TOP 100 WEIGHT LOSS SITES
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| 40 Per Cent Of Parents Mistaken About Children's Weight Research from Australia suggests that more than four in ten parents don't know if their children are under or overweight and because of this they are unlikely to help their children correct their weight and the children themselves tend to under or overestimate their body size. medicalnewstoday.com |
Reuters Examines Obesity, Health Care Reform Reuters on Thursday examined "the difficulties facing the United States as it confronts an epidemic of obesity, and the problems for President Barack Obama as he sets about extending health insurance to more Americans at a time of runaway costs." According to a 2000 report by the U.S. medicalnewstoday.com |
New Data Analysis Shows Possible Link Between Childhood Obesity And Allergies A new study indicates there may be yet another reason to reduce childhood obesity it may help prevent allergies. The study published in the May issue of the Journal of Allergy and Clinical Immunology showed that obese children and adolescents are at increased risk of having some kind of allergy, especially to a food. medicalnewstoday.com |
Underweight And Very Severely Obese Patients At Risk Following Liver Transplantation A recent study by doctors at the University of Washington explained that patients who are significantly underweight or very severely obese prior to liver transplantation are at increased risk of death following transplantation surgery. medicalnewstoday.com |
Playing Active Video Games Can Equal Moderate-intensity Exercise Active Wii sports™ video games and some Wii fit™ activities may increase adults' energy expenditure as much as moderately intense exercise, according to research presented at the American Heart Association's Scientific Sessions 2009. The study, funded by Nintendo™, demonstrated that about one-third of the virtual physical activities require an energy expenditure of 3.0 METs or above, considered moderate-intensity exercise. medicalnewstoday.com |