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Obesity experts and doctors team up to offer free weight-loss tools for patients and providers
Talking about excess weight can be awkward. But talking about it with your health-care provider can also be lifesaving. To help foster that conversation, Obesity Action Coalition, a nonprofit group dedicated to helping obese individuals, has launched...Tags: Physical Fitness and Exercise, Sleep Apnea, Diabetes, Arthritis, Healthcare Provider
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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: Oprah Winfrey, Halloween, Overweight, Jamie Oliver, Weight
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Breakfast cereal tied to lower BMI for kids
ReutersNEW YORK (Reuters Health) - Regularly eating cereal for breakfast is tied to healthy weight for kids, according to a new study that endorses making breakfast cereal accessible to low-income kids to help fight childhood obesity. One in every four American...Tags: Iron (dietary supplement), Physical Fitness and Exercise, Family, Vitamin D, Sausages
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Children's Chatter: Promote fitness as a family event
Contributing WriterAs a parent, you have the responsibility of encouraging your children to eat healthy and exercise. Childhood obesity has become a growing concern and a major problem affecting millions of families. Although eliminating obesity is not an easy task,...Tags: Physical Fitness and Exercise, Nutrition, Healthy Diet, Weight
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Is agriculture responsible for obesity?
An article by Bruce M. King in the February-March 2013 issue of The American Psychologist indicates 502 million persons worldwide are obese (i.e., a body mass index greater than 30, calculated by weight in kilograms divided by height in meters, squared)....Tags: Psychologists, Conservation, Ecosystems, Health and Medical Professionals, Consumer Goods Industries
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Q&A: Ask the pediatrician! Dr. Diana Blythe answers your questions about kids' health
Have a question for Dr. Blythe? Write to her at AskThePediatrician@tribune.com. For more information on Dr. Blythe, go to pediatricassociates.com.
April 29, 2013
Q: My 5-year-old daughter just had her adenoids and tonsils removed because of snoring...Tags: Ultraviolet Radiation Exposure, Iron (dietary supplement), Malaria, Physical Fitness and Exercise, Prilosec (drug)
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Letters: The fine print of obesity surgery
Re "What we should learn from the 1-800-GET-THIN saga," Column, April 21 Readers should not be left with the impression that patients who underwent weight-loss surgery after seeing an advertisement on a billboard were unaware of the risks. Those...Tags: Physical Fitness and Exercise, Body Mass Index, Weight
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Emanuel announces deal with Coca-Cola on recycling
Mayor Rahm Emanuel on Monday announced his latest partnership with Coca-Cola: The soft drink giant will pay for 50,000 blue recycling carts for Chicago homes and in return gets to put images of Coke products on the lids of the familiar bins. Emanuel...
Tags: Earth Day, Chicago Park District, Physical Fitness and Exercise, Diabetes, Roseland
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Talk back: Should California pass a soda tax?
Should the state play a role in preventing obesity among its residents? State Sen. Bill Monning (D-Carmel) has introduced legislation that would levy a 1-cent-per-ounce tax on sweetened beverages, including sodas, as part of an effort to fight obesity...
Tags: Consumers, New York City, Children's Health, Weight
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The weight loss debate: Do men really shed pounds faster than women?
marieg@herald-mail.comYou've been working hard to lose weight — following your diet to the letter, battling through food temptations and putting in extra time each day on the treadmill. But your husband, who is following the same routine, is shedding the pounds more...Tags: Physical Fitness and Exercise, Biology, Drugs and Medicines, Heart Disease, Physiology
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More proof that soda bans would fizzle
Soda bans seem like a good idea in theory. Soda has no nutritional value whatsoever. Worse, it’s a sugar bomb. Given the mounting obesity problem in this country, some might think soda bans are an admiral effort to curb our collective waistline,...
Tags: American Heart Association, Michael Bloomberg, Medical Procedures and Tests, Cornell University, New York City
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When weight is disabling
Lisa Harrison weighed 527 pounds on the day she was fired from her job at a Louisiana drug addiction treatment center. The 5-foot-2-inch Harrison, who believed her employer considered her "disabled" due to her weight, filed a discrimination charge with...
Tags: Employment Opportunities, Heart Problems, Physical Fitness and Exercise, Health Organizations, Sleep Apnea
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Apr 29, 2013
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Apr 11, 2013
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Apr 24, 2013
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