Obesity

Fat Fees and Smoker Surcharges: Tough-Love Health Incentives

Psychology Professor Anita Blanchard has a pretty sweet deal with her employer. Even if the 40-something mother of three leaves her job at the University of North Carolina at Charlotte, the state of North Carolina guarantees...

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What's a body to do?

SUNDAY STEW | Sports can't avoid taking on these serious physical issues BY RICK TELANDER Sun-Times Columnist This is the body and sex edition of Sunday Stew. Young South African track star Caster Semenya, who won the women's...

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Early Data Link Diet Drug to MI, Stroke, and Cardiac Death

WASHINGTON (MedPage Today) -- Preliminary analysis of data from a placebo-controlled study of sibutramine (Meridia) suggest an excess risk of cardiovascular events including myocardial infarction and cardiac death among...

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Pounding off the fat

Obesity begone! Americans are lacing up athletic shoes and signing up to run in 5Ks, 10-milers and even marathons in record numbers. In a country often lampooned as populated with obese soda-swilling TV junkies, some 9.2...

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U.S. so fat that less smoking, new drugs can't cut heart risks

Two decades of improved treatments haven't made a dent in the threat of heart disease in the U.S. because too many adults are obese, according to researchers from the University of Texas. As the nation's average body mass...

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Causes for Obesity in Childhood

Being an Overweight Child Increases Likehood of Adulthood Obesity Many researchers believe that there are a number of specific factors that influence the likelihood of childhood obesity. Although there are a number of causes of...

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College: Fatties May Not Graduate

Lincoln University has instituted a graduation requirement not known of at other institutions: students need to take a fitness class in order to graduate. Students not obese are excused from this requirement. Health experts...

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lose weight fast

http://www.loseweightreallyfastnow.org The way to cure Obesity is not always by lowering your Daily Calories, and here's why Your total daily calories is not the deciding factor in whether you're overweight or skinny By...

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Ban BPA In all Consumer Products

The artificial compound bisphenol A (BPA) is currently used by many major food brands as a lining metal cans. It is also found in baby formula containers and in other consumer productucts such as the plastic linings of metal...

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Subcategories

Child Obesity , Morbid Obesity