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Anthropology > Obesity
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Obesity Defined
A condition in which a person's weight is 20 percent greater than a sex- and age-specific weight-for-height standard.
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Metabolic Syndrome Raises Colon Cancer Risk 75%
Published October 10, 2008, 3:05 pm, ABC 7 El Paso
By Alan Mozes , HealthDay Reporter FRIDAY, Oct. 10 (HealthDay News) -- Patients coping with metabolic syndrome have a 75 percent higher risk for developing...
Child Heart Disease Risks on the Rise
Published October 10, 2008, 2:28 pm, WebMD
The rate of premature heart disease among obese teens is set to triple, and the increasing prevalence of high blood pressure in children is a major culprit, experts warn.
Little-Known Fat Can Be a Heartbreaker
Published October 10, 2008, 2:03 pm, HealthDay via Yahoo! News
FRIDAY, Oct. 10 (HealthDay News) -- If you're worried about reducing your risk of heart disease, you probably already know that you should quit smoking, eat a healthful diet, exercise regularly, keep your blood pressure in check, and make sure your cholesterol levels aren't too high.
Metabolic Syndrome Raises Colon Cancer Risk 75%
Published October 10, 2008, 2:02 pm, Health Scout
Finding suggests need for more careful screening for these patients, researcher says.
Craig and Marc Kielburger: Sedentary Lifestyle Hits Ramadan
Published October 10, 2008, 1:23 pm, HuffingtonPost
September was a big month in television. There were premieres and returning favourites. There was laughter, tears, history and controversy. And what would television be...
Metabolic Syndrome Raises Colon Cancer Risk 75%
Published October 10, 2008, 11:02 am, HealthDay via Yahoo! News
FRIDAY, Oct. 10 (HealthDay News) -- Patients coping with metabolic syndrome have a 75 percent higher risk for developing colorectal cancer sometime in their lives, a new study suggests.
4-H helping shape Coomer"™s life
Published October 10, 2008, 8:25 am, The Glasgow Daily Times
Laura Coomer has often been teased that she has green blood.
BEACH: Today"™s McCain is not the one who stole Yale hearts, minds in 1999
Published October 10, 2008, 6:45 am, New Haven Register
While following Sen. John McCain’s increasingly desperate presidential campaign, I have been thinking about a remarkable night in December of 1999, when I observed him up close, wowing students (and me as well) at Yale.
Brewer: You practically need a loan to grocery shop these days
Published October 10, 2008, 6:31 am, The Record Searchlight
Remember when a trip to the supermarket didn't require a major investment?
Andy Borowitz Archives
Published October 10, 2008, 3:08 am, Jewish World Review
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- Idea Lab - Losing the Weight Stigma - NYTimes.com
- 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.
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