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'Obesity genes' may influence food choices, eating patterns
Researchers from the Miriam Hospital say individuals with variations in certain "obesity genes" tend to eat more meals and snacks, consume more calories per day and choose the same high fat, sugary foods.
CDC recognizes obesity prevention and control initiatives with Pioneering Innovation awards
ATLANTA, May 9, 2012 /PRNewswire-USNewswire/ -- Six organizations and one person are recipients of the Pioneering Innovation Award for their work in advancing policies and environmental strategies to prevent and control obesity. The awards were given last night at the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention's Weight of the Nation( )Conference in Washington, D.C. The award recipients were ...
Retired King Co. judge featured in new HBO special on obesity
HBO is taking a new look at the obesity epidemic. Part of the documentary stars a surgeon specializing in bariatric procedures at UW Medical Center. And his patient is a King County District Court Judge whose severe weight problem forced him to confront his own mortality. In Darrell Phillipson’s backyard, you’ll find the fruits of his labor. “Onions, carrots behind you, lots of potatoes up there ...
Keeping obesity rates level could save nearly $550 billion over 2 decades
( Duke University Medical Center ) Researchers have forecast the cost savings and rise in obesity prevalence over the next two decades in a new public health study. The forecasting study found that 42 percent of the US population could be obese by 2030.
HBO film takes aim at nation's growing obesity epidemic
Produced by Sheila Nevins and John Hoffman, "Weight" pulls no punches, spares neither the multibillion-dollar food and advertising industries nor public officials for not only failing to fix the problem but actually making it worse. The category not only includes all kinds of packaged, processed foods, but, of course, fast-food offerings, which have become the plaque-building lifeblood of the ...
Obesity Fight Must Shift From Personal Blame, IOM Urges
* Report targets "obesogenic" environment, not individuals * Makes schools the center of the obesity fight * Consider taxing sugary drinks, changing farm policy By Sharon Begley NEW YORK, May 8 (Reuters) - America's obesity epidemic is so deeply rooted that it will take dramatic and systemic measures - from overhauling farm policies and zoning laws to, possibly, introducing a soda tax - to fix ...
Insight: America's hatred of fat hurts obesity fight
NEW YORK (Reuters) - One night when Lynn McAfee was 5 years old, her psychologically troubled mother left her at the side of a road as punishment for a now forgotten infraction. In the minutes before her mother's car returned, the terrified girl looked toward the nearby houses on the suburban Philadelphia street and wondered if she should walk over and ask for help. "But I didn't," said McAfee ...
Effective strategies urgently needed to stop progression of childhood obesity epidemic
Currently more than 10% of preschoolers in the U.S. are obese and effective strategies that target pregnancy, infancy, and toddlers are urgently needed to stop the progression of the childhood obesity epidemic, as proposed in an article in Childhood Obesity, a peer-reviewed journal from Mary Ann Liebert, Inc., publishers.
Kid Connection: Diabetes Rate Soars Among Youth
Kid Connection: Diabetes Rate Soars Among Youth
U.S. obesity crisis set to cause organ shortage as Americans become too fat to donate
Researchers conducted a single-center study which found that the growing obesity 'epidemic' in the US may be shrinking the pool of potential living kidney donors.
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