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    Apr 29, 2013 |Story| Hartford Courant

  1. READER SUBMITTED: Eating Disorders Affect All Ages, According To Walden, ECHN Conference Speakers

    South Windsor
    Think of a person with an eating disorder and your first thought will likely be of a college coed. Yet children as young as six and retired seniors are increasingly being treated for eating disorders. Those with eating disorders have the highest...

    Tags: Physical Conditions, Anorexia, Medical Research, Demographics, Fashion Shows

    2. Apr 28, 2013 |Story| Los Angeles Times

  2. Letters: The fine print of obesity surgery

    Re "What we should learn from the 1-800-GET-THIN saga," Column, April 21 Readers should not be left with the impression that patients who underwent weight-loss surgery after seeing an advertisement on a billboard were unaware of the risks. Those...

    Tags: Physical Fitness and Exercise, Weight, Obesity

    3. Apr 24, 2013 |Story| Chicago Tribune

  3. 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 the Equal Employment Opportunity Commission.
    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: Social Security, Sleep Apnea, Diseases and Illnesses, Discrimination, Employment

    4. Mar 13, 2013 |Story| Los Angeles Times

  4. Nursing longer doesn't protect against obesity, study says

    Getting moms to nurse their babies longer and exclusively did not mean the kids were less at risk for obesity by the time they were 11-1/2 – despite suggestions from other studies that breastfeeding can protect against obesity, researchers in a large study from Belarus said.
    Getting moms to nurse their babies longer and exclusively did not mean the kids were less at risk for obesity by the time they were 11-1/2 – despite suggestions from other studies that breastfeeding can protect against obesity, researchers in a...

    Tags: American Medical Association, Belarus, Medical Research, Weight, Medical Specialization

    5. Apr 9, 2013 |Story| Reuters

  5. Breakfast cereal tied to lower BMI for kids

    NEW YORK (Reuters Health) - Regularly eating cereal for breakfast is tied to healthy weight for kids, according to a new study that endorses making breakfast cereal accessible to low-income kids to help fight childhood obesity.
    Reuters
    NEW YORK (Reuters Health) - Regularly eating cereal for breakfast is tied to healthy weight for kids, according to a new study that endorses making breakfast cereal accessible to low-income kids to help fight childhood obesity. One in every four American...

    Tags: Vitamin B2, Iron (dietary supplement), Nutrition, Calcium, Weight

    6. Mar 8, 2013 |Story| Aberdeen News

  6. A healthy weight

    As we look toward the beginning of March, were you one of the many who resolved to lose weight and have yet to shed one pound? Or, on the down side of it, put on a pound or two? Likely you are not alone. Finding reasons to attain and maintain a...

    Tags: Sleep Apnea, Diseases and Illnesses, High Blood Pressure, Heart Disease, Overweight

    7. Mar 6, 2013 |Story| Los Angeles Times

  7. Food memories may aid weight loss, researchers say

    Dieters may want to forget episodes of falling off the wagon, but researchers say an attentive memory for what is eaten could help people eat less at their next meals.
    Dieters may want to forget episodes of falling off the wagon, but researchers say an attentive memory for what is eaten could help people eat less at their next meals. So sitting at a movie with a bucket of popcorn holding perhaps a day’s worth of...

    Tags: Weight

    8. Mar 27, 2013 |Story| Los Angeles Times

  8. 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.
    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, Medical Research, Personal Income, Weight, Obesity

    9. Mar 1, 2013 |Story| Orlando Sentinel

  9. Plus-size exercisers find comfort in gym class for obese

    Gyms can be intimidating. All those beautiful people, hard-core exercisers, pushy salespeople and that complicated equipment can send the average mortal running right back to the couch. But for those who bring with them an extra 100 pounds, gyms are downright terrifying.
    Gyms can be intimidating. All those beautiful people, hard-core exercisers, pushy salespeople and that complicated equipment can send the average mortal running right back to the couch. But for those who bring with them an extra 100 pounds, gyms are...

    Tags: Winter Springs, Winter Park, High Blood Pressure, Physical Fitness and Exercise, Celebration

    10. Mar 1, 2013 |Story| Herald Mail

  10. Free fitness assessments offered for adults

    Free fitness assessments for ages 16 and older are offered from 8 a.m. to 7 p.m. during business hours through Tuesday, Dec. 31, at Underground Fitness, private studio, 14 Millrace Lane, Keedysville. Fitness assessments includes height, weight, BMI,...

    Tags: Physical Fitness and Exercise

    11. Mar 18, 2013 |Story| Los Angeles Times

  11. Low-fat milk doesn't help toddlers' weight, study says UPDATED

    This post has been updated to include comments from a researcher and an American Heart Assn. spokeswoman.
    This post has been updated to include comments from a researcher and an American Heart Assn. spokeswoman. Giving toddlers skim or 1% milk to keep them from growing overweight doesn’t seem to work, according to a study out Monday that gives pause...

    Tags: Milk, Medical Research, Medical Procedures and Tests, Weight, Northwestern University

    12. Mar 18, 2013 |Story| Los Angeles Times

  12. Low-fat milk doesn't help toddlers' weight, study says

    Giving toddlers skim or 1 percent milk to keep them from growing overweight doesn’t seem to work, according to a study out Monday that gives pause over the common advice to avoid whole milk from age 2.
    Los Angeles Times
    Giving toddlers skim or 1 percent milk to keep them from growing overweight doesn’t seem to work, according to a study out Monday that gives pause over the common advice to avoid whole milk from age 2. Researchers led by Dr. Mark DeBoer of the...

    Tags: Milk, Medical Research, Weight, Medical Procedures and Tests, Northwestern University

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