Diabetes
Adapting to mainstream lowers diabetes risk in African-Americans
Trying to find a produce store or a large grocer in an economically depressed neighborhood is about as easy as finding an apple in a candy store.
Aug 26, 2013
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Journal of Obesity
Overweight & Obesity
JumpstartMD commercial program seems effective for weight loss
(HealthDay)—The commercial low-calorie, low-carbohydrate JumpstartMD program is effective for weight loss, according to a study published online Jan. 21 in the Journal of Obesity.
Jan 23, 2020
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Overweight & Obesity
Body mass and evolution—why the body mass index is a limited measure of public health
Charles Darwin died in 1882 at the age of 73, likely of a heart attack. At the time, the average life span in England was about 44 years. Darwin, by any stretch of the imagination, was a long-lived man, despite suffering ...
Jun 27, 2017
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Overweight & Obesity
Can thinking that you are fat make you fat?
They're everywhere -- in magazines, on the Internet, on television—people with super-thin bodies who are presented as having the ideal body form. But despite the increasing pressure to be thin, more and more of us are ...
Aug 8, 2012
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Overweight & Obesity
Advocating weight diversity
A new review of the way health care professionals emphasise weight to define health and wellbeing suggests the approach could be harmful to patients.
Oct 7, 2014
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