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| Implementing A Ban On Fast Food TV Advertising Would Reverse Childhood Obesity Trends A ban on fast food advertisements in the United States could reduce the number of overweight children by as much as 18 percent, according to a new study being published this month in the Journal of Law and Economics. The study also reports that eliminating the tax deductibility associated with television advertising would result in a reduction of childhood obesity, though in smaller numbers. medicalnewstoday.com |
Orthopedic Discoveries Presented At Scientific Meeting Mayo Clinic orthopedic surgeons contributed more than 100 presentations on their latest findings for improving orthopedic clinical care and scientific research at the annual meeting of the American Academy of Orthopedic Surgeons (AAOS) in Las Vegas, Feb. 25-March 1. This AAOS event is the largest professional meeting of orthopedic surgeons in the U.S. medicalnewstoday.com |
Diabetes: Long And Short Sleep Durations Are Associated With Increased Risk According to a research abstract presented on Monday, June 8, at SLEEP 2009, the 23rd Annual Meeting of the Associated Professional Sleep Societies, both long and short sleepers are at greater risk for diabetes. Individuals sleeping for more than eight hours per night may be particularly vulnerable. Results indicate that the adjusted odds ratio was 1.24 for diabetes associated with short sleep (five hours per night or less) and 1. medicalnewstoday.com |
STOP Obesity Alliance Issues Recommendations To Ensure Health Reform Successfully Addresses Obesity Epidemic The two most recent Surgeons General of the United States, David Satcher, M.D., Ph.D., FAAFP, FACPM, FACP and Richard H. Carmona, M.D., M.P.H., FACS, today led the Strategies to Overcome and Prevent (STOP) Obesity Alliance in urging policymakers to take direct action in health reform to address obesity and the chronic diseases associated with it. "We've reached the tipping point on obesity in the United States," said Dr. Richard H. Carmona, 17th U.S. medicalnewstoday.com |
Women With Partner, Baby Gain More Weight Than Single Women Young women with a weight problem often say the weight started creeping up when they had their first child and they found they had less time to exercise. However, when researchers added up all factors, they found that the fact that a woman is married and has a baby has more influence on weight gain than being physically active... mnt.to |