TOP 100 WEIGHT LOSS SITES
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| If Obesity Increases At Present Rate Cancer Rates Will Double If obesity rates continue to increase then the number of cancer cases in the UK could double in the next 40 years, a leading cancer expert has warned ahead of a conference of scientists specialising in the links between cancer and obesity. Professor Martin Wiseman, Medical and Scientific Adviser for World Cancer Research Fund (WCRF), believes today's children could face big increases in rates of cancer as adults unless something is done to curb the obesity crisis. medicalnewstoday.com |
Health Tip: Use Less Salt in Your Diet (HealthDay) HealthDay - (HealthDay News) -- Sodium can contribute to high blood pressure, which raises your risk for heart attack and stroke. us.rd.yahoo.com |
Weight Loss In Old Age May Signal Dementia A new study shows that older people who are thinner or are losing weight quickly are at a higher risk of developing dementia, especially if they started out overweight or obese. The research is published in the May 19, 2009, print issue of Neurology®, the medical journal of the American Academy of Neurology. For the study, researchers followed for eight years 1,836 Japanese Americans in Washington state with an average age of 72. medicalnewstoday.com |
Large Waisted Women More Likely To Have Asthma Women with a large waist are more likely to develop asthma even if they have a normal body weight, suggests research published ahead of print in Thorax. US researchers also confirmed a link between excess weight and asthma severity and prevalence. Obesity is a risk factor for adult asthma, especially in women, but few studies have looked at the relationship between abdominal obesity (large waist size) and asthma. medicalnewstoday.com |
Selenium, Omega-3s May Stave Off Colorectal Cancer (HealthDay) HealthDay - TUESDAY, Dec. 8 (HealthDay News) -- Certain dietary supplements appear to affect the development of colorectal cancer or its recurrence, two new studies suggest. us.rd.yahoo.com |