Obesity Gobbles Up Health Dollars
From Your Health Journal……”In New Zealand, as in other countries, obesity is quickly becoming a health issue for many individuals, but according to this article, it is also costing the…
Read more »Poor Obese People Fail To Get Surgery
From Your Health Journal…..”The article in this summary comes from Australia. It is stating how individuals with lower incomes have a harder times affording weight loss surgery. For many, the…
Read more »Chewing The Fat On Childhood Obesity
From Your Health Journal…..”This blog covers a lot of childhood obesity issues. This article starts off by saying ‘In Rhode Island, one in five children begin kindergarten as overweight and…
Read more »Want To Drop A Few Pounds, Quickly And Easily? Try A Lower Fat Diet
From Your Health Journal…..”So, this study suggests that dropping fat from the diet will help you lose weight. Yes, sounds pretty obvious to most of us – – as if…
Read more »Smaller, More Frequent Meals Not Best For Obese Women
From Your Health Journal…..”The recommendation from this study is to get woman who are considered obese to eat three larger meals per day opposed to six smaller meals. Data suggest…
Read more »Reversing Childhood Obesity
From Your Health Journal…..”Childhood obesity statistics are alarming. Twenty five million American children are considered obese, so this trend has to end. Sedentary lifestyle, along with poor eating, time spent…
Read more »Mouse Study Offers Clues To Obesity-Diabetes Link
From Your Health Journal…..”For years, we have seen a direct correlation between obesity and type 2 diabetes. Many years ago, type 2 diabetes was known as non-insulin dependent diabetes or…
Read more »Gulp! The High Cost Of Big Soda’s Victory
From Your Health Journal…..”So, some big soda companies paid an awful large amount of money to stop a tax hike on purchasing soda – the measures would have added a…
Read more »Childhood Obesity Spikes, Alabama P.E. Instructors Fight Back
From Your Health Journal…..”Kudos to the Alabama school systems for taking steps towards teaching children about healthy lifestyle in their physical education classes. PE is such a vital part of…
Read more »Less Screen Time Fights Childhood Obesity
From Your Health Journal…..”A decade ago, experts were worried about all the TV time kids spent being sedentary – – to the tune of 2-4 hours a day. Now, 10…
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