HealthDay - MONDAY, March 1 (HealthDay News) — Any one of three
heart-healthy diets — low-fat, low-carbohydrate, Mediterranean — can
reverse the thickening of artery walls that can lead to heart attack and
stroke, an Israeli study indicates.
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If you like this post, please buy me a beer for $3 8-)AP - What if you could be fat but avoid heart disease or diabetes? Scientists trying to break the fat-and-disease link increasingly say inflammation is the key.
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Reuters - U.S. children eat an average three snacks a day on top of three regular meals, a finding that could explain why the childhood obesity rate has risen to more than 16 percent, researchers said on Tuesday.
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If you like this post, please buy me a beer for $3 8-)HealthDay - MONDAY, March 1 (HealthDay News) — Risk factors for childhood obesity
begin before birth and affect blacks and Hispanics more than whites, U.S.
researchers report.
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If you like this post, please buy me a beer for $3 8-)Reuters - Obese kids’ injury patterns look different from those of their slimmer peers, a new study out in Pediatrics shows.
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that treatment with a hormone linked to weight loss seems to control type
1 diabetes in mice better than insulin does, raising the prospect of a
landmark new treatment for some human diabetics.
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AP - First lady Michelle Obama says too many people across the country don’t have a grocery store nearby where they can get fresh food.
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AFP - Taxing high-fat and sugary junk food is a more effective way to fight obesity than making healthy foods like fruit and vegetables more affordable, a study published Wednesday shows.
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Reuters - People who were morbidly obese and school-aged children were much more likely to become seriously ill or to die from H1N1 swine flu, U.S. experts said on Wednesday.
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Time.com - Does Obesity Rehab for Kids Work?
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If you like this post, please buy me a beer for $3 8-)Reuters - Cutting down on carbs may help people lose weight, but it may not be so good for lowering cholesterol, new research shows.
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Reuters - While some research has suggested that obese women have an increased risk of having a baby with a birth defect, a new study shows that diabetes may at least partly account for the link.
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If you like this post, please buy me a beer for $3 8-)LiveScience.com - NBC’s “The Biggest Loser” is all about records. In
the past seasons, the weight-loss reality show has repeatedly set new
benchmarks for heaviest contestant (454, 476 and 526 pounds), fastest 100-pound
weight loss (seven weeks), and most weight lost in one week (34 pounds).
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If you like this post, please buy me a beer for $3 8-)HealthDay - THURSDAY, Feb. 25 (HealthDay News) — Higher levels of obesity
and inactivity, especially among women, explain why arthritis is more
common in the United States than in Canada, according to a new study.
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AFP - Chronic conditions including asthma, obesity and behavior disorders have become more common among US children in recent years, with environmental changes and more diagnoses partly to blame, a study published Tuesday shows.
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If you like this post, please buy me a beer for $3 8-)Reuters - A few months of moderate aerobic exercise may not rev up obese teenagers’ ability to burn calories, even though it may increase thinner teens’ ability to burn dietary fat, new research suggests.
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If you like this post, please buy me a beer for $3 8-)HealthDay - THURSDAY, Feb. 18 (HealthDay News) — An amino acid called
isoleucine may play an important role in weight loss, a new study
suggests.
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AP - Former President Bill Clinton said Wednesday that he will manage his stress better after undergoing a procedure to unclog a blocked artery, but emphasized that he has no intention of slowing down.
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If you like this post, please buy me a beer for $3 8-)Reuters - Adding to evidence that obesity may affect a man’s sperm quality, a new study finds that obese men tend to have less-mobile sperm than their thinner counterparts.
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