News tagged with overweight females
Overweight male teens with normal blood pressures showing signs of heart damage
Jun 01, 2009 |
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Even while their blood pressures are still normal, overweight male teens may have elevated levels of a hormone known to increase pressures as well as early signs of heart damage, researchers say.
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New study identifies risk factors of disordered eating in overweight youth
Jul 30, 2009 |
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University of Minnesota Project Eating Among Teens (EAT) researchers have identified factors that may increase overweight adolescents' risk of engaging in extreme weight control behaviors such as self-induced vomiting, the ...
How does media exposure affect self-esteem in overweight and underweight women?
Oct 13, 2009 |
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Overweight women's self-esteem plummets when they view photographs of models of any size, according to a new study in Journal of Consumer Research. And underweight women's esteem increases, regardless of models' size.
Research says fat friends and poor education helps people think thin
Jul 24, 2008 |
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Research by economists at the University of Warwick, Dartmouth College, and the University of Leuven, finds that people are powerfully but subconsciously influenced by the weight of those around them. Without being aware ...
Most college students wish they were thinner, study shows
Nov 20, 2007 |
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Most normal-weight women -- almost 90 percent in a Cornell study of 310 college students -- yearn to be thinner. Half of underweight women want to lose even more weight, or stay just the way they are, thank you very much.
Researchers discover correlation between GERD and obesity in females
Sep 14, 2007 |
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A group of scientists recently discovered an association between being overweight and a disease called gastro-esophageal reflux disease (GERD) in women.
Study: More teenage girls using diet pills
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Oct 30, 2006 |
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A new study suggests use of diet pills by teenage girls is rapidly increasing, with 20 percent of females using such pills by the time they are 20 years old.
Major study highlights weight differences among 3-19 year-olds with type 1 and 2 diabetes
Jun 22, 2009 |
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A major study of three to 19 year-olds has provided vital data on the weight problems faced by the growing number of children and young people with type 1 diabetes, which is more prevalent in younger age groups than type ...
Be overweight and live longer
Oct 16, 2009 |
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Contrary to what was previously assumed, overweight is not increasing the overall death rate in the German population.
U of M study identifies factors associated with successful weight loss in teens
Mar 27, 2007 |
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Participating in moderate to vigorous physical activity and limiting time in front of the television are some of the keys to successful weight loss in teens, according to researchers at the University of Minnesota Medical ...
Germans claim 'fattest Europeans' title
May 02, 2007 |
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Germany has laid claim to the dubious distinction of being the most obese country in Europe, the International Association for the Study of Obesity reports.
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