TOP 100 WEIGHT LOSS SITES
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| K-State Researcher Finds Correlation Between Childhood Obesity And Asthma A Kansas State University graduate student has found a correlation between childhood obesity and asthma. Sara Rosenkranz, doctoral student in human nutrition, Manhattan, conducted research that found that healthy children with higher levels of body fat and lower levels of physical activity had greater amounts of airway narrowing after exercise. medicalnewstoday.com |
Heart Failure Strikes Younger African-Americans At The Same Rate As Older Caucasians Heart failure - a disabling and often deadly form of heart disease - is hitting African Americans in their thirties and forties at the same rate as Caucasians in their fifties and sixties, according to a study featured as the lead article of the March 19 issue of the New England Journal of Medicine. medicalnewstoday.com |
Obesity May Have Offered Edge Over TB A report met with some skepticism found that excess fat might have once revved up immune systems, providing a now-outdated survival tool. nytimes.com |
US Breast Cancer Deaths Falling But Not For African Americans Despite it being the most common cancer among women, death rates due to breast cancer continue to fall in the US, except for African Americans, where the rate remains steady. A new American Cancer Society report, Breast Cancer Facts & Figures 2009-2010, released on 30 September, shows that breast cancer deaths have been falling in the US since the early 1990s, with the biggest drops in women under 50. medicalnewstoday.com |
Number Of Americans In Excellent Or Good Health Has Declined The New York Times reports on health in the U.S. "The percentage of people who reported having excellent or very good health declined to 66.6 percent in the 2009 period, from 69.1 percent in 1998. Americans report that they have been exercising more. Nevertheless, more than a quarter were obese in 2009 (with a body mass index of 30 or more), up from 19.5 percent in 1997... mnt.to |