ContributorNetwork - The key to combating juvenile obesity lies with parents, the American Heart Association says. The AHA released a scientific statement in its most recent issue of “Circulation” journal. Here are tips for parents to curb weight problems in kids, based on that report.
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If you like this post, please buy me a beer for $3 8-)Reuters - Device manufacturers are pushing the government and health insurers to cover weight-loss surgery, an effort that could give millions more obese Americans access to the treatments.
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If you like this post, please buy me a beer for $3 8-)HealthDay - WEDNESDAY, Jan. 25 (HealthDay News) — Nurses who work long hours
and have less physically demanding jobs are much more likely to be obese
than other nurses, according to a new study.
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If you like this post, please buy me a beer for $3 8-)Reuters - Overweight girls in their late teens were twice as likely as their normal-weight peers to report having a lot of acne in a large new survey of Norwegian teenagers that did not find the same link in boys.
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If you like this post, please buy me a beer for $3 8-)AP - Mexico enacted tough new rules Thursday to ban advertising of “miracle cures” for weight loss, sagging body parts and more serious illnesses like prostate ailments, chronic fatigue and even cancer.
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If you like this post, please buy me a beer for $3 8-)HealthDay - MONDAY, Jan. 23 (HealthDay News) — Parents and caregivers should
be involved in treatment programs for obese children and should lead by
example, praise children’s progress and use setbacks as learning
opportunities, experts say.
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If you like this post, please buy me a beer for $3 8-)HealthDay - MONDAY, Jan. 23 (HealthDay News) — Weight loss and malnutrition are
among the medical conditions that increase treatment costs and the length
of hospital stays for older adults with hip fractures, a new study
finds.
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If you like this post, please buy me a beer for $3 8-)AP - Mexico has moved to ban advertising for the plethora of so-called “miracle cures” for weight loss, sagging body parts and more serious illnesses.
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If you like this post, please buy me a beer for $3 8-)ContributorNetwork - The Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) announced on Tuesday that obesity rates in the U.S. appear to have reached a plateau, at least for now. The CDC’s reports indicated that both adult and child overall obesity rates have not significantly increased since 2003, according to the Wall Street Journal.
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If you like this post, please buy me a beer for $3 8-)Reuters - Among weight-loss surgery options, gastric bypass comes with more complications shortly after surgery than gastric banding, but makes up for it with fewer long-term side effects and repeat operations, new research suggests.
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If you like this post, please buy me a beer for $3 8-)HealthDay - MONDAY, Jan. 16 (HealthDay News) — Gastric bypass surgery
results in faster and longer-lasting weight loss than does gastric
banding, according to a new study by Swiss investigators.
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If you like this post, please buy me a beer for $3 8-)LiveScience.com - The steady increase in U.S. obesity rates over the past 20 years seems to be leveling off, according to a new study from researchers at the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention.
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If you like this post, please buy me a beer for $3 8-)HealthDay - MONDAY, Jan. 16 (HealthDay News) — Teenage girls who are
overweight or obese are significantly more likely to develop acne than
their normal-weight peers, a new Norwegian survey suggests.
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If you like this post, please buy me a beer for $3 8-)Reuters - The number of kids and adults in the United States who are obese has held steady over the last few years, two reports out Tuesday suggest.
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If you like this post, please buy me a beer for $3 8-)ContributorNetwork - COMMENTARY | A recent study of childhood obesity, as reported by The Lookout, proves something I often suspected. There is no single blame for the epidemic of childhood obesity in America.
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AP - America’s obesity epidemic is proving to be as stubborn as those maddening love handles, and shows no sign of reversing course. More than one-third of adults and almost 17 percent of children were obese in 2009-2010, echoing results since 2003, the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention reported Tuesday.
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If you like this post, please buy me a beer for $3 8-)ContributorNetwork - According to the 2011 Stress in America report, released on January 11, 39 percent of the 1,226 Americans who took the American Psychological Association’s online survey report that their stress has increased in the past year. And respondents who reported higher levels of stress were more likely to be obese or suffering from depression.
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If you like this post, please buy me a beer for $3 8-)HealthDay - TUESDAY, Jan. 10 (HealthDay News) — A class of newer diabetes
drugs that includes exenatide (Byetta, Bydureon) might also be used to
help the obese lose weight, Danish researchers report.
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If you like this post, please buy me a beer for $3 8-)LiveScience.com - A newly identified hormone that mimics the effects of exercise could one day help people lose weight and fight obesity-linked diseases without surgery.
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If you like this post, please buy me a beer for $3 8-)HealthDay - FRIDAY, Jan. 6 (HealthDay News) — Weight loss surgery isn’t
likely to cure type 2 diabetes, but it can improve blood sugar control, a
new study suggests.
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