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Childhood Obesity: Do Parents Have the Right to Point Fingers …
Childhood obesity has become one of America’s biggest problems today. The number of obese children is increasing just as rapidly as their waist sizes, but who is to blame? Most people would jump to the conclusion that unhealthy fast food and its advertising is to blame. These same people argue that ad campaigns aim at [...]
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State launches teen-focused obesity prevention campaign | Hawaii …
MEDIA RELEASE Gov. Neil Abercrombie and the state Department of Health have launched a new teen-focused multi-media campaign to combat obesity. The campaign is part of a comprehensive set of interventions being implemented by the DOH to address obesity prevention. Students, legislators, media and obesity prevention advocates were provided a preview of many of the [...]
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Response to Stress Can Fuel Childhood Obesity | Psych Central News
Emerging research from Penn State and Johns Hopkins universities suggests an overreaction to stress can increase a child’s risk of becoming overweight or obese. “Our results suggest that some children who are at risk of becoming obese can be identified by their biological response to a stressor,” said Lori Francis, Ph.D., associate professor of biobehavioral [...]
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Weight Loss Tips: Obesity Houston
Being overweight essentially implies having too much human extra fat. Being overweight in most of individuals happens as a result of inherited, behavior and ecological factors. Those who are overweight face long-term wellness hazards for example cardiac arrest, cuboid and combined issues and social and emotional problems. Board qualified facilities for obesity Austin today are [...]
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Are high-protein diets safe?
Though many people adopt it to lose and maintain lost weight, high-protein diets have their share of risks. There’s no dearth of diets promising to help you shed those extra kilos. High-protein diet is one of the most popular, especially among celebrities. But is it ideal for everyone? What are its pros and cons? Read [...]
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HPU professor battles childhood obesity with dinosaurs – WGHP
<!–See more photos in the gallery–> HIGH POINT, N.C. – Dr. Tony Kemerly, chair of the department of exercise science at High Point University, just released his latest book for families, titled “Dino-Might: Fun Conditioning Exercises for Kid People Who Love Dinosaurs.” The book is designed for children with an interest in dinosaurs, and displays [...]
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Artificial sweeteners tied to obesity, Type 2 diabetes | The Daily Caller
FILE – In this Sept. 15, 2011, file photo, high fructose corn syrup is listed as an ingredient on a can of soda in Philadelphia. Scientists have used imaging tests to show for the first time that fructose, a sugar that saturates the American diet, can trigger brain changes that may lead to overeating. [...]
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Diabetes Control Improving, but Far From Ideal
Diabetes Control Improving, but Far From Ideal Feb. 19, 2013 — People with diabetes are more often hitting recommended targets for blood sugar, blood pressure, and cholesterol, but fewer than 20% are meeting all three, according to new data from an ongoing national health survey. Doctors treating people with diabetes look at three different goals [...]
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Families living with type 1 diabetes
Kirsten Schull is a power mom. Living in the dairy-farming country of Warren, Utah, she and her husband consider themselves to have a normal family of eight children. All are musically gifted, while some into computers, sports and singing. And six of her eight children have type 1 diabetes. Diabetes affects 25.8 million people, 8.3 [...]
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Senior citizens with diabetes face increased risk
Nearly one out of every four senior citizens will be diagnosed with diabetes, and with those diagnoses comes risks that might not occur for younger patients, area experts say. The cause of the increased number of diagnoses is two-fold, said Lucy Cole, diabetes program administrator for Franciscan Medical Specialists in Munster. While some who are [...]
