Archive for April, 2010
Reuters - Obesity and smoking may each raise a person’s risk of potentially dangerous blood clots in the veins, but certain other suspected risk factors seem to have no impact, a new study finds.
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If you like this post, please buy me a beer for $3 8-)HealthDay - TUESDAY, April 27 (HealthDay News) — Children who are overweight
or obese appear to metabolize over-the-counter drugs differently than
normal-weight children, a new study finds.
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Reuters - County lawmakers in California’s famed Silicon Valley have passed a law that would prevent restaurants from giving away free toys and other incentives with unhealthy kids’ meals.
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If you like this post, please buy me a beer for $3 8-)Reuters - The more obese a woman is when she becomes pregnant, the greater the likelihood that her baby will be born with a heart defect, a U.S. government study finds.
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AFP - A California county is stopping restaurants from using toys to lure children to high-calorie, salt-laden food such as popular “Happy Meals” hawked by fast-food giant McDonald’s.
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If you like this post, please buy me a beer for $3 8-)Time.com - Dr. Howard Shapiro’s new book, Eat & Beat Diabetes with Picture Perfect Weight Loss: The Visual Program to Prevent and Control Diabetes is an action plan for both adults and children.
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If you like this post, please buy me a beer for $3 8-)HealthDay - WEDNESDAY, April 21 (HealthDay News) — Patients who’ve lost
weight after bariatric surgery breathe easier and take 50 percent fewer
prescription breathing medications, a new study finds.
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If you like this post, please buy me a beer for $3 8-)HealthDay - WEDNESDAY, April 21 (HealthDay News) — A new study says federal
guidelines on obesity should be revised so more women fit into the
category of “obese.”
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If you like this post, please buy me a beer for $3 8-)HealthDay - WEDNESDAY, April 21 (HealthDay News) — Patients who’ve lost
weight after bariatric surgery breathe easier and take 50 percent fewer
prescription breathing medications, a new study finds.
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If you like this post, please buy me a beer for $3 8-)Reuters - Having two obese parents may substantially raise a child’s risk of becoming obese, with mom’s weight playing a particularly important role, a new study suggests.
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If you like this post, please buy me a beer for $3 8-)HealthDay - FRIDAY, April 16 (HealthDay News) — Because Americans are
getting heavier at an earlier age and failing to lose the extra pounds for
longer, researchers now believe that chronic illness and life expectancy
will be worse than previously estimated.
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Reuters - A variant of an obesity gene carried by more than a third of the U.S. population also reduces brain volume, raising carriers’ risk of Alzheimer’s disease, U.S. researchers said on Monday.
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If you like this post, please buy me a beer for $3 8-)HealthDay - TUESDAY, April 13 (HealthDay News) — Undergoing weight-loss
surgery before having a baby greatly lowers the risk that obese women will
develop major health problems during pregnancy, a new study reports.
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If you like this post, please buy me a beer for $3 8-)HealthDay - FRIDAY, April 9 (HealthDay News) — In the past 35 years, the
percentage of overweight or obese children in one Louisiana town has more
than tripled, new research shows.
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If you like this post, please buy me a beer for $3 8-)HealthDay - FRIDAY, April 9 (HealthDay News) — Obese pregnant women are at
increased risk of having a baby with a congenital heart defect, a new
study finds.
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If you like this post, please buy me a beer for $3 8-)Reuters - Women who eat lots of high glycemic index (GI) carbohydrates like white bread and ice-cream may be at greater risk of heart disease, but men do not seem to be affected, Italian scientists said on Monday.
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Reuters - A doctor’s endorsement of frequent recess breaks — and not just for kids — drew an appreciative response from experts meeting at a White House summit on childhood obesity on Friday.
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If you like this post, please buy me a beer for $3 8-)Reuters - The U.S. food industry agrees the White House can take the lead on making healthier school meals but said on Friday it could improve the food available in stores without government intervention.
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If you like this post, please buy me a beer for $3 8-)HealthDay - MONDAY, April 12 (HealthDay News) — A diet rich in carbohydrates
that are quickly transformed into sugar in the blood raises the risk of
heart disease for women, a new Italian study finds.
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If you like this post, please buy me a beer for $3 8-)Reuters - So-called fat dissolving treatments offered by spas do not eliminate fat and the companies should stop saying so, the U.S. Food and Drug Administration said on Wednesday.
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