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Nevada professor devises new childhood obesity screening tools

Nevada professor devises new childhood obesity screening tools

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created Dec 03, 2009 | popularity not rated yet | comments 0

A University of Nevada, Reno professor who thinks the present weight management charts and screening tools for children are too difficult to understand and use has devised new, simpler charts that pediatricians ...





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Overweight children may develop back pain and spinal abnormalities

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created Dec 01, 2009 | popularity not rated yet | comments 0

Being overweight as a child could lead to early degeneration in the spine, according to a study presented today at the annual meeting of the Radiological Society of North America (RSNA).


Obesity increases the risk for obstructive sleep apnea in adolescents, but not in younger children

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created Dec 15, 2009 | popularity not rated yet | comments 0

A study in the Dec. 15 issue of the Journal of Clinical Sleep Medicine shows that being overweight or obese increases the risk for developing obstructive sleep apnea (OSA) in adolescents but not in younger children.


Less TV time may help overweight adults burn more calories, researcher says

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created Dec 14, 2009 | popularity not rated yet | comments 0

(PhysOrg.com) -- Adults may stave off weight gain by simply spending less time watching television, according to a new study. Overweight adults who cut television time in half burned more calories as a result. ...


Proximity to convenience stores fosters child obesity

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created Dec 17, 2009 | popularity 2 / 5 (1) | comments 1

Childhood obesity is directly related to how close kids live to convenience stores, according to the preliminary findings of a major Canadian study presented at the Entretiens Jacques-Cartier in Lyon, France. The ongoing ...


Investigators identify successful weight control strategies for adolescents

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created Dec 01, 2009 | popularity not rated yet | comments 0

Adolescent obesity is a major public health problem that impacts one out of every three children, resulting in 4-5 million overweight youth in the United States. In a study published in the December 2009 issue of the Journal of ...


Why a short run is better than a long walk

Why a short run is better than a long walk

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created Dec 02, 2009 | popularity 4.6 / 5 (22) | comments 2

(PhysOrg.com) -- Using the latest technology, researchers are uncovering evidence of exactly how major a role activity plays in the battle to keep obesity at bay. In new report published in the British Me ...


Taiwan mulls world's first junk food tax: report

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created Dec 21, 2009 | popularity 1 / 5 (1) | comments 1

Taiwan is planning the world's first tax on junk food in a bid to encourage the public to eat healthily and cut obesity rates, a report said Monday.


Better education associated with improved asthma

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created Dec 17, 2009 | popularity not rated yet | comments 0

Individuals with more education suffer less from asthma. Researchers writing in BioMed Central's open access journal Respiratory Research have found that having less than 12 years of formal schooling is associated with w ...


Type 2 diabetes gene predisposes children to obesity

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created Dec 07, 2009 | popularity not rated yet | comments 0

Pediatric researchers have found that a gene already implicated in the development of type 2 diabetes in adults also raises the risk of being overweight during childhood. The finding sheds light on the genetic origins of ...


Study finds over 90 percent of people with gum disease are at risk for diabetes

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created Dec 14, 2009 | popularity 3 / 5 (3) | comments 1

The study, led by Dr. Shiela Strauss, Associate Professor of Nursing and Co-Director of the Statistics and Data Management Core for NYU's Colleges of Dentistry and Nursing, examined data from 2,923 adult participants in the ...



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