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In the interest of helping to tackle childhood obesity, two new studies recently released reaffirm that lifestyle choices are the culprit behind poor child nutrition and the lack of physical activity essential for good health.
Obesity is a serious problem in our country, especially here in the valley where roughly half our kids are overweight. Valley cities and schools are battling the problem by joining...
Obesity is an ongoing problem in America. It's a medical condition in which excess body fat has accumulated to the extent that it may have an adverse effect on persons health.
Associated Press - December 10, 2009 5:05 PM ET OKLAHOMA CITY (AP) - A plan for improving the health outcomes of Oklahomans focuses on improving children's health and reducing obesity and...
CHARLESTON, SC (WCSC)-"Child hood obesity is a big problem." Janet Carter should know. She's a dietician coordinator with MUSC's Heart Health program, specializing in pediatric weight management.
What research tells us about why we gain weight and how we can best lose it.
Middle school students in the Delta will have the opportunity to work in new one-acre gardens with greenhouses thanks to a cooperative agreement between the Arkansas Children’s Hospital Research Institute (ACHRI) and the USDA Agricultural Research Service’s (ARS) Delta Obesity Prevention Research Unit.
A relatively low birth weight and early-age weight gain may increase the likelihood of early puberty, hint findings from a German study. Earlier onset of puberty has been linked to certain cancers, high blood sugar and obesity.
Breast cancer patients with a high body mass index (BMI) have a poorer cancer prognosis later in life.
In early online publication in Nature this week, I. Sadaf Farooqi at the University of Cambridge and the Sanger Institute's Matt Hurles are senior authors on work that found large, rare deletions associated with early-onset obesity.
Get The Sugar Out LEARN MORE General Mills – Statement on New Policy FDA Warning Letter , May 5, 2009 Rudd Center for Food Policy and Obesity at Yale University – study on aggressive marketing IMAGE SOURCE: General Mills Web site Lucky Charms, Trix, Cocoa Puffs – all cereals marketed and made by General Mills. Now they will all contain less sugar. The company announced a plan Wednesday to cut ...
The public is invited to attend a free seminar titled “Viruses and the Worldwide Epidemic of Obesity: An Update� at four o'clock this afternoon at the University of Arkansas for Medical Sciences (UAMS) in Little Rock.
New York City has made national news with its sweeping sustainability strategy, PlaNYC; however, despite its ambition, PlaNYC does not address our broken food system, which has fueled the obesity epidemic.
( NIH/National Heart, Lung and Blood Institute ) The National Institutes of Health is launching a $37 million program that will use findings from basic research on human behavior to develop more effective interventions to reduce obesity. The program, Translating Basic Behavioral and Social Science Discoveries into Interventions to Reduce Obesity, will fund interdisciplinary teams of researchers ...
NAPLES, Fla., Dec. 10 /PRNewswire/ -- When researchers go looking for trends that might explain the nation's obesity epidemic, most agree that Americans have a "drinking problem." Alcohol, soda, and specialty coffee drinks are making significant impacts on our daily calorie count.
Do you suffer from diabetes, monitor your blood sugar all the time, have blood sugar or insulin imbalances, elevated cholesterol? If so, you may find this story of one my patient's very interesting.
