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Family Routines Can Help Control Obesity in Children (Time Magazine)
By admin at 8 February, 2010, 3:45 pm
Family Routines Can Help Control Obesity in Children (Time Magazine)
Simple changes in lifestyle habits are associated with a lower risk of obesity in children, a long-term study finds
Pre-school children should live as they did 25 years ago - study (Daily Telegraph)
By admin at 8 February, 2010, 3:45 pm
Pre-school children should live as they did 25 years ago - study (Daily Telegraph)
Young children should live as they did a generation ago to help prevent obesity, a new study shows.
Snack time can be healthy time for children (Erie Times-News)
By admin at 8 February, 2010, 3:45 pm
Snack time can be healthy time for children (Erie Times-News)
Whether they clamor for cookies, beg for bagels or plead for pudding, it seems that children are always angling for a snack.
Obese teens offered surgery option (CBC Toronto)
By admin at 6 February, 2010, 2:26 am
Obese teens offered surgery option (CBC Toronto)
Canadian teens who are severely obese because of medical conditions will be offered weight-loss surgery in a new program.
Childhood obesity an epidemic in Queens (Queens Chronicle)
By admin at 6 February, 2010, 2:26 am
Childhood obesity an epidemic in Queens (Queens Chronicle)
There’s no vaccine for it and the problem is not going away. Childhood obesity is a nationwide epidemic. Unfortunately, Queens statistics show the situation is much the same here, where one in six children are overweight or obese.
A Tradition of Bad Nutrition (New York Times)
By admin at 6 February, 2010, 2:26 am
A Tradition of Bad Nutrition (New York Times)
Obesity is a condition in which a person’s body mass index, or B.M.I., is 30 or higher. Millions of Americans are overweight or obese. Scientists say that diet and exercise matter, but so do factors like genetics
Diabetes medication may help decrease BMI in obese adolescents (Science Daily)
By admin at 3 February, 2010, 1:46 pm
Diabetes medication may help decrease BMI in obese adolescents (Science Daily)
Metformin XR (extended release formulation) — a medication used to treat type 2 diabetes — appears to cause a small but significant decrease in body mass index (BMI) in non-diabetic obese adolescents when combined with a lifestyle intervention program, according to a report.
Diabetes Medication May Help Decrease BMI in Obese Adolescents (Kansas City InfoZine)
By admin at 3 February, 2010, 1:46 pm
Diabetes Medication May Help Decrease BMI in Obese Adolescents (Kansas City InfoZine)
Over the past 50 years, childhood obesity rates in the United States have tripled and 31.9 percent of children are now overweight or obese, according to background information in the article.
Metformin May Help Obese Teens Lose Weight (MedicineNet.com)
By admin at 3 February, 2010, 1:46 pm
Metformin May Help Obese Teens Lose Weight (MedicineNet.com)
Title: Metformin May Help Obese Teens Lose Weight Category: Health News Created: 2/2/2010 10:22:00 AM Last Editorial Review: 2/2/2010 10:22:04 AM
Diabetes medication may help decrease BMI in obese adolescents (PhysOrg)
By admin at 2 February, 2010, 6:47 am
Diabetes medication may help decrease BMI in obese adolescents (PhysOrg)
a medication used to treat type 2 diabetes -appears to cause a small but significant decrease in body mass index (BMI) in non-diabetic obese adolescents when combined with a lifestyle intervention program, according to a report in the February issue of Archives of Pediatrics & Adolescent [...]
