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the global obesity epidemic
Food
  Phil Hurvitz ... The epidemic increase in obesity prevalence is sure to have an effect on the US health care system, diverting resources to management of chronic conditions related to obesity: diabetes, cardiovascular disease, and certain cancers. The increased morbidity and ... more
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thinking "outside" of the scale
Food
 Dr. Yoni Freedhoff ... The world constantly tells us that obesity kills and that skinny is an ideal. In turn allied health professionals often utilize weight and body mass indices as goals to achieve. Unfortunately this does not reflect the reality that while we may well all be able to make healthier choices, we can’t always do so enjoyable ... video
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dance revolution
  Prof. Emily Murphy ... The 2010 DanceRevolution West Virginia State Championship Tournament highlights the impact DanceRevolution (DR) – which is more than a video game – has had on the children of West Virginia. The program also serves to reward those schools utilizing DR as part of the state wide program West Virginia Games for Health in their physical education programs and encourage new participation from schools yet to take part. Most important, the competition offers the children of West Virginia with an exciting fun filled state wide competition all the while promoting healthy kids! ... more
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you are what you eat
 Chef Bruce Wood ... You are what you eat. Eating is an agricultural act. (Wendell Berry) These two philosophies neatly sum up what I believe about cooking and eating. As I listen to radio and television reports about the growing medical problems facing our population (adult onset diabetes, stroke, cardiovascular problems & high cholesterol to mention a few of the most obvious) ... more
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trimmer citizens
Food
 Dr. K ... Under a national law that came into effect two months ago, companies and local governments must now measure the waistlines of Japanese people between the ages of 40 and 74 as part of their annual checkups. That represents more than 56 million waistlines or about 44 percent of the entire population ... blog
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free radicals, antioxydants
Food
 Dr. Sandra Romano Anthony ... Free radicals are weapons of mass destruction’ in our bodies. They are produced through natural body functions, inhalation of polluted air, stress and smoking. Free radicals damage body and brain cells - and trigger many diseases. Free radicals are connected to cancer, heart disease, stroke ... video
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what to eat? what not?
Technology
 Dr. Alejandro Jadad ... At the dawn of the 21st century, perhaps for the first time in history, we are facing a pandemic of obesity that is expected to result in unaffordable demand for health services and, more dramatically, in the first generation of people in a century that will die at an earlier ... video
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paying patients to lose weight
Obesity
 Dr. Joseph Chemplavil ... Obesity has become a public health problem that has wide-reaching clinical and tremendous economic impact on the world healthcare system in the future. What we have is a dual and parallel epidemic of type 2 diabetes and obesity; one could call it ‘diabesity’... more
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points of view
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childhood obesity
Obesity
 Dina Lieberman ... In the U.S, Dr. Graham Colditz of Harvard University’s School of Public Health estimated that the combined direct and indirect costs of obesity in the United States to be at $118 billion annually - the equivalent of nearly 12% of that country’s health care expenditures ... more
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Rowing is a complete exercise... whether you are looking to control body weight and fat, rehabilitate from injury or surgery or burn calories and keep in shape ... more
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MobilizeYouth...a 16-week multi component fitness and nutrition program, founded in January 2006 out of an urgent need to do something about child obesity. ... more
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