TOP 100 WEIGHT LOSS SITES
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| Obesity Rates Continue To Climb Throughout The Western World In a current health news report titled "Obesity: An Ounce of Prevention," Vision.org life and health writer Alice Abler explores the history of obesity research and awareness, exploring what individuals can do to avoid becoming a future obesity statistic. medicalnewstoday.com |
Being Overweight Just As Risky To Health As Being A Smoker Obese adolescents have the same risk of premature death in adulthood as people who smoke more than 10 cigarettes a day, while those who are overweight have the same risk as less heavy smokers, according to research published on http://www.bmj.com today. medicalnewstoday.com |
Early Signs For Diabetes In Kids As Young As 7 Documented For The First Time By LSUHSC Researchers Research conducted under the direction of Melinda Sothern, PhD, Professor and Director of Health Promotion at the LSU Health Sciences Center New Orleans School of Public Health, showing early signs of diabetes in healthy children as young as seven years old was presented at the American Diabetes Association 2009 Annual Scientific Session Meeting in New Orleans. Dr. medicalnewstoday.com |
Current National Primary Care Policies For Childhood Obesity Need To Be Improved Current primary care policies aimed at reducing obesity and increasing physical activity in children do not work and are very costly to run, according to research published on bmj.com today. Family doctor screening and brief counselling is part of national policy to tackle childhood obesity in a number of countries including the UK, US and Australia. medicalnewstoday.com |
Obesity Epidemic Taking Root In Africa The urban poor in sub-Saharan Africa are the latest victims of the obesity epidemic. Researchers writing in the open access journal BMC Public Health claim that overweight and obesity are on the increase among this group... mnt.to |