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Obesity Defined
A chronic disease characterized by excessively high body fat in relation to lean body tissue.
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Body Contouring: Selecting Appropriate Massive Weight Loss Patients Critical
Published October 11, 2008, 9:06 am, Medical News Today
The importance of pre-operative screening for patients seeking body contouring after massive weight loss will be assessed in three studies presented at the American Society of Plastic Surgeons (ASPS) Plastic Surgery 2008 conference, Oct. 31 - Nov. 5, in Chicago.
'Living Healthy with Diabetes' educational program offered
Published October 11, 2008, 6:20 am, Stearns-Morrison Enterprise
The Albany Area Hospital & Medical Center, the Albany and Avon Lions, and Roche Diagnostics and Eli Lilly and Company will offer another evening program for people living with diabetes and anyone else interested in learning more about diabetes.
Woman Suffers Serious Vitamin Deficiency After Gastric Bypass Surgery
Published October 11, 2008, 3:07 am, Medical News Today
A woman developed disease because, after her weight-loss surgery, she did not take her multivitamin, as reported in a Case Report released on October 10, 2008 in The Lancet. The obesity epidemic is well documented around the world, and has affected developed countries in great magnitude.
Vitamins Are Necessary After Gastric Bypass Surgery
Published October 11, 2008, 3:06 am, Medical News Today
In a Case Report published in this week's edition of The Lancet, researchers study a woman who failed to take multivitamins after weight-loss surgery and subsequently developed a vitamin deficiency.
Little-Known Fat Can Be a Heartbreaker
Published October 10, 2008, 11:07 pm, HealthCentral
Elevated lipoprotein (a) levels boost cardiovascular disease risk for some.
Running a good way to help young girls gain self-esteem
Published October 10, 2008, 10:53 pm, The Florida Times-Union
Were it not for the words of my great-grandmother, I probably would have spent last Sunday in bed.
Weighing In On Snack Packs
Published October 10, 2008, 9:17 pm, KSFY Sioux Falls
Medical researchers put those 100 calorie snack packs to the test.
Obesity threatens Aussie kids' life span
Published October 10, 2008, 6:27 pm, The West Australian
The life expectancy of Australian children will drop by two years if an obesity epidemic goes unchecked, the nation's preventative health taskforce has warned in its inaugural report.
More action needed in borough"™s battle against ill health
Published October 10, 2008, 5:46 pm, ic CheshireOnline
THE life expectancy of Halton people is rising, but action on an “industrial scale” is still needed to tackle ill health. Fiona Johnstone, Halton and St Helens PCT director of health strategy, made the comment in the foreword for the her annual report.
Good Habit of the Week
Published October 10, 2008, 4:08 pm, The Epoch Times
Baby step your way toward healthful habits. Start with a healthy breakfast.
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- Weight Loss after Liposuction: Liposuction surgery can help you get rid of excess fat in those stubborn and problematic areas such as, the abdomen, the outer and inner thigh areas, the chin, arms and bottom, but liposuction will not end all weight gain woes.
- Obesity and Overweight: Trends: U.S. Obesity Trends | DNPAO | CDC: During the past 20 years there has been a dramatic increase in obesity in the United States. This slide set illustrates this trend by mapping the increased prevalence of obesity across each of the states.
- Prevalence and Risk Factors for Obesity in Adult Cats from Private US ...
- Are We Slowly Killing Our Kids?: I was driving my oldest son up to college the other day and happened to catch Richard Simmons, the diet and exercise, ?Sweatin? To The Oldies? fella, on the radio. He was being interviewed by a local station about his recent campaign on childhood obesity. He started quoting statistics on the number of schools that offer limited or no physical education classes for their students. I was shocked! So much so that I started checking his numbers and found out I have been totally ignorant as to the beating PE has taken in the latest round of educational reform that has been spawned by the No Child Left Behind legislation. Which could be more accurately labeled, the Every Child Gets A Big Behind legislation.
- Lose Weight by Reading - 10/9/2008 - Publishers Weekly
- Open Letter to the Next Farmer in Chief: Common-Sense Food Activist Michael Pollan Strikes Back!
- References for "Treating Obesity in Children 2 to 5 Years Old"
- Obesity System Influence Diagram
- Health | Mail Online: Essential health news, features, advice and information for you and your family from the Daily Mail and Mail on Sunday.
- Do future health problems begin during gestation? - By Darshak Sanghavi - Slate Magazine
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