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TUESDAY, Nov. 10 (HealthDay News) -- While there are plenty of good reasons to avoid obesity in your teens, a new study now suggests that extra weight in adolescence may increase your risk of multiple sclerosis (MS) later.
WASHINGTON, Nov. 5 (UPI) -- Excess body fat causes an estimated 100,500 U.S. cancer cases every year, an analysis by a large U.S. cancer research organization indicated Thursday.
In Health Watch: New research is drawing a possible link between H1N1 and obesity.Elizabeth Sanchez reports from Los Angeles... where a study found many of those hospitalized with severe swine flu are overweight.New research finds that obese people may be at higher risk for complications from H1N1.A new study of swine flu hospitalizations and deaths in California found that of 268 adults more ...
WASHINGTON — It's tough enough selling military service to teen-agers who might not be so keen on getting their heads shaved or buy the whole "we do more by 9 a.
There’s new information tonight that suggests there could be a link to H1N1 and obesity. A lot of people hospitalized with the virus happen to be extremely overweight.. It raises questions about whether overweight people should be added to the priority list for the vaccine.
An MSU professor and a team of researchers from several U.S. institutions received national recognition last month for their research on maternal obesity and its impact on successful pregnancies.
Researchers Present Data Linking Obesity/Overweight to Higher Cancer Risk, Poorer Cancer Survival
As many as 100,000 cases of cancer could be prevented in the U.S. each year if Americans get rid of their excess body fat, a report by the American Institute for Cancer Research suggests.
We've combed through a lot of data these past couple of months to take a closer look at obesity in the Tri-States.
Kathy Shaw always knew that if she built it, they would run. Shaw, a registered nurse who now teaches physical education at Helmers Elementary School, established the Fit Team program in response to the growing epidemic of childhood obesity. "I was so overwhelmed by what was happening," she said. Now, seven years later, more than 750 first- through sixth-graders at the Valencia school are ...
Dr. Joy Lawson Davis, a diversity educator at the University of Louisiana-Lafayette, considers “Push” a powerful story that addresses many secrets that the African-American community continues to deal with such as sexual abuse, illiteracy, skin tones and obesity. 'I am brown-skinned, but have within my family people whose skin runs the range from fair skinned to very dark. That is who we are in ...
Excess Body Weight Can Lead to Several Different Types of Cancer
It's tough enough selling military service to teenagers who might not be so keen on getting their heads shaved or buy the whole "we do more by 9 a.m." line. And the fact that enlisting today could very well mean a visit to the front lines doesn't help, either.
Middle-aged female dieters, take heart. It's not too late to lose a significant amount of weight if you make the right changes and stick with them, according to research presented at the annual meeting of the Obesity Society.
----Senate hearing on November 5: WHAT: With a growing body of research implicating soda as the leading culprit in the nation’s costly obesity epidemic, the California legislature will begin investigating the soda/obesity link in a landmark Senate hearing.
RALEIGH -- The biggest long-term threat to U.S. national security might not be terrorists or weapons of mass destruction. According to a group of military leaders, it's homegrown obesity, ignorance and criminality, which together make seven of 10 target-age recruits ineligible to serve in the American armed forces.
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