| Thanks to America’s Obesity Crisis, Crash Test Dummies Are Getting Larger Posted: 30 Oct 2014 04:18 PM PDT America's obesity epidemic has claimed an unlikely victim: slender crash test dummies. The mannequin-like figures that are used to simulate a person's car accident experience are about to pack on the pounds—and the increase in girth is all in the name of increasing automobile safety.  |
| Obesity genes promote all-round increases in postnatal growth Posted: 30 Oct 2014 03:11 PM PDT Genetic variants that increase susceptibility to obesity are associated with increased gains in lean mass, as well as fat mass, during early childhood, meta-analysis findings indicate.  |
| America to introduce obese crash test dummies Posted: 30 Oct 2014 01:02 PM PDT Leading supplier of car crash test dummies says traditional, smaller versions do not represent US motorists  |
| Global Bariatric Surgery Devices Market 2014-2018: Key Vendors are Allergan, Covidien, Ethicon-Endosurgery and Olympus Posted: 30 Oct 2014 01:01 PM PDT DUBLIN, October 30, 2014 /PRNewswire/ -- Research and Markets ( http://www.researchandmarkets.com/research/gc2mn9/global_bariatric ) has announced the addition of the "Global Bariatric Surgery Devices ...  |
| New Crash Test Dummy To Gain Pounds To Reflect Fatalities Among Obese Posted: 30 Oct 2014 09:52 AM PDT More than one-third of Americans are obese, and one recent study showed that obese drivers are more likely to die in a car crash.  |
| Do fatter Americans need obese crash-test dummies? One maker thinks so Posted: 30 Oct 2014 09:44 AM PDT Despite years of warnings, Americans really aren't that much into watching their weight; a third of Americans would be classified as clinically obese (meaning a body mass index of 30 or greater). Yet the auto industry still runs its crash tests with a relatively svelte lineup of dummies that mimics a somewhat outdated average. Now the maker of those dummies says it has developed a more ...  |
| 'I felt like Superman': Plus-size marathon runners defy the odds Posted: 30 Oct 2014 09:00 AM PDT When Frank Pizarro tells people he ran the Walt Disney World Marathon last January, he's not offended when they respond "A marathon? Really? You?" Pizarro, 37, isn't embarrassed that it took him nearly seven hours to run those 26.2 miles through four theme parks in Orlando, Florida. Instead, he hopes people look at his 270-pound, 5'11" body and think, "Well, if you could do it, maybe I could, too.  |
| Riding the Bus and a Beach Body: the Surprising Connection Posted: 30 Oct 2014 04:00 AM PDT For most of us, there's absolutely nothing sexy about riding the bus to work in the morning: It's crowded, someone is always yammering away on a cell phone and if you're lucky, at least your seat neighbor with the over-sized duffel in his lap showered before leaving home. Surely it's the last place you're thinking about sexiness on the beach -- or that you might even be bringing yourself one ...  |
