Tag: nutrition
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Common beliefs about obesity and weight loss found to be myths
Think going to gym class drives weight loss, or that breastfeeding protects a child from obesity? Think again, because these are among seven popular myths about obesity myths, according to an international team...
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If you’re dieting, remember that alcohol has calories too
Alcoholic beverages could throw a wrench into your 2013 diet plan. The National Center for Health Statistics reported late last year that American adults drink in an average of 100 calories...
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Many Ky. parents don’t realize children are overweight, or won’t acknowledge it, but many report kids’ poor health behavior
By Al Cross Kentucky Health News Many Kentucky parents don’t realize that their children are obese or overweight, or at least aren’t willing to acknowledge it. That is the obvious...
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Colorful fruits and vegetables linked to lower breast cancer risk
Come to find out, pink isn’t the most important color when it comes to breast cancer. According to researchers in the Journal of the National Cancer Institute, women loading up...
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Rural Obesity Prevention Tool Kit created to tackle epidemic: 40 percent of rural adults in U.S. are obese
When the Journal of Rural Health recently reported that 40 percent of adults living in rural areas are obese, compared with 33 percent of adults living in urban areas, the...
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One S.C. county serves as incubator for state’s efforts to battle weight problems, with some good results
PE teacher Sharon Williams, right, leads morning exercises before classes start at Bells Elementary.(The State photo by Tim Dominick) With nearly two-thirds of South Carolina deemed overweight or worse, lucky...
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British researchers say a simple calculation can predict likelihood of a baby’s chance of becoming obese during childhood
If only we knew from the start which babies were predisposed to becoming diabetic and hypertensive and overweight . . . News out this week suggests we can. NBC News...
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Health coalition asks Nickelodeon to stop marketing sugary and fatty snacks to children
A coalition of health groups thinks maybe it’s time to enlist SpongeBob in the childhood obesity fight. Earlier this week, the groups asked the Nickelodeon Channel to stop airing commercials...
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The world is getting fatter, but Kentucky’s rate of obesity is two and a half times the world rate
Take no solace from The Economist, which proclaims in its yearly analysis-and-prognostication issue that this is the year world leaders will take on worldwide obesity because, writes Charlotte Howard, “they will...
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UK, ARH planning efforts against high rate of heart-disease deaths and limited availability of proper food in Perry County
The death rate from heart disease is nearly twice as high in Perry County (Wikipedia map) as in Kentucky as a whole, so there’s no better time than now to...