One kind word about obesity rela ...
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Medical QuackPosted
Mon 10 Nov 2008 4:24pm
One kind word about obesity relative to heart attacks, but not words to live by for overall health...interesting study. BD
Obese Patients Are More Likely To Survive After Successful Treatment For A Heart Attack Than Normal Weight Patients
Obese Patients Are More Likely To Survive After Successful Treatment For A Heart Attack Than Normal
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Parents accused of killing obese children with kindness
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Patty ..Posted
Mon 29 Dec 2008 5:04pm
Britain's parents will be accused this week of "killing their children with kindness", as the government embarks on a new campaign aimed at the growing and deadly problem of childhood obesity,...
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Former Obese Sugar Addict Jimmy Moore Kindly Plugs My Book SUGAR SHOCK!
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Connie BennettPosted
Thu 18 Dec 2008 8:12pm
-filled advertisement -- about the January publication of my book SUGAR SHOCK!to his Livin' La Vida Low-Carb Blog.
Jimmy -- a formerly obese sugar addict -- is a wonderful man... of the most important health books of the 21st Century in SUGAR SHOCK! because obesity and diabetes are spinning way out of control. Connie shows us that there are ways to overcome both
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Overweight and Obese Teens Have Overweight/Obese Friends
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LindaPosted
Sat 18 Jul 2009 12:00am
A recent study done at USC shows that overweight/obese teens are twice as likely to have overweight/obese friends than normal weight teens. The researchers also found that overweight girls were more likely to name more friends, but less likely to be named as a friend than normal-weight girls. The link between obesity and social networks was expected
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Study Shows Eating Patterns Are Different For Obese and Non-Obese
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LindaPosted
Wed 22 Jul 2009 12:00am
With the growing rate of obesity in this country more and more research is being done to understand eating habits. Scientists have postulated that one reason for the high...-obese and obese people have similar patterns in eating. Researchers gave high calorie/high fat snacks to obese and non-obese women, the healthy-weight women wanted less
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Mom’s Obesity at Conception May Set Stage for Offspring’s Obesity Risk
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Marie L.Posted
Mon 25 Aug 2008 3:27pm
There are many reasons for maintaining a healthy weight--aiding conception is just one of them. But did you know that if you do manage to conceive, if you are obese, you're setting your child up for a lifetime of obesity and its attendant health problems? (Plus look at the stats on obese 11 month olds--what's next, in utero gastric bypass
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Obese Teens Likely to Be Obese Adults
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Medline PlusPosted
Tue 09 Nov 2010 1:00pm
for a number of health complications, including type 2 diabetes, high blood pressure, high cholesterol, asthma and arthritis. In addition, people who are severely obese can expect...) -- Obese teenagers are 16 times more likely to become severely obese adults than teens of normal weight, new research finds.
Someone who is severely obese is about 100 pounds
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Stat!: Obesity’s a Problem…But Not for Me
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The Verigin Dental Health TeamPosted
Wed 19 Aug 2009 6:21pm
Percent of overweight Americans: 32.7
Percent of obese Americans: 34+
Percent of Americans who say they are at a healthy weight: 66.6
Percent who think obesity isn’t a problem for their families or themselves: 49
Number of obesity-related deaths each year: 112,000
Number of Americans with type 2 diabetes: about 23.6 million
Number of Americans
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