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As the United States struggles to combat obesity, some health policy experts have asserted that a tax on sugar-sweetened beverages such as soda would lead to reduced consumption of sodas ...
Scientists have discovered that the loss of a key segment of DNA can lead to severe childhood obesity. This is the first study to show that this kind of genetic alteration can cause obesity.
Scientists in Cambridge have discovered that the loss of a key segment of DNA can lead to severe childhood obesity. This is the first study to show that this kind of genetic alteration can cause obesity.
Students at Albion Middle School in Strongsville are using grant funding from the NFL and the National Dairy Council to change their school's eating and exercise habits, one step at a time
NEW YORK (AP) — Some children get severely obese because they lack particular chunks of DNA, which kicks their hunger...
Community Development director for the Community Foundation of Northwest Mississippi Peggy Linton, Regional Health director for Get A Life! Judy Belue and Healthy Congregations chairman Dr. Michael Minor were invited to attend the Robert Wood Johnson Foundation Center to Prevent Childhood Obesity's "Healthy Kids, Healthy Nation" meeting in Atlanta Nov. 17-19.The more than 400 participants ...
Obesity made big news again last week. The Indianapolis Star carried a story Thursday on a study in the New England Journal of Medicine that found that increases in obesity are offsetting health gains from reductions in smoking.
A small study of middle-aged women finds that "guilt-ridden dieters," impulsive eaters and those too busy to focus on food are the most likely to show signs of obesity.
I spend a lot of my time as a physician talking about overweight and obesity with patients, pointing out the increased potential for uncontrolled diabetes, kidney disease, cardiovascular disease and other well-known effects of excessive weight.
With teenage obesity rates reaching epidemic proportions, the Sweetwater Union High School District is using a $1.1 million federal grant to train teachers in physical fitness standards and to buy high-tech equipment seen on the popular weight loss TV show “The Biggest Loser” to encourage student exercise.
With childhood obesity rates nearly tripling in the past 30 years, many parents are wondering what they can do to inspire their kids to be more active, especially during the winter.
Mississippi's dubious distinction of leading the nation in childhood obesity is well documented, so the Hernando Parks and Recreation Department decided it was time to stop sitting around.Hernando parks director Dewayne Williams and assistant director Melissa Zizmann developed Healthy Eating, Active Living in Hernando, a 10-week program aimed at teaching families how to live a healthy lifestyle ...
Childhood obesity is a nationwide problem. Here in Sioux Falls nutritionist Doctor Roger Shewmake is helping families make better food choices.
The Tulane Prevention Research Center, part of the School of Public Health and Tropical Medicine, recently received a renewal of its $5.3 million grant from the Center for Disease Control. The PRC is a research organization consisting of Tulane graduate students and faculty along with its own staff that focuses on the effect environments have on obesity [...]
The escalation of teenage obesity has prompted concern among stakeholders in the medical community. According to experts, adolescent obesity affects one out of every three children, resulting in 4-5 million overweight youth in the United States. Obesity is a main factor behind the sobering realization that—for the first time in history–children have a shorter life [...]
Although Americans increasingly are overweight, rates for smoking, infectious disease, violent crime and infant mortality are down, says a report ranking states' health status.
