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Tag Archives: Obesity
To Stem Obesity, Start Before Birth
Researchers are tracing the origins of obesity to the pre-pregnancy weight of a child’s mother and father.
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Well: Coke’s Chief Scientist, Who Orchestrated Obesity Research, Is Leaving
Rhona Applebaum, Coca-Cola’s top scientist, is stepping down, a move that follows revelations that the company had funded research that played down the role beverages played in the spread of obesity.
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Well: Coca-Cola Funds Scientists Who Shift Blame for Obesity Away From Bad Diets
The company supports a new nonprofit, the Global Energy Balance Network, that promotes a “science-based” approach to weight control: Get more exercise and worry less about cutting calories.
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Obesity Is Tied to Pollutants
Exposure to secondhand smoke and roadway traffic may be tied to increased body mass index in children and adolescents, a new study suggests.
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Well: Obesity Around the Nation
In 2013, adult obesity rates rose in six states – Alaska, Delaware, Idaho, New Jersey, Tennessee and Wyoming – which was a drastic shift from 2005, when the rate increased in every state.
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Threat Grows From Liver Illness Tied to Obesity
Despite major gains in fighting hepatitis C and other chronic liver conditions, public health officials are now faced with a growing epidemic of liver disease that is tightly linked to the obesity crisis.
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Douglas L. Coleman, 82, Dies; Found a Genetic Cause of Obesity
Dr. Coleman upset scientific dogma by discovering that genes — not willpower, eating habits or other behaviors — could cause obesity in some people.
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Pregnancy Weight Gain Predicts Child’s Obesity
Gaining too much weight during pregnancy is associated with an increased risk that your child will be obese as a preschooler, new evidence shows. Gaining too little weight may have the same effect.
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Idea of Healthy Obesity Is Tested
Some obese people have normal cholesterol, glucose levels and blood pressure, but a new study suggests obesity by itself increases the risk for heart disease, stroke, diabetes and death.
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