Archive for 'Obesity'
Shining the Light on Brown Fat
British Study Says Obesity May Be Influenced By Daylight The last time brown fat was news, I predicted itâd be back in the health headlines when the sleigh bells were a jingling, ring-ting-a-tingling. Consider it an early Christmas gift. Back in April, the last time I talked about brown fat, a study was published in [...]
Posted: August 30th, 2009 under Obesity.
Tags: brown fat, brown fat and obesity, brown fat in humans, daylight, fat deposits
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Pomegranate Prevention
Study Says the Seeded Apple May Help Prevent Obesity, Diabetes For me, the month of August is one of the more sad times of the year. Itâs a month of endings: The summerâs last hurrah, the end of balmy weather, and final reminiscences at the family get-together. On the other hand, August can be a [...]
Posted: August 30th, 2009 under Diabetes, Obesity, Pomegranate.
Tags: pomegranates, pomegranates antioxidants, pomegranates nutrition
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Booming Boomers
Baby Boomers Now the Heaviest Americans This article is brought to you by the word âboom.â The unemployment rate? Booming, reaching a 26 year high in the month of June at 9.5 percent. The amount of rain in New York? Booming, as June was one of the cloudiest, rainiest Junes on record â ever! And [...]
Posted: July 7th, 2009 under Obesity.
Tags: baby boomer statistics, obesity statistics, obesity statistics america
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Obesityâs Deadly Deed
Obesity Increases Deadliest Forms of Cancer It goes without saying that any cancer diagnosis is bad news, but some diagnoses are worse than others. Virtually all cancers have good survival rates, so long as theyâre diagnosed early, but some are hard just plain hard to pinpoint, which means that by the time they are diagnosed [...]
Posted: June 29th, 2009 under Cancer, Obesity.
Tags: pancreatic cancer
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Head âliesâ
Correcting the âChubbyâ Headlines on Lifespan Claims Iâve found in my writing of articles over the years that misleading headlines are becoming more and more commonplace. I wonder if I shouldnât make it a weekly feature, something like, âThe Latest Headâlieâ.â Itâs almost as if the goal of headline writers is to get people to [...]
Posted: June 24th, 2009 under Lifespan, Misleading Headlines, Obesity.
Tags: Misleading Headlines, overweight
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Chew on This: Almonds
Study: Vigorous Chewing on Almonds Suppresses Appetite In a recent article, I talked about a certain chewing gum company promoting the fact that one ought to chew gum to avoid snack attacks in the middle of the afternoon. Aside from the fact that traditional chewing gum is loaded with chemicals that can send your digestive [...]
Posted: May 24th, 2009 under Appetite Suppressors, Obesity.
Tags: almonds, almonds appetite suppressant, chewing, suppress appetite
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Ah-Chew?
National Institutes of Health Links Obesity to Allergies While April showers bring the May flowers of the spring (though Iâm starting to doubt that mantra, as itâs been raining in NYC for well over a week now), it ushers in an unwelcome rite of season as well:Â allergies. Ah, yes, allergy season is upon us, [...]
Posted: May 10th, 2009 under Allergies, Childhood Obesity, Obesity.
Tags: obesity and allergies
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Overweight Today, Disabled Tomorrow?
Study: Overweight in Young Life Triples Likelihood of Mobility Issues in Older Life Establishing a healthy lifestyle while young is so important. It sets up a healthy habit that weâll continue to live by throughout our life (remember, the best predictor of future behavior is past behavior); it ensures that we wonât fall victim to [...]
Posted: April 13th, 2009 under Obesity.
Tags: mobility issues
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âBrownâ Back in Town
After Eight-Month Sabbatical, Brown Fat News Returns I often like to review past articles so as not to repeat myself. Even though thereâs a fairly constant flow of new health news developing, major media outlets are sometimes slow on the uptake, reporting on things that yours truly already knew about. So when news âbrokeâ about [...]
Posted: April 13th, 2009 under Obesity.
Tags: brown fat, white fat
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Green Acres Really Is the Place to Be
Study: Park Populated Places Breed Active Kids Fans of Eva Gabor, I have news for you:Â It turns out Green Acres really is âthe place to be.â The eponymous 1965 television sitcom aired a wee bit before my time, but as I understand it, âGreen Acresâ centered on the life of two city slickers who [...]
Posted: March 19th, 2009 under Exercise, Obesity, Walking.
Tags: physical activity
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