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Overweight & Obesity

Hopeful sign in obesity fight? Chubby babies on the decline (Update)

A decline in chubby babies and toddlers is providing a glimmer of good news in the fight against childhood obesity.

Dec 13, 2016

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Health

Taxing sugar-sweetened beverages could yield sweet results

(PhysOrg.com) -- Taxing sugar-sweetened beverages a penny-per-ounce could reduce consumption and generate significant revenue, finds a study by the Rudd Center for Food Policy and Obesity at Yale University and the Bridging ...

May 13, 2011

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Health

Mobile app boosts weight loss by 15 pounds

Using a mobile app that tracks eating and activity helped people lose an average of 15 pounds and keep it off for at least a year, according to a new Northwestern Medicine study.

Dec 10, 2012

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Health

'Healthy' habits linked to childhood obesity in China

Teenaged boys from well-off Chinese families who say they are physically active and eat plenty of vegetables but few sweets are more likely to be overweight, according to a study led by researchers at the Keck School of Medicine ...

Jul 11, 2011

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Fat nation—the rise and fall of obesity on the political agenda

When we hear the word "obesity", the words "crisis" or "epidemic" often follow. And as being overweight, obese and eating an unhealthy diet are leading contributors to disease in Australia, evidence is mounting that "tackling ...

May 26, 2017

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Diabetes

Physical exercise reduces risk of developing diabetes: study

Exercising more reduces the risk of diabetes and could see seven million fewer diabetic patients across mainland China, Hong Kong and Taiwan, according to new research.

Feb 20, 2018

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Pediatrics

Americans need to tackle youth obesity: US task force

(HealthDay)—Childhood obesity is such a crisis in America that officials have been updating recommendations for how early intervention should begin.

Dec 30, 2019

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Doctors and public health researchers say shocking diabetes rates can be reduced

(Medical Xpress) -- Leading medical specialists, public health researchers and nutritionists warn that not enough is being done to prevent the rapidly increasing diabetes rates, largely caused by significant increases in ...

Aug 12, 2011

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Overweight & Obesity

The link between urban design and childhood obesity

Children who live in more walkable neighbourhoods have a smaller waist measurement and a lower BMI (body mass index). Those are the findings of a Montreal research team led by INRS professor Tracie A. Barnett. According to ...

Mar 29, 2018

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