TOP 100 WEIGHT LOSS SITES
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| Healthy living cuts premature death risk in half (Reuters) Reuters - Women who heed common sense health messages about smoking, diet and exercise can cut their risk of premature death in half, U.S. researchers said on Tuesday. us.rd.yahoo.com |
Miracle Tax Diet The new soda tax proposed by Gov. David Paterson of New York is a breakthrough. It could raise $400 million a year but could also help make us healthier. nytimes.com |
Teens Who Give Birth More Likely To Be Overweight Girls who give birth between ages 15 and 19 appear to be substantially heavier, with more abdominal fat, regardless of their childhood weight or of other risk factors for weight gain. Erica P. Gunderson, Ph.D., of Kaiser Permanente, Oakland, Calif., and colleagues studied 1,890 girls (983 black and 907 white) who were age 9 to 10 at the beginning of the study in 1987-1988. medicalnewstoday.com |
Proven Link Between Obesity And Diabetes A Monash University study has proven a critical link between obesity and the onset of Type 2 diabetes, a discovery which could lead to the design of a drug to prevent the disease. The findings were published today in Cell Metabolism. medicalnewstoday.com |
Scientists Make The Case For New Body Fat Assessment The body mass index (BMI) has long been the yardstick in deciding who is at risk because of their weight. BMI is essentially a measure of density, identifying 'under-' and 'over-weight' risk groups. Recent studies however point towards a more sophisticated approach to the issue. medicalnewstoday.com |