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Obesity experts and doctors team up to offer free weight-loss tools for patients and providers
Talking about excess weight can be awkward. But talking about it with your health-care provider can also be lifesaving. To help foster that conversation, Obesity Action Coalition, a nonprofit group dedicated to helping obese individuals, has launched...
Tags: High Blood Pressure, Overweight, Weight, Physical Fitness and Exercise, Arthritis
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Talk back: Should California pass a soda tax?
Should the state play a role in preventing obesity among its residents? State Sen. Bill Monning (D-Carmel) has introduced legislation that would levy a 1-cent-per-ounce tax on sweetened beverages, including sodas, as part of an effort to fight obesity...
Tags: Children's Health, Weight, Consumers, New York City
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The weight loss debate: Do men really shed pounds faster than women?
marieg@herald-mail.comYou've been working hard to lose weight — following your diet to the letter, battling through food temptations and putting in extra time each day on the treadmill. But your husband, who is following the same routine, is shedding the pounds more...Tags: Medical Specialization, Weight, Biology, Physical Fitness and Exercise, Genetics
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Roanoke Natural Foods Co-Op, urban farmers' markets work to make healthy foods accessible to all
WDBJ7 ReporterMore people than ever are on food stamps, but sometimes that help isn't used for the heathiest of foods. In fact, studies show poverty and obesity are intertwined. Locally, organizations are trying to do something about it. The Roanoke Natural Foods...Tags: Dining and Drinking, Arable Farming, Supplemental Nutrition Assistance Program, Weight, Healthy Diet
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When weight is disabling
Lisa Harrison weighed 527 pounds on the day she was fired from her job at a Louisiana drug addiction treatment center. The 5-foot-2-inch Harrison, who believed her employer considered her "disabled" due to her weight, filed a discrimination charge with...
Tags: BAE Systems Plc., American Medical Association, Weight, Yale University, Health Organizations
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Local youths get HEROES awards for programs that fight obesity
Vital Signs Health Blog - Orlando SentinelFour Central Florida programs developed by kids to help combat childhood obesity recently received nearly $3,500 in grant funding from UnitedHealthcare. The grants are part of the United Health HEROES program, a collaboration between UnitedHealthcare... -
Strict school lunch standards tied to healthy weight
ReutersNEW YORK (Reuters Health) - Strict school lunch standards that are similar to new regulations from the U.S. government may be tied to healthier body weights among students, according to a new study. "I think it's evidence that healthier school lunches...Tags: Health and Safety at School, University of Pennsylvania, New York University, Weight, Students
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Patients often biased against fat doctors, too
ReutersNEW YORK (Reuters Health) - People are less likely to trust and follow the advice of an overweight doctor, according to a new online survey that suggests "weight bias" may go both ways in the doctor-patient relationship. "There's lots of work which shows...Tags: Overweight, Health and Safety at School, Weight, Yale University, New Haven (New Haven, Connecticut)
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Food deserts may not be key in what people eat, study says
There’s no strong evidence of an association between living within walking distance of places to buy food and being overweight or not, researchers said after interviewing nearly 100,000 Californians. Given the attention to the idea of food deserts...
Tags: Overweight, Weight, Body Mass Index, Personal Income, Science and Technology
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Watch Jimmy Kimmel skewer Coachella pretenders
Sure, the Coachella Valley Music and Arts Festival offers enough music for every fan -- despite whatever gripes purists have about the year’s lineup -- but the festival has become just as good for people-watching. And not just innocuous gaping...
Tags: Two Door Cinema Club (music group), Entertainment Events, Entertainment, Festive Events, Epidemics and Plagues
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Cancer drug may double as fat-busting treatment for obesity
Way back in 2002, Dr. Judah Folkman hit upon a tantalizing weight-loss strategy for obese mice. When given daily injections of a drug designed to fight cancer, their fat melted away. The higer the dose they got, the more fat they lost. Some of the obese...
Tags: University of Mississippi, Bevacizumab (drug), Weight, Research, Science and Technology
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Emanuel's trade: recycling carts for soft drink plugs
Clout StreetMayor Rahm Emanuel on Monday announced his latest partnership with Coca-Cola: The soft drink giant will pay for 50,000 blue recycling carts for Chicago homes and in return gets to put images of Coke products on the lids of the familiar bins. Emanuel tied...Tags: Weight, Physical Fitness and Exercise, Chicago Mayor, Richard M. Daley, Rahm Emanuel
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