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Thursday, July 31, 2014

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Dieting at Young Age Often Backfires, Study Says

Posted: 30 Jul 2014 10:32 PM PDT

Title: Dieting at Young Age Often Backfires, Study Says Category: Health News Created: 7/29/2014 5:36:00 PM Last Editorial Review: 7/30/2014 12:00:00 AM

Adam Equipment Announces Availability of Two Health and Fitness Scales in Australia

Posted: 15 Jul 2014 09:09 PM PDT

Medical Weighing Series Now Includes Baby Scale and Ultrasonic Scale (PRWeb July 15, 2014) Read the full story at http://www.prweb.com/releases/2014/07/prweb12017401.htm
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Thursday, July 31, 2014

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One-in-10 Welsh children is obese

Posted: 30 Jul 2014 11:02 PM PDT

Over a quarter of Welsh children starting primary school are overweight - with more than one in 10 classed as obese, say public health officials.

Gastric bandwagon: the key questions on obesity

Posted: 11 Jul 2014 07:21 AM PDT

The NHS advisory body Nice is recommending we lower the bar for stomach surgery. How fat do you need to be to get a gastric band these days? And will it save the country money?

Pregnancy weight gain differs from woman to woman

Posted: 08 Jul 2014 10:31 PM PDT

Pregnancy weight gain depends on various factors, including the woman's pre-pregnancy weight and her body mass index. How much weight should a woman gain during pregnancy? Recently, actress Fann Wong, who is eight months pregnant, said she gained 17kg, while her friend, who is also eight months pregnant, gained 7.5kg. There is no short answer to this. It depends on various factors, including the ...
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Wednesday, July 30, 2014

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Fattitude: Documentary promotes body acceptance | Video

Posted: 30 Jul 2014 02:15 AM PDT

Lindsey Averill spent most of her life thinking things would be better if she could just get skinnier.

Fattitude: Documentary to be aimed at promoting body acceptance | Video

Posted: 30 Jul 2014 12:33 AM PDT

Lindsey Averill spent most of her life thinking things would be better if she could just get skinnier.

Why sprinters are muscly and climbers are wiry

Posted: 18 Jul 2014 04:25 PM PDT

In road cycling, the best climbers tend to have a lower body mass index than the best sprinters. Why is this?

Groundbreaking New Ingredient: EstroG-100, the Only Product on the Market to Give Women Quick Relief from Menopausal Symptoms

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EstroG-100 works 6x faster than other herbal remedies, without the side effects of hormone replacement therapy.

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Wednesday, July 30, 2014

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'It's Making Us Fat'

Posted: 30 Jul 2014 06:36 AM PDT

"It's Making Us Fat": The new American health scourge, a Philadelphia Inquirer series, June 10,11, and 12, 2001
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Tuesday, July 29, 2014

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Adam Equipment Announces Availability of Two Health and Fitness Scales in Australia

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Medical Weighing Series Now Includes Baby Scale and Ultrasonic Scale

(PRWeb July 16, 2014)

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Tuesday, July 29, 2014

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Small increases in Ugandan urbanicity tied to CVD risk factors

Posted: 29 Jul 2014 11:30 AM PDT

( PLOS ) Urban dwellers tend to have higher risk for cardiovascular diseases than people living in more rural locations. In a new study published in PLOS Medicine, Johanna Riha and colleagues have found that even within rural communities in Uganda that all lacked paved roads and running water, people living in villages with relatively more urban features were more likely to have risk factors for ...

Effective oral contraceptives for obese women soon

Posted: 29 Jul 2014 01:48 AM PDT

New York, July 29 (IANS) Obese women who use oral contraceptives to prevent pregnancy can now heave a sigh of relief as researchers have identified ways to make birth control pills more effective. Making birth control pills work as well in obese women as in women of a normal body mass index has long been a challenge as obesity affects how a woman's body clears contraceptive hormones. "Birth ...
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Monday, July 28, 2014

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Strategies identified to improve oral contraceptive success with obese women

Posted: 28 Jul 2014 10:00 AM PDT

( Oregon State University ) The findings of a new study suggest two ways to effectively address the problem that birth control pills may not work as well in obese women, compared to women of a normal body mass index. Either a higher-dose pill or skipping the 'one week off' regimen might work.

OSU study examines birth control in obese women

Posted: 28 Jul 2014 09:55 AM PDT

The findings of a new study suggest two ways to effectively address the problem that birth control pills may not work as well in obese women, compared to women of a normal body mass index.
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Monday, July 28, 2014

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Apple iWatch release date, rumours & images - Three iWatch models coming soon?

Posted: 28 Jul 2014 07:19 AM PDT

When is the iWatch coming out? What will the iWatch look like? What features will the iWatch have? And will it even be called iWatch?

AP News in Brief at 10:58 p.m. EDT - Quincy Herald-Whig | Illinois & Missouri News, Sports

Posted: 22 Jul 2014 03:10 AM PDT

HRABOVE, Ukraine (AP) - Bowing to international pressure, pro-Moscow separatists released a train packed with bodies and handed over the black boxes from the downed Malaysia Airlines plane, four days after it plunged into rebel-held eastern Ukraine.
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Sunday, July 27, 2014

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A million children at risk because of hidden fat

Posted: 27 Jul 2014 08:09 AM PDT

Around a million children are at risk of heart disease and diabetes because standard measures to determine if they are healthy ignore body fat and muscle mass

Shift work linked to heightened risk of type 2 diabetes

Posted: 27 Jul 2014 06:32 AM PDT

Shift work is linked to a heightened risk of developing type 2 diabetes, with the risk seemingly greatest among men and those working rotating shift patterns, indicates an analysis of the available evidence. This heightened risk rose to 37% for men, after further analysis to look at the potential effects of gender, study design, study location, job, shift schedule, body mass index (BMI), family ...

Is Obesity is a Disease? AMA Says Yes… and So Does AHA

Posted: 26 Jul 2014 10:00 PM PDT

On Tuesday, June 18, 2013, the American Medical Association officially recognized obesity as a disease.
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Sunday, July 27, 2014

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AP News in Brief at 10:58 p.m. EDT - Quincy Herald-Whig | Illinois & Missouri News, Sports

Posted: 21 Jul 2014 08:10 PM PDT

HRABOVE, Ukraine (AP) - Bowing to international pressure, pro-Moscow separatists released a train packed with bodies and handed over the black boxes from the downed Malaysia Airlines plane, four days after it plunged into rebel-held eastern Ukraine.
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Saturday, July 26, 2014

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Britain's TOFI* kids health time-bomb: *That's Thin Outside but Fat Inside... and a MILLION 'fit' children face its ...

Posted: 26 Jul 2014 04:13 PM PDT

One million British children classed as healthy by the Government's official statistics are dangerously unfit, according to new research.
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Saturday, July 26, 2014

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9 Apps for healthy living

Posted: 25 Jul 2014 11:26 AM PDT

Staying healthy is now on your fingertips! Be it tracking blood pressure levels, buying cheaper medicines or keeping track of your menstrual cycle, all the right health apps are available, free of cost, on phones. But you need to be 'smart' enough to use them... Maitri Porecha explains...

AP News in Brief at 10:58 p.m. EDT - Quincy Herald-Whig | Illinois & Missouri News, Sports

Posted: 22 Jul 2014 03:10 AM PDT

HRABOVE, Ukraine (AP) - Bowing to international pressure, pro-Moscow separatists released a train packed with bodies and handed over the black boxes from the downed Malaysia Airlines plane, four days after it plunged into rebel-held eastern Ukraine.
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Friday, July 25, 2014

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9 Apps for healthy living

Posted: 25 Jul 2014 11:26 AM PDT

Staying healthy is now on your fingertips! Be it tracking blood pressure levels, buying cheaper medicines or keeping track of your menstrual cycle, all the right health apps are available, free of cost, on phones. But you need to be 'smart' enough to use them... Maitri Porecha explains...
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Friday, July 25, 2014

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Morning-After Pill May Not Be Affected By Body Weight

Posted: 25 Jul 2014 09:03 AM PDT

Recent studies raised questions about the effectiveness of the contraceptive method among heavier women.
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Friday, July 25, 2014

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AP News in Brief at 10:58 p.m. EDT - Quincy Herald-Whig | Illinois & Missouri News, Sports

Posted: 21 Jul 2014 08:10 PM PDT

HRABOVE, Ukraine (AP) - Bowing to international pressure, pro-Moscow separatists released a train packed with bodies and handed over the black boxes from the downed Malaysia Airlines plane, four days after it plunged into rebel-held eastern Ukraine.
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Thursday, July 24, 2014

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Niacin, Heart Disease And The Fallacy That All Older Drugs Are Safe And Effective

Posted: 23 Jul 2014 08:53 AM PDT

Back in the late 1990s, I became concerned that my LDL cholesterol levels were getting too high. Despite being an avid runner, having a normal body mass index, and maintaining a reasonable diet, my total cholesterol exceeded 250 and my LDL level was over 140. Given that I had a strong family history of heart disease, at my annual physical I asked my physician if statin therapy would be ...

Pregnancy loss, cardiovascular disease connected by new study

Posted: 16 Jul 2014 08:26 PM PDT

Women with a history of pregnancy loss are at higher risk for cardiovascular disease later in adulthood than other women, research concludes. The association between pregnancy loss and coronary heart disease appeared to be independent of hypertension, body mass index, waist-to-hip ratio and white blood cell count.

Gastric bandwagon: the key questions on obesity

Posted: 11 Jul 2014 07:21 AM PDT

The NHS advisory body Nice is recommending we lower the bar for stomach surgery. How fat do you need to be to get a gastric band these days? And will it save the country money?

Pregnancy weight gain differs from woman to woman

Posted: 08 Jul 2014 10:31 PM PDT

Pregnancy weight gain depends on various factors, including the woman's pre-pregnancy weight and her body mass index. How much weight should a woman gain during pregnancy? Recently, actress Fann Wong, who is eight months pregnant, said she gained 17kg, while her friend, who is also eight months pregnant, gained 7.5kg. There is no short answer to this. It depends on various factors, including the ...
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Wednesday, July 23, 2014

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Drinking alcohol provides no heart health benefit, new study shows

Posted: 10 Jul 2014 07:18 PM PDT

Reducing the amount of alcoholic beverages consumed, even for light-to-moderate drinkers, may improve cardiovascular health, including a reduced risk of coronary heart disease, lower body mass index and blood pressure, according to a new multi-center study. The latest findings call into question previous studies which suggest that consuming light-to-moderate amounts of alcohol may have a ...
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Wednesday, July 23, 2014

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AP News in Brief at 10:58 p.m. EDT - Quincy Herald-Whig | Illinois & Missouri News, Sports

Posted: 22 Jul 2014 03:10 AM PDT

HRABOVE, Ukraine (AP) - Bowing to international pressure, pro-Moscow separatists released a train packed with bodies and handed over the black boxes from the downed Malaysia Airlines plane, four days after it plunged into rebel-held eastern Ukraine.
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Tuesday, July 22, 2014

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Why sprinters are muscly and climbers are wiry

Posted: 18 Jul 2014 04:25 PM PDT

In road cycling, the best climbers tend to have a lower body mass index than the best sprinters. Why is this?

Adam Equipment Announces Availability of Two Health and Fitness Scales in Australia

Posted: 15 Jul 2014 09:09 PM PDT

Medical Weighing Series Now Includes Baby Scale and Ultrasonic Scale (PRWeb July 15, 2014) Read the full story at http://www.prweb.com/releases/2014/07/prweb12017401.htm

Sweat it out: What beach volleyball can teach us about playing hard when it’s hot

Posted: 04 Jul 2014 01:45 PM PDT

Slather on some sunscreen, slip on your shades and hydrate, hydrate, hydrate. It's time to swap the gym for sweat in the sun

A good hard look at the Cruise Control Diet

Posted: 30 Jun 2014 05:06 PM PDT

So today we will take a good hard look at the Cruise Control Diet, currently one of the more popular diets around, and see what it's all about. One of the reasons that the Cruise Control Diet became so well received is that it was made available as a downloadable eBook.
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Tuesday, July 22, 2014

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Pregnancy loss, cardiovascular disease connected by new study

Posted: 16 Jul 2014 08:26 PM PDT

Women with a history of pregnancy loss are at higher risk for cardiovascular disease later in adulthood than other women, research concludes. The association between pregnancy loss and coronary heart disease appeared to be independent of hypertension, body mass index, waist-to-hip ratio and white blood cell count.

BMI measurement may be missing 25 percent of children who could be considered obese

Posted: 24 Jun 2014 12:38 PM PDT

Physicians using body mass index (BMI) to diagnose children as obese may be missing 25 percent of kids who have excess body fat despite a normal BMI, which can be a serious concern for long-term health, according to a study. The researchers found that BMI has high specificity in identifying pediatric obesity, meaning BMI accurately identifies children who are obese, but has a moderate ...
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