Sep
7
Infants And Young Children Who Don’t Sleep Enough At Night Have Higher Risk Of Obesity Later On
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Young children and infants who do not get enough nighttime sleep have a significantly higher risk of becoming obese later on in life - napping does not reduce the obesity risk significantly, reports a study published in Archives of Pediatrics & Adolescent Medicine, a JAMA/Archives journal. Over the last 20 years obesity rates in the USA and many other countries has increased dramatically…
Sep
6
Young kids who sleep less at risk of obesity: study (AFP)
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AFP - Children under the age of five who don’t get enough sleep at night are more likely than kids who do get their 40 winks to become obese at a young age, a study published Monday showed.
Sep
6
According to a new report, 2 out of every 5 of New York City’s children from kindergarten to eighth grade, are either overweight or obese. This figure, released in a report on Sunday, comes from the latest New York City (NYC) Fitnessgram assessment, a new program that was piloted in 2005-06 and is now in place across the city…
Sep
6
Only about one in every six Americans who have ever been overweight or obese loses weight and maintains that loss, according to Penn State College of Medicine researchers. While that number is larger than most weight-loss clinical trials report, the majority of Americans are still unable to lose weight and keep it off…
Sep
3
Overweight? Obese? Or Normal Weight? Americans Have Hard Time Gauging Their Weight
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For many Americans fat is the new “norm.” More and more people are unable to accurately describe themselves using their height-to-weight ratio known as body mass index the scale that determines levels of overweight and obesity, a new Harris Interactive/HealthDay poll found…
Sep
2
A majority of adults in California are obese or overweight, and more than 2 million have been diagnosed with diabetes, according to a new study from the UCLA Center for Health Policy Research…
Aug
13
South Carolina to cover obesity surgery next year (AP)
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AP - Obese government workers in South Carolina can get stomach-shrinking surgery through the state health plan under a pilot program that starts in January.
Aug
11
Obesity linked to lower sperm count in young men (Reuters)
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Reuters - Young men who are obese may have a lower sperm count than their normal-weight counterparts, a new study suggests.
Aug
9
Latest Increase In US Obesity Rate Will Mean More Cancers, Experts Warn
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According to just-released figures from the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention 2.4 million more Americans became obese between 2007 and 2009. Approximately 26.7 percent of the US adult population, or 72.5 million people, are now obese…
Aug
9
Large Pregnancy Weight Gains May Increase Child’s Obesity Risk, Study Funds
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Women who gain a high level of weight during pregnancy are more likely than women who gain less weight to give birth to high-birthweight infants, which can increase the infants’ likelihood of eventually becoming obese, a new study published in the Lancet found, USA Today reports (Hellmich, USA Today, 8/5). The study analyzed natality records for more than 513,000 women and more than 1…