TOP 100 WEIGHT LOSS SITES
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| Dieting History Tied to Weight Gain in Pregnancy (HealthDay) HealthDay - WEDNESDAY, Oct. 1 (HealthDay News) -- Women with a history ofdieting or other practices that restrict their eating habits may be morevulnerable to gaining too much or too little weight during pregnancy, anew study finds. us.rd.yahoo.com |
Wallace And Gromit Makers Join Fight Against Obesity Alzheimer's Society welcomes the new advert by Aardman Animations at the centre of a £75m government marketing campaign to raise awareness of the link between obesity and life-shortening disease. Neil Hunt, Chief Executive of Alzheimer's Society, comments, 'It is great news that the makers of Wallace and Gromit are joining the fight against Obesity. Obesity doubles risk of dementia and even modest increases in weight can increase risk of dementia by up to 30%. medicalnewstoday.com |
BMI Might Be Inaccurate Assessment Of Obesity Among Minorities, Study Finds The standard body mass index measurement -- a ratio of weight to height -- does not account for differences in bone and muscle masses of minorities and inaccurately over- and underestimates obesity among some groups, according to a study published in the British Journal of Nutrition, Reuters Health reports. medicalnewstoday.com |
New Book Examines Weighty Issue Obesity -- that never-ending "battle of the bulge"-- dates back to the Stone Age and yet is emerging today as a modern health epidemic. While its root cause is as simple as calories consumed versus calories burned, it's cure is knotted somewhere in a complex web of biology, psychology and culture. medicalnewstoday.com |
For Some Of Canada's Teens Puberty Is A Gateway To Heart Disease A seven-year ongoing study examining over 20,000 Canadian grade 9 students shows most already have at least one major risk factor for heart disease and stroke, Dr. Brian McCrindle told the Canadian Cardiovascular Congress 2009, co-hosted by the Heart and Stroke Foundation and the Canadian Cardiovascular Society. "This study is further evidence of an accelerating decline in the heart health of Canada's teens," says Dr. McCrindle, a cardiologist at The Hospital for Sick Children in Toronto. medicalnewstoday.com |