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For Antelope Valley African Americans, a lower life expectancy
Life is shorter for African Americans in the High Desert.
Antelope Valley residents of all races face higher mortality rates than in the rest of Los Angeles County, but the rates for black residents are even more pronounced. African Americans in the...Tags: Medical Procedures and Tests, High Blood Pressure, Section 8 (housing), Kidney Disease, Obesity
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Kids follow their active friends, study says
To any parent who has worried about their kids because they didn't like the behaviors of their peers, take heart. Things can go the other way. Researchers found that friendship "heavily influenced" the activity level of children in an after-school...
Tags: Medical Research, Human Interest, Obesity, Science and Technology, Overweight
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'Biggest Loser' results: Better than weight-loss surgery?
Contestants on the reality TV program "The Biggest Loser"not only lost weight fast, they "rapidly and substantially" lowered their blood pressure and improved their metabolic function, the physician who is the show's medical consultant reported Friday...
Tags: High Blood Pressure, Diabetes, Insulin, Obesity, General Practitioners
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For consumers, taste counts more than healthfulness, poll finds
Half of Americans say it’s easier to do their taxes than it is to figure out how to eat healthfully – and 23% described their diets as extremely or very unhealthful, according to an annual survey conducted by an industry-supported nonprofit...
Tags: Consumers, Nutrition, Diets and Dieting, Physical Fitness and Exercise, Overweight
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Future heart-health alarm rises with new statistics on kids
American adolescents already carry a heavy burden of future heart disease risk, and while obesity has contributed mightily to their poorer health prospects, normal-weight kids are by no means off the hook, a study produced by the Centers for Disease...
Tags: High Blood Pressure, Diabetes, Heart Disease, Disease Prevention, Obesity
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Can Jamie Oliver's Food Revolution solve our obesity epidemic?
"We're losing the war against obesity in the U.S.," says chef Jamie Oliver. "Our kids are growing up overweight and malnourished from a diet of processed foods, and today's children will be the first generation ever to live shorter lives than their...
Tags: Diabetes, Healthy Diet, Epidemics and Plagues, Foods and Beverages, Diets and Dieting
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Want to lower breast cancer risk? Lose a little weight
For postmenopausal women who are obese, breast cancer is more likely. That's because fat tissue seems to behave essentially as an organ of the endocrine system, pumping out the hormone estrogen. And estrogen is a driver of many common breast cancers....
Tags: Testosterone, Obesity, Hormones and Metabolism, Health, Breastfeeding
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Healthful eating can cost less, study finds
Is it really more expensive to eat healthfully? An Agriculture Department study released Wednesday found that most fruits, vegetables and other healthful foods cost less than foods high in fat, sugar and salt. That counters a common perception among...Tags: Salt, Science and Technology, Obesity, Personal Income, University of Washington
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HBO's 'The Weight of the Nation' is a wake-up call for America
Next week, the combined efforts of an entertainment giant, a health insurance titan, a group of academic heavyweights, a technology philanthropist and two federal agencies bring forth “The Weight of the Nation,” a four-hour, four-part HBO...
Tags: Documentary (genre), Columbia University, Diabetes, Heart Disease, Obesity
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Are raspberry ketones a 'miracle' fat burner? Dr. Oz weighs in.
Until recently, very few people had ever heard of raspberry ketones, the aromatic compounds that give the berries their distinctive smell. Today, health food stores have trouble keeping the capsules or drops of the stuff on their shelves. Almost...
Tags: Education, Medical Research, Healthy Diet, Weight Loss, Physical Fitness and Exercise
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Critic's Notebook: TV's focus on childhood obesity hits home
I was a pioneer of childhood obesity. By the time I was a junior in high school, I weighed more than 200 pounds. I was a fat kid before being a fat kid made you the topic of a national conversation and the first lady's pet project, back when Gatorade...
Tags: Genes and Chromosomes, Foods and Beverages, Obesity, HBO (tv network), Jamie Oliver
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It's time to serve up some big incentives to curb obesity
Americans eat too damn much. And we all pay a rising cost for this gluttony in the form of higher insurance premiums and lost productivity.
A study last year by the Society of Actuaries calculated the total economic cost of an overweight and obese...Tags: Documentary (genre), Diabetes, Quitting Smoking, Heart Disease, Obesity
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