Effects Of Family Meals, Sleeping And Screen Time On Obesity In Preschoolers – American Academy Of Pediatrics

February 8, 2010

Preschool children exposed to three household routines — regularly eating family meals, getting adequate sleep, and limiting screen-viewing time — had a roughly 40 percent lower prevalence of obesity than those exposed to none of these routines. The study, “Household Routines and Obesity in U.S. Preschool-Aged Children,” published in the March issue of Pediatrics (appearing online Feb…

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Food Attitudes Affect Obesity Risk In Middle Aged Women

December 2, 2009

A small study of middle-aged women finds that “guilt-ridden dieters,” impulsive eaters and those too busy to focus on food are the most likely to show signs of obesity. Half of women fit into two other categories, the study says, and were found to be the least likely to be leaning toward fat. Both types of women in those groups are concerned about nutrition and like to eat healthy…

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New Book Thinking In Circles About Obesity Presents A Novel Approach To Addressing The Weight Crisis

November 13, 2009

Low-carb…low-fat…high-protein…high-fiber…Americans are food-savvy, label-conscious, calorie-aware – and still gaining weight in spite of all their good intentions. Worse still, today’s children run the risk of a shorter life expectancy than their parents. Thinking in Circles About Obesity by Tarek Hamid brings a healthy portion of critical thinking, spiced with humor and lively graphics, to the obesity debate.

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Children’s Networks Exposed Young Viewers To 76 Percent More Food Commercials Per Hour Than Other Networks

November 6, 2009

Childhood obesity in the United States is reaching epidemic proportions. With more than one fourth of advertising on daytime and prime time television devoted to foods and beverages and continuing questions about the role television plays in obesity, a study in the November/December issue of the Journal of Nutrition Education and Behavior examines how food advertising aimed at children might be a large contributor to the problem.

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New Research Shows Direct Link Between Soda And Obesity

September 20, 2009

While health officials have long suspected the link between obesity and soda consumption, research released provides the first scientific evidence of the potent role soda and other sugar-sweetened beverages play in fueling California’s expanding girth.

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President Urged to Form Healthy Weights, Healthy Lives Commission

June 21, 2009

b>Physicians and Health Groups Ask for Bold Action to Reverse Obesity Epidemic/b>br/>WASHINGTON—Some of the countrys leading physicians, health organizations, and nutrition experts are asking President Barack Obama to create a Presidential Commission on Healthy Weights, Healthy Lives focused on combating obesity. In a letter to the President, the experts say that the broad and well-funded approach of the United Kingdoms anti-obesity strategy could serve as a model for a similar effort here.

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‘Shortcuts’ Of The Mind Lead To Miscalculations Of Weight And Caloric Intake

June 17, 2009

From a University of Pennsylvania Study
16 Jun 2009  

When estimating calories, study participants assumed portion sizes were culturally typical and guessed no caloric differences between small and large portions.

Psychologists at the University of Pennsylvania have identified a cognitive shortcut, or heuristic, they call “Unit Bias,” which causes people to ignore vital, obvious information in their decision-making process, points to a fundamental flaw in the modern, evolved mind and may also play a role in the American population’s 30 years of weight gain.

Researchers who focus on the cognitive aspects that contribute to obesity conducted several studies with college-age participants in which the subjects were asked to estimate the weight of adult women from either photographs or a live presentation by models. Other student participants were asked to estimate the calories in one of two actual meals. Both meals contained the same foods, but one had larger portion sizes than the other. (more…)

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Soda Taxes Can Help Fund Health Coverage and Prevention Programs, Say Experts

June 16, 2009

b>Plus, Reducing Consumption Can Help Curb Rising Obesity Rates/b>br/>WASHINGTON—Federal and state governments should levy excise taxes on soda and other sugary drinks both to raise revenues to pay for health coverage and prevention programs, and also to decrease consumption of products that promote obesity, the Center for Science in the Public Interest said today. The nutrition and food safety watchdog group launched a web-based Liquid Candy Tax Calculator to show policymakers, activists and media exactly how much money states and the federal government could raise in this way.

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Safe, Natural Weight Loss Product Now Works Even Harder To Fight Fat

June 15, 2009

Life Extension® has combined the patented plant extract, Integra-Lean™ Irvingia, with a new Calorie Control Complex to fight fat using seven biological mechanisms. Irvingia, an extract of the West African mango fruit Irvingia gabonensis, functions via four biological mechanisms to promote weight loss. 1. Irvingia shuts down the appetite and shrinks bloated fat cells by reversing resistance to leptin.

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