TOP 100 WEIGHT LOSS SITES
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| Persons With Serious Mental Illness Face Higher Prevalence Of Obesity Obesity is a public health crisis within the general population; however, overweight and obesity issues are even more prevalent in persons with serious mental illness, according to a new report, scheduled to be released on October 3, 2008 by the National Association of State Mental Health Program Directors (NASMHPD). medicalnewstoday.com |
Abdominal Obesity And Your Health, From Harvard Men's Health Watch How much should I weigh?" It's a common question, and an important one. Surprisingly, though, it's actually the wrong question. For health, the issue is not just how much you weigh, but how much of your fat is located in your abdomen, reports the January 2009 issue of Harvard Men's Health Watch. Abdominal fat comes in two different forms. Some of it is located in the fatty tissue just beneath the skin. medicalnewstoday.com |
Exercise-Exposed Fetuses Have Improved Breathing Movements In Utero, A Marker For Healthy Development Exercise has many benefits for adults, teens, and youngsters. It is less clear what benefit, if any, exercise may have during fetal growth during gestation. Now that scientists have determined that, generally speaking, maternal exercise poses no significant risk to a fetus, studies are underway to examine the mother/fetus/exercise/health connection. One important study is now complete. medicalnewstoday.com |
Sirona Biochem Optimizes Key Test For Diabetes And Obesity Drug Development Sirona Biochem Corp. (TSX-V: SBM) announced it is now ready to begin testing its novel new compounds to fight diabetes and obesity. The completion of the company's key SGLT biological assessment test and testing will be done under contract with Richmond, BC based SignalChem. Sirona Biochem owns the worldwide rights to a library of potential new sodium glucose transporter (SGLT) inhibitors developed to treat diabetes and obesity. medicalnewstoday.com |
Losing While Cruising To The Store Contrary to what you might believe, living near a variety of restaurants, convenience stores, supermarkets and even fast food outlets actually lowers your risk for obesity, according to a new study from the University of Utah. Surprisingly, people who live more than a half mile away from any food outlets are the ones who tend to be fatter. medicalnewstoday.com |