TOP 100 WEIGHT LOSS SITES
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| Officials In San Diego Seek To Address Obesity, Diabetes Rates Among American Indian Children Health care professionals and educators in the San Diego area held a conference last week to focus on obesity and diabetes among American Indians, particularly children, the San Diego Union-Tribune reports. medicalnewstoday.com |
Obese Women Play Cancer Roulette Obese women may be putting themselves at greater risk of breast cancer by not undergoing regular screening. According to new research by Dr. Nisa Maruthur and her team from The John Hopkins University School of Medicine in Baltimore, USA, seriously obese women are significantly less likely to say they have undergone a recent mammography than normal weight women, especially if they are white. medicalnewstoday.com |
Local Food Environments Can Lead To Obesity Living in an area with more fast food outlets and convenience stores than supermarkets and grocers has been associated with obesity in a Canadian study. Researchers writing in the open access journal BMC Public Health have shown that your local food environment can affect your weight. John Spence from the University of Alberta, Canada, worked with a team of researchers to study associations between the 'Retail Food Environment Index' (RFEI) and levels of obesity. medicalnewstoday.com |
Aetna, Georgia Public Broadcasting Begin Campaign To Fight Childhood Obesity In The State Aetna (NYSE: AET) and Georgia Public Broadcasting (GPB) have kicked off a 12-month statewide multi-media campaign to raise awareness of the increased risks of childhood obesity. Funded by a $50,000 grant from the Aetna Foundation, the campaign will include community health events in Atlanta, Macon, Savannah and Columbus; a series of television and radio spots; and a 60-minute television special that will air tonight. medicalnewstoday.com |
FDA Warns of Heart Risks With Diet Drug (HealthDay) HealthDay - THURSDAY, Jan. 21 (HealthDay News) -- The weight-loss pill Meridia should not be used by people with a history of heart problems because the drug can increase the risk of heart attack and stroke in such people, U.S. drug regulators said Thursday. us.rd.yahoo.com |