Medical Xpress: Medical Xpress news tagged with: obesity problem http://medicalxpress.com/ en-us Medical Xpress internet news portal provides the latest news on Health and Medicine. US kids consuming fewer calories, report finds (HealthDay)—Finally, some good news in the war on childhood obesity: Kids in the United States now consume fewer calories each day than they did 12 years ago, according to a new government report. http://medicalxpress.com/news/2013-02-kids-consuming-calories.html Health Thu, 21 Feb 2013 13:40:01 EST news280673816 Public health researcher connects rise in obesity to generational 'knowledge gap' A growing generational disconnect between adults and children is putting thousands of years of cultural tradition and culinary knowledge in southern Arizona in jeopardy, according to a recent study by a researcher in the University of Georgia College of Public Health. The impact of this "knowledge gap" could help to explain the rise of childhood obesity, Type II diabetes and cardiovascular disease in Native American and Mexican-American populations in Arizona. http://medicalxpress.com/news/2013-02-health-obesity-knowledge-gap.html Overweight and Obesity Tue, 05 Feb 2013 06:23:37 EST news279267792 What is the best way to measure obesity? (Medical Xpress)—Weight divided by height squared. The simple formula known as body mass index, or BMI, is used every day by doctors, researchers and others to determine who among us is obese, and therefore at risk for a host of health problems. http://medicalxpress.com/news/2013-01-obesity.html Overweight and Obesity Mon, 07 Jan 2013 06:32:58 EST news276762663 Second to US in obesity, Mexico wants kids to slim down Mexico, second in obesity in the world after the United States, wants its children to cut down on the soft drinks and fatty foods that have made them the chubbiest kids in Latin America. http://medicalxpress.com/news/2012-10-obesity-mexico-kids-slim.html Overweight and Obesity Sat, 20 Oct 2012 05:35:45 EST news269930131 After Ramadan fast, Indonesians 'eat with a vengeance' As Indonesia shifts from a month of fasting during Ramadan to a week-long eating binge for the Eid al-Fitr Muslim holiday, doctors are braced for an annual spike in complaints of rapid weight gain. http://medicalxpress.com/news/2012-08-ramadan-fast-indonesians-vengeance.html Health Fri, 17 Aug 2012 23:50:02 EST news264464652 The food industry should be regulated: expert "The obesity crisis is made worse by the way industry formulates and markets its products and so must be regulated to prevent excesses and to protect the public good," writes a leading food expert in this week's PLoS Medicine. http://medicalxpress.com/news/2012-07-food-industry-expert.html Health Tue, 03 Jul 2012 17:00:03 EST news260553000 US cancer death rates continue to decline, national report finds A report from the nation's leading cancer organizations shows rates of death in the United States from all cancers for men and women continued to decline between 2004 and 2008. The findings come from the latest Annual Report to the Nation on the Status of Cancer. http://medicalxpress.com/news/2012-03-cancer-death-decline-national.html Cancer Wed, 28 Mar 2012 17:07:36 EST news252172379 BMI differences: The immigrant equation (Edmonton) The obesity problem plaguing Canadians is a story heard frequently these days. For Katerina Maximova, making connections between the rising body mass index, or BMI, among native-born Canadian versus immigrant children has been the focus of a recent study. http://medicalxpress.com/news/2011-05-bmi-differences-immigrant-equation.html Health Thu, 05 May 2011 14:00:06 EST news223821237