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US child obesity may be stabilizing after huge rise: study (AFP)
AFP - The obesity rate among American children and teenagers may have stabilized after a dramatic rise in the 1980s and 1990s that has been described as an epidemic, according to a US study on Wednesday.
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China's child obesity problem 'ballooning' (AFP)
AFP - Child obesity is ballooning into a big problem in China as ‘little emperors’ are increasingly getting an appetite for the Western couch-potato way of life, according to a study presented in Geneva.
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Study hints obesity epidemic among US children has peaked (AP)
AP - The percentage of American children who are overweight or obese appears to have leveled off after a 25-year increase, according to new figures that offer a glimmer of hope in an otherwise dismal battle.
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Child obesity epidemic seen leveling off (Reuters)
Reuters - The U.S. childhood obesity epidemic
leveled off this decade after surging for about 20 years, but a
worrisome 16 percent of young people remain obese, risking
serious health problems, researchers said on Tuesday.
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Low-carb diets work for overweight diabetics (Reuters)
Reuters - Overweight people with type 2
diabetes can keep their weight and blood sugar under control
over the long term by following a low-carbohydrate diet,
Swedish researchers report.
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Probiotics weight loss after bypass surgery (Reuters)
Reuters - In a study conducted at
Stanford University, obese patients who took probiotics after
undergoing gastric bypass surgery lost more weight than
patients who had the surgery but did not take the supplements.
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Obesity battle among US children may have peaked (AP)
AP - The percentage of American children who are overweight or obese appears to have leveled off after a 25-year increase, according to new figures that offer a glimmer of hope in an otherwise dismal battle.
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Drugs Alone Don't Lower Heart Disease Risks for Overweight Americans (HealthDay)
HealthDay - MONDAY, May 12 (HealthDay News) — Daily doses of statins and
blood pressure medications will not be enough to prevent heart disease
among the ever-growing number of Baby Boomers who are overweight or obese,
a new study suggests.
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China's child obesity problem 'ballooning' (AFP)
AFP - Child obesity is ballooning into a big problem in China as ‘little emperors’ are increasingly getting an appetite for the Western couch-potato way of life, according to a study presented in Geneva.
Tags: Weight Loss Help, Weight Loss Tips
Drugs Alone Don't Lower Heart Disease Risks for Overweight Americans (HealthDay)
HealthDay - MONDAY, May 12 (HealthDay News) — Daily doses of statins and
blood pressure medications will not be enough to prevent heart disease
among the ever-growing number of Baby Boomers who are overweight or obese,
a new study suggests.
Tags: Weight Loss Help, Weight Loss Tips
