Tag: obesity
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State health department issues ‘call for action’ to fight childhood obesity, seeks help from child-care providers
The state Department for Public Health has issued a “call for action” to fight childhood obesity, a long-term health burden in which Kentucky continually ranks in the top 10 among states,...
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All adults over 45 should be screened for diabetes every three years, but only half are, and the poor are less likely to do so
Only about half of U.S. adults that the American Diabetes Association recommends to be screened for diabetes are actually being screened, according to a study published in the American Journal of...
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UK gets historic $1.8 million grant to fight obesity in six highly obese counties: Clinton, Elliott, Lewis, Letcher, Logan, Martin
The Cooperative Extension Service at the University of Kentucky is getting $1.8 million in federal funds over the next three years to fight obesity in several of the Kentucky counties most affected...
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Researchers say aggressively treating pre-diabetes could stop or delay future diabetic complications
Treating pre-diabetes as if it is diabetes could delay or prevent future related health complications, according to doctors from three leading research institutions and the American Diabetes Association, says a...
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Most overweight diabetics don’t know how much to exercise for weight loss, and they don’t exercise enough
By Melissa Patrick Kentucky Health News Many overweight people with diabetes don’t exercise enough for weight loss, and they also don’t have a clear understanding of the recommended amount of...
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Kentucky ranks fifth in obesity and its high-schoolers rank first
By Melissa Patrick Kentucky Health News Obesity and health problems go hand in hand, and Kentuckians are known for both. Kentucky now has the fifth highest adult obesity rate in...
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KET series to explore how chemistry, technology, fast food, “supersizing,” marketing, and lobbying have made us fat
KET will air a three-part series, “Men Who Made Us Fat,” in which Jacques Peretti blames American obesity on high-fructose corn syrup, fast food, “supersizing,” marketing, and lobbying. In the first episode...
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Appalachian Kentucky has much of what it needs to improve its poor health status, key federal officials agree
By Al Cross Kentucky Health News Appalachian Kentucky has the enthusiasm, creativity, people and facilities needed to greatly improve its dismal health status, two high-ranking federal officials said after looking...
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KET will look Monday night at why lack of sleep is bad for your health, and offer advice on improving sleep quality
We live in a country where a third of adults report that they get less than six hours of sleep a night, which doesn’t seem like a big deal until...
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Busy Woodford County girl is one of 20 youth ambassadors in national campaign against childhood obesity
Genna Ringler of Woodford County has been named to the youth advisory board of the Alliance for a Healthier Generation, a national anti-childhood obesity group, John McGary reports for The...