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Prevention is the best medicine for health care reform: Survey

16-Nov-2009 - pressure to play a role in tackling obesity, one of the biggest causes of preventable illness in America in the survey. According to an earlier report from the same groups, American obesity rates have increased ... obesity, health care

LA legislators debate action on soda

06-Nov-2009 - between obesity and sugary soft drinks. ... between obesity and sugary soft drinks. ... The Select Committee on Obesity and Diabetes and the Senate Health Committee held a joint hearing and state officials to discuss the alleged role of sugar-sweetened soft drinks in America’s obesity crisis ... obesity, soda tax

Kids’ programming disproportionately heavy on junk food ads

05-Nov-2009 - in recent years as the incidence of childhood obesity has risen. This latest study, published in the Journal -language networks, as one possible contributing factor to high obesity rates among Hispanic Americans. They found

Call for more education on Canadian nutrition labeling

02-Nov-2009 - decades. However, the organization said that the rising incidence of obesity in Canada provides evidence

Sugary foods could increase risk of high blood pressure: Study

02-Nov-2009 - there to suggest that high fructose consumption is harmful but to what extent it is responsible for obesity

Doctors resign over Coca-Cola funding

30-Oct-2009 - -sweetened drinks has been linked to higher rates of overweight and obesity.

Obesity Society urged to dismiss soda tax

28-Oct-2009 - Obesity Society urged to dismiss soda tax ... The Center for Consumer Freedom has urged attendees of the Obesity Society’s annual meeting to consider obesity a matter of personal responsibility rather than an issue to be regulated by government. ... The Center for Consumer Freedom has urged attendees of the Obesity Society’s annual meeting to consider obesity a matter of personal responsibility rather than an issue to be regulated by government. ... and academics to discuss research developments and diverse ways to tackle obesity, including policy interventions. Obesity rates have skyrocketed in the US in recent years – 15 percent of the population ... obesity, soda tax

Study slams industry-regulated marketing of kids’ cereals

26-Oct-2009 - to be advertised most aggressively, according to a study from Yale’s Rudd Center for Food Policy and Obesity. ... to be advertised most aggressively, according to a study from Yale’s Rudd Center for Food Policy and Obesity. ... Climbing rates of childhood obesity in the US have placed the food industry in the spotlight with the worst nutrition rankings.” Director of the Rudd Center for Food Policy and Obesity Kelly Brownell

Changing dietary fats could reduce disease risk: Study

22-Oct-2009 - and obesity, such as a large waistline, hypertension, high blood pressure, and low levels of HDL (high . Inflammation related to obesity is known to contribute to the development of a range of disorders, including ... monounsaturated fat, saturated fat, obesity, inflammation

Rating foods on nutrition and cost

21-Oct-2009 - choices. "The obesity epidemic in this country has the potential to get even worse if people

Calorie guidance could be too low, says SACN

16-Nov-2009 - to calories consumed to reduce the number of overweight and obese people. Assumed exercise levels the growing obesity problem in the UK. Some press reports suggested that the Department of Health

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Gut microflora and obesity: Study highlights potential for pre-, probiotics

12-Nov-2009 - Gut microflora and obesity: Study highlights potential for pre-, probiotics ... US researchers have successfully transferred gut bacteria from obese humans to germ-free mice, a breakthrough that will allow a more detailed study of the link between gut microflora and obesity. ... US researchers have successfully transferred gut bacteria from obese humans to germ-free mice, a breakthrough that will allow a more detailed study of the link between gut microflora and obesity. ... in the gut are different between obese and lean people, and that when the obese people lost weight their microflora reverted back to that observed in a lean person, suggesting that obesity may have a microbial ... probiotics, prebiotics, obesity

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Low-fat better for mood than low-carb: Study

10-Nov-2009 - Losing weight has previously been seen to improve the psychological state of overweight and obese . To investigate this, the team designed a one year study involving 106 overweight and obese individuals

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Fructose sweeteners may promote Syndrome X

09-Nov-2009 - . Metabolic syndrome (MetS) is a condition characterised by central obesity, hypertension, and disturbed statistic is estimated to be a whopping 32 per cent. Obesity is established to be the main risk factor ... fructose, metabolic syndrome, obesity

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Fizzy drinks set to recover growth

06-Nov-2009 - markets, the issue of obesity has had a high profile and the low calorie segment has played an important ... carbonate, obesity, diet

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News in brief

Report indicates drop in child obesity stats

05-Nov-2009 - Report indicates drop in child obesity stats ... A new report from Oxford University has found a drop in forecast obesity rates for children in the UK, which the government has interpreted as indicating obesity is “levelling off”. ... A new report from Oxford University has found a drop in forecast obesity rates for children in the UK, which the government has interpreted as indicating obesity is “levelling off”. ... The report looked at overweight and obesity levels forecast to 2020, and found current rates to indicate that just 30 per cent of 2 to 11 year olds will be overweight or obese by 2030, compared ... Obesity

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Maternal folic acid – pregnancy stage may influence asthma risk

05-Nov-2009 - acid supplements in late pregnancy were associated with a 26 per cent increased risk of childhood of Diseases in Childhood, doi:10.1136/adc.2008.142448). Asthma stats According to the European

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Acid-sensitive gum may fill you up for longer, cut snacking

05-Nov-2009 - and obese women found a 10 per cent reduction in energy intake between lunch and dinner as a result

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Full fat milk could be linked to low BMI, study

04-Nov-2009 - With obesity rates on the rise, the relationship between dairy and weight management has come of a reduced calorie diet can help fight obesity. Researchers at the New Curtin University

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Lychee extract may trim waist fat: Study

04-Nov-2009 - obesity, hypertension, and disturbed glucose and insulin metabolism. The syndrome has been linked obesity by low-molecular-weight polyphenol (Oligonol) from lychee” Authors: J. Nishihira, M. Sato

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