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Bullying Top Concern of Parents With Overweight Child
HealthDay - THURSDAY, Sept. 11 (HealthDay News) -- Bullying is the top"health" concern among parents with overweight and obese children,according to a new report.
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Dance To The Music: Learning And Exercising At YMCA Can Prevent Diabetes, New Study Says
Community-based exercise organizations, such as the YMCA, are an effective tool in the fight against diabetes, according to new study. More than 60 million Americans have pre-diabetes, and most of them are unaware. Adults with pre-diabetes are at more than 10 times the normal risk for developing dia ... more »
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Maintaining Muscle Strength: A Stronger Future For The Elderly
Experts are to investigate the effect of nutrients on muscle maintenance in the hope of determining better ways of keeping up our strength as we get old.
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Diabetes drug may help treat obesity
Reuters - Obese men and women may enhance a weight-loss program of lifestyle changes by adding a drug to lower blood sugar levels, researchers report.
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Insurers recoup obesity surgery cost in 2-4 years
Reuters - Insurers recoup the costs of weight-loss surgery within two to four years as obese patients become healthier and have fewer medical problems, researchers said on Wednesday.
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High Levels Of Physical Activity Can Blunt Effect Of Obesity-related Gene, Study Suggests
High levels of physical activity can help to counteract a gene that normally causes people to gain weight, according to a new study. Researchers analyzed gene variants and activity levels of the Old Order Amish in Lancaster County, Pa., and found that the obesity-related FTO gene had no effect on in ... more »
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Diet May Eliminate Spasms For Infants With Epilepsy
Infantile spasms are a severe and potentially devastating epilepsy condition affecting children aged typically 4-8 months. In a new study appearing in Epilepsia, researchers have found that the ketogenic diet, a high fat, low carbohydrate diet more traditionally used for intractable childhood epilep ... more »
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Got a fat gene? Get active for 3-4 hours a day
AP - CHICAGO (AP — Maybe you CAN blame being fat on your genes. But there's a way to overcome that family history — just get three to four hours of moderate activity a day. Sound pretty daunting? Not for the Amish of Lancaster County, Pa., who were the focus of a new study on a common ... more »
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Exercise trumps obesity gene in study
Reuters - Vigorous physical activity can help even people genetically prone to obesity keep the weight off, U.S. researchers said on Monday.
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Vigorous Exercise Aids Those With Obesity-Related Gene
HealthDay - MONDAY, Sept. 8 (HealthDay News) -- Physical activity may reducethe risk of obesity in people with a genetic mutation that predisposesthem to high body-mass index (BMI), says a U.S. study.
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