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California voters say soda can make you fat
This post has been updated. See note below.Nearly 70% of California voters say taxing sugar-sweetened beverages is a good idea if the money goes to school nutrition and physical activity programs, according to a Field Poll released Thursday. That figure declines if the question is just whether...Tags: Politics, Overweight, Diabetes, Physical Fitness and Exercise, Polls
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Help your cat beat the battle of the bulge
My Pet WorldLoads of Americans have developed spare tires around their middles, and so have many of our pets. Cats are particularly portly; about 55 percent of tabbies are tubby, says the Association for Pet Obesity Prevention. Some suggest this is a conservative...Tags: Steve Dale, Chicago Tribune Columnists, Diabetes, Physical Fitness and Exercise, Weight Loss
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Why do societies give up?
Victor Davis HansonWhy do once-successful societies ossify and decline? Hundreds of reasons have been adduced for the fall of Rome and the end of the Old Regime in 18th-century France. Reasons run from inflation and excessive spending to resource depletion and enemy...Tags: World War II (1939-1945), France, Electronics, Polio, Germany
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Doctors often don't counsel the obese
Overweight and obese patients might not be the only ones who dread the number on the scale each time they visit the doctor's office. Research shows that many physicians don't know how to constructively discuss a patient's weight, or they avoid the...
Tags: Overweight, Physical Fitness and Exercise, Drugs and Medicines, Alzheimer's Disease, U.S. Centers for Disease Control and Prevention
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Exercise: Choose your own potential
Long ago I had one of those "choose-your-own adventure" books based on a James Bond movie, and I made bad choices; the poor British spy kept getting consumed in a vat of molten lava, impaled on a bunch of spiky things or became an appetizer for...
Tags: Travel, Research, Science, Education, Physical Fitness and Exercise
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Report: Obese dads raise kids’ cancer risk
Moms At Work - Orlando SentinelLots of women decide to get fit before trying to conceive, but some research indicates that men who want to father children should also do a better job of watching their weight. A BMC Medicine study shows that an obese dad's genes could increase a child's... -
GPA can be contagious among high school students, study finds
Researchers have some new advice for high school students who want to improve their grades: Become friends with academically oriented classmates. It may sound obvious, but researchers went to considerable effort to prove it. They surveyed all...
Tags: Science and Technology, High Schools, Teaching and Learning, Research, Sociology
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Meritus Health System president explains challenges of Affordable Care Act
dona@herald-mail.comFiguring out how to improve access, maintain quality and keep down the cost of health care are challenges facing hospitals as more provisions of the Patient Protection and Affordable Care Act go into effect, Meritus Health System President Joseph P....Tags: Asthma, Health and Safety at Work, Health Insurance Cost, U.S. Department of Health and Human Services, Diabetes
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Nutrition group petitions for federal regulation of sugary drinks
A nutrition advocacy group joined with scientists and health agencies Wednesday to ask the federal government to decide just how much sugar is “safe” in sodas, raising the bar in its crusade to curb the “dangerously high” amounts...
Tags: Diabetes, Health Organizations, Nutrition, Dentistry and Dental Health, Heart Disease
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Cook County joins push to limit sugar in soft drinks
Tribune reporterThe Cook County Department of Public Health today joined a national coalition of advocates, scientists and health officials in petitioning the U.S. Food and Drug Administration to set limits on sugar in soft drinks to combat obesity. Led by the Center...Tags: Diabetes, Health Organizations, Physical Fitness and Exercise, Nutrition, Healthy Diet
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Will treating sleep apnea reduce heart risk?
Premium Health News ServiceQ: I've always had a snoring problem and recently underwent a sleep test at the insistence of my wife. I was diagnosed as having sleep apnea. We've read about the connection between sleep apnea and heart disease, and now we're both concerned. Will...Tags: Symptoms, Diseases and Illnesses, High Blood Pressure, Heart Failure, Physical Conditions
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Glendale health care providers discuss top priorities, concerns
Local hospitals and health care professionals agree they need to better integrate mental and physical care to address Glendale’s most pressing health needs. For the Community Health Needs Assessment focus group, which meets once every three years,...
Tags: High Blood Pressure, Hospitals and Clinics
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