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- Fast Food Ads Fueling Obesity Among Hispanic Kids
- The large number of fast food commercials on Spanish-language television in the United States may be contributing to the obesity epidemic among Hispanic youths, new research suggests. Among American children, Hispanics have the highest rates of over...
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- How to Lose Weight?
- You won't even have to change your clothes Despite what you may think, losing weight isn't a mysterious process. In fact, weight loss doesn't even have to involve strange diets, special exercises or even the 'magic' of pills or fitness gadgets. Want...
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- Effective Weight Loss Tips
- I lost 30 pounds in three months. If you wanted to know how I did it, and how I intend on maintaining my current weight, then these Effective weight loss tips are for you. I’m not an expert, but I do speak from experience. If it helps you...
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- Britain tops fast-food league, as world obesity grows: study
- LONDON (AFP) - Britons are the world's biggest fans of fast food, just ahead of Americans, while famously gastronomic French are the least attracted by quick meals, according to a study published Wednesday. The survey of 13 countries also confirmed...
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- Regular physical activity helps teens avoid obesity
- NEW YORK (Reuters Health) - Participating in physical activities in and out of school more than two times a week protects adolescents from becoming overweight young adults, according to new research. "The message for policy makers is that the f...
- Author:Megan RauscherDate:06/27/08Click:0 Full Story...
- Obesity now a 'lifestyle' choice for Americans, expert says
- WASHINGTON (AFP) - As adult obesity balloons in the United States, being overweight has become less of a health hazard and more of a lifestyle choice, the author of a new book argues. "Obesity is a natural extension of an advancing economy. As...
- Author:Karin ZeitvogelDate:06/27/08Click:0 Full Story...
- Depression, Obesity Coexist in Many Middle-Aged Women
- MONDAY, Jan. 14 (HealthDay News) -- Obesity and depression often go hand-in-hand in middle-aged women, a new U.S. study found. The research collected information on the height, weight, dietary and exercise habits, and body image of 4,641 women, ages...
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- Pedometers help people lose weight: U.S. study
- WASHINGTON (Reuters) - Walking can help people lose weight, especially if they use a pedometer to make sure they are going far enough, U.S. researchers reported on Tuesday. People who added 20 to 40 minutes of walking a day lost a small but steady a...
- Author:Maggie FoxDate:06/27/08Click:0 Full Story...
- Obesity surgery helps diabetics, study finds
- CHICAGO (Reuters) - Weight loss surgery can be especially helpful to patients with diabetes and can even help them reverse the disease, Australian researchers reported on Tuesday. They found that obese patients with diabetes who had weight loss surg...
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- UK to spend millions on anti-obesity campaign
- LONDON (Reuters) - The government is to spend 75 million pounds on a campaign to encourage healthy lifestyles and counter what it calls an obesity epidemic in Britain. The campaign, to be launched in the summer, will form part of a wider strategy in...
- Author:Tim CastleDate:06/27/08Click:0 Full Story...
- Obesity surgery seen as diabetes cure
- CHICAGO - A new study gives the strongest evidence yet that obesity surgery can cure diabetes. Patients who had surgery to reduce the size of their stomachs were five times more likely to see their diabetes disappear over the next two years than were...
- Author:CARLA K. JOHNSONDate:06/27/08Click:0 Full Story...
- EU health chief uses food labels to fight obesity
- BRUSSELS (Reuters) - The European Union's health chief wants to introduce tougher food labeling rules to combat the growing problem of obesity across Europe, but is facing stiff political and industrial opposition. EU Health Commissioner Markos Kypr...
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- Obesity may be hard-wired in the brain: study
- Obesity may be hard-wired into the brain from birth, according to a new animal study released Tuesday that appears to bolster the notion that some people are more prone to pile on the pounds than others. The study showed that obese rats had faulty b...
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- A good night's sleep reduces childhood obesity risk: study
- Children lacking enough shut-eye face a greater risk of becoming obese than kids who get a good night's sleep, according to a study released Thursday. Each extra hour of sleep cuts a child's risk of becoming overweight or obese by nine percent, acco...
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- Low-Carb Diets Better Than Low-Fat Diets at Preventing Diabetes
- A diet low in carbohydrates but high in animal fat and protein doesn't seem to increase the risk of type 2 diabetes in women, a new study claims. "One study is never enough to change a recommendation, but this study is interesting in that it sh...
- Author:Amanda GardnerDate:06/27/08Click:0 Full Story...
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