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If you constantly carry an overweight purse, your health is at stake
We live in a world of super-sized handbags. Women can't live without them and actually some of us live out of them. But if you constantly carry an overweight purse, your health is at stake. Doctors are seeing more and more cases of "bag-itis" --...
Tags: Neck Pain, Weight, Back Pain
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Poll: Obesity's a crisis but we want our junk food
WASHINGTON (AP) — We know obesity is a health crisis, or every new year wouldn't start with resolutions to eat better and get off the couch. But don't try taking away our junk food. Americans blame too much screen time and cheap fast food for...
Tags: Diabetes, Obesity, Restaurants, Elections, New York City
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Michigan to launch anti-obesity campaign
LANSING, Mich. (AP) — The Michigan Department of Community Health plans to lay out a new educational campaign to combat obesity in the nation's fifth heaviest state. Officials including health department Director James Haverman will unveil the...
Tags: Weight, Obesity, Elections, Rick Snyder, Politics
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How to get a massage without even asking
I used to buy into the fact that since humans have opposing thumbs, lack a prehensile tail, and make and use tools that we were somehow superior in intelligence to our pets. Yet the longer I practice and the more I witness, I become more skeptical...
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CONSUMER REPORTS: Top Diets
More than two-thirds of American adults are overweight, even obese. At the top of many New Year’s resolutions is the dreaded “D” word – diet. Consumer Reports’ just-released survey of 9,000 subscribers rates more than a...
Tags: Weight Loss, Weight, Consumers, Diets and Dieting, Physical Fitness and Exercise
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Docs at odds over kids' cholesterol test guidance
CHICAGO (AP) — Should all U.S. children get tested for high cholesterol? Doctors are still debating that question months after a government-appointed panel recommended widespread screening that would lead to prescribing medicine for some kids....Tags: University of Wisconsin-Madison, Harvard Medical School, Abbott Laboratories, Medical Specialization, Medical Research
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FDA approves first new weight loss pill in decade
WASHINGTON (AP) — The Food and Drug Administration has approved Arena Pharmaceutical's anti-obesity pill Belviq, the first new prescription drug for long-term weight loss to enter the U.S. market in over a decade. The agency cleared the pill for...Tags: Weight Loss, Weight, Diabetes, Obesity, Prescription Drugs
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CDC: Half of overweight teens have heart risk
ATLANTA (AP) — Half the nation's overweight teens have unhealthy blood pressure, cholesterol or blood sugar levels that put them at risk for future heart attacks and other cardiac problems, new federal research says. And an even larger proportion...Tags: Diabetes, Obesity, Disease Prevention, Heart Attack, Health
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Cancer survivors urged to eat better, exercise
ATLANTA (AP) — A cancer diagnosis often inspires people to exercise and eat healthier. Now the experts say there's strong evidence that both habits may help prevent the disease from coming back. New guidelines issued Thursday by the American Cancer...Tags: Prostate Cancer, Obesity, Diets and Dieting, Human Body, Medical Specialization
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Ohio county takes 200-pound 8-year-old from mother
CLEVELAND (AP) — The case of an 8-year-old third-grader weighing more than 200 pounds has renewed a debate on whether parents should lose custody if a child is severely obese. Roughly 2 million U.S. children are extremely obese — weighing...Tags: Nutrition, Diabetes, Obesity, Cleveland Clinic, Sleep Apnea
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Ohio officials take 200-pound boy from mother
CLEVELAND (AP) — The case of an 8-year-old boy taken from his family because he weighs more than 200 pounds (90 kilograms) has renewed a U.S. debate on whether parents should lose custody if a child is severely obese. The boy was removed from his...Tags: Nutrition, Diabetes, Obesity, Cleveland Clinic, Sleep Apnea
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Salads are nice, but burgers are what really sell
NEW YORK (AP) — Having a burger and fries with that workout? Don't laugh. Many Americans talk skinny but eat fat. Research shows that while 47 percent of Americans say they'd like restaurants to offer healthier items like salads, only 23 percent...Tags: Dining and Drinking, Weight, Restaurants, Salads, KFC's Double Down Sandwich
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