Health • • Obesity • Mar 05 10
Compared to children in the 1980s, today’s youngsters are fatter and most of their excess weight gain happens before school age, they will say.
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Childhood obesity: fat is not cute
• Children's Health • • Obesity • Mar 05 10
When 10-year-old Jesse came to Samuel Dixon Family Health Center, his weight was well past the normal range for a child of his age.
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Obesity rates put pressure on provinces to fund surgery
• Obesity • • Public Health • Mar 05 10
After having four children and putting on a lot of middle-age weight, Tracey Wurch tried to work off the excess pounds but couldn’t seem…
Obesity Week: How to talk to your children about their weight
• Children's Health • • Obesity • Mar 05 10
Parents need to help their children make healthy food choices. One major issue is making sure they’re getting enough exercise.
And if a child…