Since 2004, October marks National Chiropractic Health Month (NCHM), a nationwide campaign sponsored by the American Chiropractic Association (ACA), which recognizes chiropractic professionals as preventive care providers with expertise in optimizing health. This year's theme, "Why Weight? Get...
Dave Pittman is convinced you can teach schoolchildren to make healthy choices at lunchtime. And he's got the research to prove it. Pittman, a psychology professor at Wofford College in Spartanburg, ran tests in two different elementary schools in his area. He was trying, in part, to convince...
Co-creator of the philanthropic FEED bags, Ellen Gustafson says hunger and obesity are two sides of the same coin. At TEDxEast, she launches The 30 Project -- a way to change how we farm and eat in the next 30 years, and solve the global food inequalities behind both epidemics. Read the rest of...
While childhood obesity and failure to control weight are not childhood protection issues, failure to change lifestyle and receive support may be seen as neglect, especially in younger children, according to experts in an article published by BMJ (British Medical Journal). It is highly...
Members of the British Medical Association (BMA) and Irish Medical Organisation (IMO) will meet with representatives of the European Parliament to urge policy makers to work together to tackle the rise in obesity levels. Both the IMO and the BMA (NI) are calling on EU Commissioners for Health...
Members of the British Medical Association (BMA) and Irish Medical Organisation (IMO) will meet with representatives of the European Parliament to urge policy makers to work together to tackle the rise in obesity levels. Both the IMO and the BMA (NI) are calling on EU Commissioners for Health...
Dietary factors have long been known to play a major role in the development of obesity. The global increasing prevalence of obesity suggests that there should be some common changes in diet worldwide. In fact, a significant, yet, often neglected worldwide change in dietary factors in the past...
SciCurious has written a review of an interesting paper suggesting a correlation between obesity and city vs. non-city life. As usual, the review by Sci is excellent, but I have a comment or two to add.
Having read the review and then the paper, I had to ask if it might be possible to conclude...
By: Judith S. Palfrey, MD, FAAP, President, American Academy of Pediatrics "The American Academy of Pediatrics (AAP) commends the Task Force on Childhood Obesity for producing a thoughtful, comprehensive report on recommendations to reverse the epidemic of childhood obesity in our nation. The...
The Wall Street Journal: IBM "will put computer models to work analyzing the reams of available data on the different factors that might affect obesity - things such as consumer behavior, the location of grocery stores, the availability of physical activity facilities and even community...
...America,will you say? Oh boy it was a hard time Johnny. There was deep fried cheesecake , twice battered fish and chips, roast beef and gravy everywhere you went!! It was hard!!
lol America!
I'm writing a small book as a college assignment about appropriate child nutrition & obesity. I'm looking to keep it as simple as possible (the idea is that it could be read by a child).
The main points I'm looking to focus on are:
- Protein
- Carbohydates
- Fats
- Fresh fruits & vegetables...
Researchers from the Peninsula Medical School in Exeter have for the first time identified a link between blood levels of the gas hydrogen sulfide (a gas more commonly associated with the smell of rotten eggs), obesity and type 2 diabetes. The recent study published in the medical journal...
Researchers from the Peninsula Medical School in Exeter have for the first time identified a link between blood levels of the gas hydrogen sulfide (a gas more commonly associated with the smell of rotten eggs), obesity and type 2 diabetes. The recent study published in the medical journal...
Researchers from the Peninsula Medical School in Exeter have for the first time identified a link between blood levels of the gas hydrogen sulfide (a gas more commonly associated with the smell of rotten eggs), obesity and type 2 diabetes. The recent study published in the medical journal...
Researchers from the Peninsula Medical School in Exeter have for the first time identified a link between blood levels of the gas hydrogen sulfide (a gas more commonly associated with the smell of rotten eggs), obesity and type 2 diabetes. The recent study published in the medical journal...
Researchers from the Peninsula Medical School in Exeter have for the first time identified a link between blood levels of the gas hydrogen sulfide (a gas more commonly associated with the smell of rotten eggs), obesity and type 2 diabetes. The recent study published in the medical journal...