Obesity
Obesity is a medical condition in which excess body fat has accumulated to the extent that it may have an adverse effect on health, leading to reduced life expectancy and/or increased health problems.
An ambitious goal: Michelle Obama's campaign to eliminate child obesity ... - Houston Chronicle
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 Telegraph.co.uk | An ambitious goal: Michelle Obama's campaign to eliminate child obesity ... Houston Chronicle Over the past 30 years, childhood obesity rates in this country have tripled. Now about one child in three is either obese or overweight. ... Obesity: Now comes the hard part Target Now on Childhood Obesity: Looking to Nip the Issue in the Bud? Briana Scurry of Washington Freedom Joins First Lady to Fight Child Obesity |
Published on Sunday 7th of March 2010 09:35:05 AM
Gut bacteria causes obesity: Study - Press TV
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 MedIndia | Gut bacteria causes obesity: Study Press TV Some of the hundreds of bacteria found in the digestive systems are believed to be responsible for obesity and a group of other health conditions, ... Bugs in the gut can cause obesity: study Obesity: How Intestinal Bacteria May Cause Weight Gain Germs in the Gut May Promote Obesity |
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Female wine drinkers at lower obesity risk - Times of India
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 Daily Mail | Female wine drinkers at lower obesity risk Times of India Female wine drinkers can take heart: A new study has shown that moderate drinkers have a lower risk of obesity than teetotalers. The study, which included ... Female Drinkers Less Prone To Obesity Than Teetotalers Wine's got great body! Drink up girls: wine isn't fattening |
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A matter of size - Boston Globe
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A matter of size Boston Globe It has the lowest adult obesity rate in the western suburbs, and one of the lowest in Massachusetts, based on estimates by the state Department of Public ... A matter of size A matter of size |
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Taste buds may hold new key to obesity - The Age
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Taste buds may hold new key to obesity The Age A Deakin University study has found that humans can detect a sixth taste - fat - and this may hold the key to reducing obesity. Building on US research that ... Get a taste for fat Humans found to have sixth taste: fat |
Published on Sunday 7th of March 2010 09:35:05 AM
Fat American children: many causes, a lifetime of effects - Los Angeles Times
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 Los Angeles Times | Fat American children: many causes, a lifetime of effects Los Angeles Times Although evidence suggests that obesity rates are leveling off overall, for some groups of kids — especially poor or minority kids — the problem continues ... Majority of Obese People Fail to Recognize Their Own Obesity Colorado, California Cities Dominate Slimmest Cities List Good Health Habits the Norm in Slimmest US Metro Areas |
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School lunch programs can reverse child obesity - Houston Chronicle
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 The First Reporter | School lunch programs can reverse child obesity Houston Chronicle Although it is counterintuitive that increasing access to school food is a way to prevent obesity, we found that young, low-income children who participate ... Kimberly Garrison: You can save your child from scourge of obesity Childhood Obesity Prevention Should be Started at an Early Age, Says Research Research Roundup: Childhood Obesity, Insurance Coverage In Cancer Trials ... |
Published on Sunday 7th of March 2010 09:35:05 AM
Obesity risks start before birth - Los Angeles Times
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 Los Angeles Times | Obesity risks start before birth Los Angeles Times Today, one of every three US children is overweight — but it's much easier to prevent obesity than to treat it. That's why pediatric obesity experts now say ... |
Published on Sunday 7th of March 2010 09:35:05 AM
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Daniel Webster: orator delivered his Seventh of March speech defending the Compromise of 1850 (1850)
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