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Researchers Link TV Ads With Childhood Obesity
A new study found a connection between fast-food television advertisements and childhood...
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Couch Potatoes Have Now Something to Fear: Ban on Fast Food Adverts
A new study demonstrates that banning fast
food advertisements from children’s television programs...
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Weight Loss Surgery Improves Fertility
Women who become heavy with child after weight-loss surgery are prone to be healthier and less...
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Arteries of Most Obese Kids – As Thick and Stiff as Middle-Aged Adults’
Hundreds of previous studies have shown that obesity comes with
a number of risks, such as heart...
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Puppies Help Kids Shed Fat
Sydney - Old people with pets live longer and are healthier than those who don't share their home...
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High Blood Pressure Rates Up 5 Percent In The US
High blood pressure rates appear to increase in the United States,
according to a report released...
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Government: Get Fit To Avoid Health Risks!
Whether you’re young or old, you need to keep moving! No
matter you’re doing brisk walks, running...
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New Physical Activity Guidelines for Americans Released, Get Moving!
Trying to prevent obesity and thus health problems related
to obesity, the Department of Health...
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Guidelines Set For Healthy Activity
In fact, forget this article and just turn off the computer and stop working on it, stop playing...
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Book’s Overweight Character “Teaches” Girls to Lose Weight
As obesity increasingly becomes a global health concern,
researchers try to figure out what we can...
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LA Chain Restaurants to List Calories on Their Menus
In an attempt to reduce the number of obese and overweight
people, large chain restaurants in the...
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8-Years-Olds to Get Cholesterol-Lowering Drugs If Obese
Kids as young as 8 are recommended cholesterol-lowering
drugs if diet alone fails to work in order...
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Report: San Francisco - The Fittest City in the US
A scientific analysis by the American College of Sports Medicine released at its annual meeting in...
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Lack of Self-Control May Predispose Kids to Weight Gain
A study released in the April issue of the Journal of the American Medical Association’s...
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Rapid Weight Gain in Early Infancy Predisposes to Childhood Obesity
I am sure every mommy is happy to see her baby has a good appetite. Even more, they don’t...
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Most Children Take Vitamins, But They Don’t Really Need Them
According to a newly released study, most children who take vitamins don’t really need them....
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Kids and Vitamins: Do They Really Need Them?
According to a recent study carried out by researchers at the University of California,...
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Gene Variant May Predispose Children to Craving for Junk Food
A gene variation may play a significant role in the control of food intake and food choices,...
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One Third Of Americans Don’t Meet Minimum Levels Of Physical Activity
A report by researchers at the Centers for Disease Control
and Prevention found that approximately...
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Censoring Fast-Food TV Ads Might Lower Childhood Obesity Rates
Banning fast-food advertising could lead to a decrease in
the number of overweight and obese...
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More U.S. Children Take Medications For Chronic Diseases
The number of U.S children who take
medications for chronic diseases is growing dramatically, a...
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Drug Prescriptions For US Children Rising At Alarming Rates
More and more children in the United States are prescribed
medication for chronic diseases,...
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Study Says: Literature Helps Obese Kids Lose Weight
Does the link between reading and losing weight ring you a bell? Of course it doesn’t! I bet you...
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LA Restaurants Required to Display Calories on Menus
The Los Angels City Council voted to draft
a law that would require large chain restaurants in the...
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LA Restaurants Could Be Next Posting Calories on Menus
In an attempt to curb obesity rates, Los
Angeles could be the next city after New York to adopt a...
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Kids Head to Inactivity By Age 15, New Research Shows
As kids grow from pre-pubescence into teens, their rate of
physical activity starts declining...
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The American Academy of Pediatrics Recommends Cholesterol Drugs for Kids
The American
Academy of Pediatrics is seeking
to change some of its recommendations regarding...
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CDC: Childhood Obesity Rates Going Steady First Time in 25 Years
It seems like the battle against excessive weight has won ground
lately, as rates of childhood...
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Childhood Obesity Linked to Heart Disease in Adult Life
The number of children having problems with their weight
will grow considerably in the years to...
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Overweight Children More Likely to Develop Heart Disease
The number of children having problems with their weight
will grow considerably in the years to...
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Kids Eat Much More After Watching Food Commercials
Researchers from the University of Liverpool say that obese and overweight children consume 100%...
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