Tag: obesity
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$54,000 from CDC will help some counties fight obesity, inactivity
Multiple counties across the state have been awarded federally funded grants from the state Department for Public Health to help fight obesity and inactivity in their communities, according to a DPH...
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Lisa Cassis, vice president for research at UK and a pharmacist by trade, says she became a researcher to help people
University of Kentucky Vice President for Research Lisa Cassis’s motivation to conduct meaningful cardiovascular research comes from having watched her father battle heart disease for nearly 30 years, a UK news release and...
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Kentucky drops to 12th from fifth in adult obesity; health official says many programs have contributed to this decrease
By Melissa Patrick Kentucky Health News Kentucky has seen a decrease in its adult obesity rate, to 31.6 percent in 2014 from 33.2 percent in 2013, causing it to drop...
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FDA re-opening comment period for Nutrition Facts Label; will be open Tuesday through Friday
Beginning Tuesday, Oct. 20, the Food and Drug Administration “will re-open the comment period for its Supplemental Proposed Rule for Updating the Nutrition Facts Label” through Friday, Oct. 22, reports...
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Political documentary about Ky. legislative effort to recognize the health benefits of plant-based diet debuts in Louisville Sept. 17
A political documentary, PlantPure Nation, that tells the story of Kentucky efforts to recognize the benefits of eating a plant-based diet, premieres in Kentucky Sept. 17 at the Baxter Avenue...
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Stanford doctor starts local ‘Get Healthy Lincoln County’ program, plans to take it statewide via Kentucky Medical Association
Part of the effort: A weekend workout group in Stanford A Stanford physician who started a local movement for a healthier community plans to promote it statewide through the Kentucky...
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Improving Kentuckians’ health will require education, fighting poverty; poor and less educated have poorer health, study shows
By Melissa Patrick Kentucky Health News Increased access to insurance is just one part of the equation to improve the health of Kentuckians, improving poverty and increasing education levels are...
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Ashland teachers will incorporate physical activity into lessons
Teachers from Ashland Independent Schools attended a Take 10 workshop to learn how to incorporate physical activity into the classroom, Adam Black reports for The Independent: “The program, which has been provided . ....
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Americans are eating fewer calories, but need to cut back more if they want to combat the obesity epidemic
Americans are eating fewer calories for the first time since the government began keeping track, more than 40 years ago. While that’s a step in the right direction, one researcher...
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More overweight teens don’t consider themselves fat; the problem is that they compare themselves to those around them
Another study has found that overweight teens in the U.S. don’t realize they are overweight, and this lack of self-awareness has gotten worse in the past decade, Roberto A. Ferdman...