Obesity / Weight Loss / Fitness
News From The Annals Of Internal Medicine: September 7, 2010
1. A Low-carb Diet Based on Animal Protein May Increase Death Risk Evidence shows that a low-carbohydrate diet produces weight loss and improves some cardiovascular risk factors. However, health effects of a low-carbohydrate diet may depend on the type of protein and fat consumed. Researchers followed 85,168 women and 44,548 men on a low-carbohydrate diet for 26 and 20 years respectively...
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Infants And Young Children Who Don"t Sleep Enough At Night Have Higher Risk Of Obesity Later On
Young children and infants who do not get enough nighttime sleep have a significantly higher risk of becoming obese later on in life - napping does not reduce the obesity risk significantly, reports a study published in Archives of Pediatrics & Adolescent Medicine, a JAMA/Archives journal. Over the last 20 years obesity rates in the USA and many other countries has increased dramatically...
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2 In 5 Kids in New York Are Overweight Or Obese
According to a new report, 2 out of every 5 of New York City's children from kindergarten to eighth grade, are either overweight or obese. This figure, released in a report on Sunday, comes from the latest New York City (NYC) Fitnessgram assessment, a new program that was piloted in 2005-06 and is now in place across the city...
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Pediatric Weight Expert Provides Obesity Trinity Answers
In a first person paper published in the August 27, 2010 issue of Childhood Obesity, Dr. Melinda Sothern, Director of Health Promotion and Professor of Public Health at LSU Health Sciences Center New Orleans, provides three ways to de-program the 1950s obesity trinity underlying the current obesity epidemic in the United States and protect future generations from its health consequences...
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- "There Is No Childhood Obesity Epidemic"
- The MU Healthy Lifestyle Initiative Is Helping Redefine Efforts To Combat Obesity, Sedentary Lifestyles
- Children Who Eat Vended Foods Face Health Problems, Poor Diet
- Animal Model Strengthens Link Between Everyday Stress And Obesity
- "The Determinants Of A Successful Pregnancy" - ESHRE"s First Workshop In Croatia
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