News tagged with weight status

Experts weigh the heavy impact words have when creating policies for better health

Are words weighing down America's ability to improve its health? According to a group of weight and health experts assembled by the Strategies to Overcome and Prevent (STOP) Obesity Alliance, the answer is yes. There is a ...

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created Oct 20, 2011 | popularity 5 / 5 (1) | comments 0

The pill does not lead to weight gain

Many young women do not want to start taking the contraceptive pill because they are worried that they will put on weight, or come off it because they think that they have gained weight because of it. However, a thesis from ...

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created Jun 07, 2011 | popularity not rated yet | comments 0

Study suggests weight-loss focus is ineffective, harmful

Dieting and other weight-loss efforts may unintentionally lead to weight gain and diminished health status, according to two researchers, including a UC Davis nutritionist, whose new study appears in the Jan. 24 issue of ...

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created Jan 25, 2011 | popularity not rated yet | comments 1

Family, friends, social ties influence weight status in young adults

Does obesity tend to "cluster" among young adults? And if so, what impact does it have on both their weight and weight-related behaviors? That's what researchers from The Miriam Hospital's Weight Control and Diabetes Research ...

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created Jan 11, 2011 | popularity not rated yet | comments 0

Tendency to obesity starts with pre-schoolers

When it comes to understanding where tendencies to overweight and obesity develop, you have to begin with the very young, says John Spence, a behavioural scientist in the Faculty of Physical Education and Recreation at the ...

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created Oct 27, 2010 | popularity not rated yet | comments 0

Body-image distortion predicts onset of unsafe weight-loss behaviors

Normal weight and underweight teenage girls who falsely believe they are overweight are at significantly greater risk of succumbing to unnecessary and unsafe weight-loss behaviors than girls who can accurately assess their ...

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created Jun 17, 2010 | popularity 3.5 / 5 (2) | comments 0 | with audio podcast

Patterns of growth changing in Inuit preschoolers

Inuit preschoolers in Nunavut are as tall as their U.S. counterparts but they're also heavier, according to a new study published in the online edition of the International Journal of Circumpolar Health.

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created Apr 19, 2010 | popularity not rated yet | comments 0

Chubby hubby is common, but ethnicity matters

(PhysOrg.com) -- A new study helps untangle how marriage, gender and ethnicity are related to body weight. The study of almost 8,000 men and women will be published in the journal Obesity.

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created Dec 01, 2009 | popularity 5 / 5 (1) | comments 0