Archive for September, 2009
HealthDay - TUESDAY, Sept. 29 (HealthDay News) — The appetite-regulating hormone
leptin may contribute to osteoarthritis in obese people, according to a
new study that suggests that skeletal wear and tear caused by excess
weight isn’t the only cause of the painful and debilitating condition.
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If you like this post, please buy me a beer for $3 8-)Reuters - Alcohol abuse, obesity and depression seem to go hand in hand for many women, according to the first study to look at how the three relate to one another over time in young adults.
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Reuters - The bad news: Not all the benefits of a family weight management program for severely obese kids last longer than six months, according to a new study.
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If you like this post, please buy me a beer for $3 8-)AP - A medical examiner has ruled that an obese 13-year-old suburban St. Louis football player who collapsed during practice in August died of high blood pressure.
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AFP - A quarter of Australian children aged between five and 17 are either overweight or obese, figures published on Thursday indicated.
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AP - Being fat could become the leading cause of cancer in women in Western countries in the coming years, European researchers said Thursday.
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If you like this post, please buy me a beer for $3 8-)Reuters - Big bellies in obese kids mean greater heart disease risks, just as they do for heavy grown-ups, new research shows.
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If you like this post, please buy me a beer for $3 8-)AP - In a bid to ramp up the public health battle against obesity, a group of nutrition and economics experts are pushing for a tax of 1 cent on every of ounce of sodas and other sweetened beverages.
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If you like this post, please buy me a beer for $3 8-)Reuters - Sen. Alex Padilla, who led a campaign requiring big restaurant chains to disclose calories in meals, said on Thursday he planned to hold hearings in November on the link between soda consumption and obesity.
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If you like this post, please buy me a beer for $3 8-)HealthDay - TUESDAY, Sept. 15 (HealthDay News) — Children with emotional
difficulties have a greater risk of becoming obese in adulthood, new
research has found.
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HealthDay - FRIDAY, Sept. 11 (HealthDay News) — A diverse alliance of payer,
provider and consumer organizations, girded by two former U.S. Surgeons
General, on Wednesday urged policymakers to address the nation’s obesity
epidemic as part of federal health care reform legislation.
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If you like this post, please buy me a beer for $3 8-)Reuters - Do you like to blame your weight on being big-boned? If you’ve ever thought that the body mass index (BMI) - a ratio of weight to height often used as a yardstick of obesity - doesn’t tell the true story of your relative weight and health, you may be onto something if you’re elderly, UCLA researchers say.
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AFP - The US Department of Health and Human Services is poised to unleash characters from Maurice Sendak’s classic Where the Wild Things Are to help fight childhood overweight and obesity.
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If you like this post, please buy me a beer for $3 8-)HealthDay - FRIDAY, Sept. 4 (HealthDay News) — Researchers are recommending that
officials in the United States, United Kingdom and Australia rethink their
efforts to combat obesity in children because the current strategies —
emphasizing healthy diets and exercise — aren’t working.
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If you like this post, please buy me a beer for $3 8-)HealthDay - FRIDAY, Sept. 4 (HealthDay News) — Among the elderly, the ratio
of waist size to hip size may be a better determinant of obesity than body
mass index, say researchers from the University of California, Los
Angeles.
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If you like this post, please buy me a beer for $3 8-)AFP - President Barack Obama hinted he could support a sin tax on fizzy drinks to help lower high rates of US obesity, but admitted it would be an uphill battle against corporate and economic interests.
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Reuters - Midnight raids on the refrigerator may have worse consequences than indigestion — a study in mice boosts the theory that when you eat affects whether the calories go to your hips or get burned off.
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If you like this post, please buy me a beer for $3 8-)HealthDay - FRIDAY, Sept. 4 (HealthDay News) — Blueberry juice with a little
added bacteria may one day help people fight obesity and diabetes.
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AFP - Researchers have found a gene that when blocked can keep mice from becoming obese, even if they consume a high-fat diet, new research released Thursday found.
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If you like this post, please buy me a beer for $3 8-)Time.com - Studies increasingly show that our weight is influenced by whom we hang out with
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