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MONDAY, Nov. 9 (HealthDay News) -- Obesity is a major risk factor for left atrial enlargement, which increases the risk of atrial fibrillation, stroke and death, a new study shows.
Medical researchers say obesity is a major contributor to several forms of cancer.
MILWAUKEE - The creators of the "Got Milk." campaign are getting ready to make a big push to keep chocolate milk on kids minds and on school lunch menus, a plan that has some educators and obesity activists none too pleased.The new ad campaig...
Obesity linked to specific cancers
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Bisphenol A, or BPA, is linked to things like cancer, obesity, attention deficit disorder and genital abnormalities, and it’s been found in our food.
Compared with soda, juice carries more calories and as much sugar. There's also evidence that high consumption increases the risk of obesity, especially among kids. To many people, it's a health food. To others, it's simply soda in disguise.
As the UK's obesity crisis burgeons, millions of overweight Brits are blind to the fact that their unhealthy lifestyles mean they are twice as likely to lose their sight as someone with a normal BMI .
Sight charity The Eyecare Trust has joined forces with healthcare provider Simplyhealth to warn that many lifestyle choices can pose a serious threat to eyesight. As well as alerting people to the eye health risks posed by obesity, the charity is stressing that smoking, poor diet, lack of exercise and excessive alcohol consumption can all dramatically increase the risk of sight loss or even ...
WASHINGTON - Obesity causes more than 100,000 cases of cancer in the United States each year - and the number will likely rise as Americans get fatter, researchers said yesterday.
This week, KHQA has reported how the Tri-States measures up with the rest of the country when it comes to obesity. Here's a look at Northeast Missouri.
In new cutting-edge research, scientists are looking into a possible link between childhood obesity and the amount of an important hormone that babies have at birth.
LOS ANGELES----In today’s landmark hearings called by State Senators Alex Padilla and Elaine Kontominas Alquist , representatives from the soda industry failed to acquit themselves of a growing body of research implicating sugar-sweetened beverages as the leading culprit in the obesity epidemic.
(ARA) - Our pets tend to eat the same way we do, which means - unfortunately - more cats and dogs suffer from unbalanced diets, obesity, food allergies and other health problems related to nutrition.
VANCOUVER, BC--(Marketwire - November 5, 2009) - Sirona Biochem Corp. ( TSX-V : SBM ), an emerging biotech company focused on drug development for diabetes and obesity, announced today the second major appointment this week to its Scientific Advisory Board, Professor Denis Richard, one of Canada's leading obesity scientists. Sirona Biochem CEO Dr. Howard Verrico said, "Professor Richard's work ...
A study in California shows that about a quarter of the people hospitalized for H1N1 complications were morbidly obese, even though less than 5% of the population falls into that category. Obesity appears to be a risk factor on a par with pregnancy for developing complications from an infection with pandemic H1N1 influenza, according to the most comprehensive look yet at swine flu ...
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