More evidence for "obesity paradox"
In a review of almost 100 past studies covering nearly three million people, researchers found that being overweight or slightly obese was linked to about a 6 percent lower risk of dying, compared to...
View ArticleObesity Reduces Quality of Life in Boys
For boys, being overweight or obese significantly lowers their quality of life compared to healthy weight peers. Interestingly, these results were not found in girls. The study, published in the...
View Article10 ways to educate yourself about eating disorders
Being stick-skinny, skipping meals and purging are all classic signs of eating disorders. But those aren’t the only signs, and the signs aren’t always obvious, said Dr. Sarah Hallberg, a physician at...
View ArticleBullying and Body Image: How Bullying Leads to Eating Disorders
Bullying can have long-lasting results on the bullied, and in some cases, may lead to eating disorders, according to UK Charity Beat. A recent study of 600 people in the UK during Anti-Bullying Week by...
View ArticleBreast-Feeding May Not Lead to Leaner Children
Breast-feeding is widely encouraged for its many positive health effects, but the claim that it reduces the risk for childhood obesity may be going too far. A randomized trial has found that even...
View ArticleTeachME: New CEU Courses
NEW: Nutrition and Physical Activity Tips for Older Adults $4.00 [1.00 CE Hours] This short course provides tips and tools to help people ages 65 and over eat healthy foods and be physically active....
View ArticleMixed results on computer-based support for diabetes
Computer and mobile phone programs that provide tailored advice and support to people with diabetes may not do much to improve their health and quality of life, a new report suggests. The findings are...
View ArticleNew guidelines offer hope for those with binge-eating disorder
At one time or another, Jana Begor has tried most of the commercially advertised diets, not to mention the grapefruit diet and the cabbage soup diet. She became a vegan. She tried the raw food diet....
View ArticleProfessionals In Recovery: When Your Therapist Has An Eating Disorder Too
Ilene Fishman does not go out of her way to tell her patients about her past, but if they ask, she is honest with them: For 11 years the licensed clinical social worker, who specializes in treating...
View ArticleSleep Deprived Teens More Likely To Eat Unhealthy Foods
It should come as no surprise that there are health-related consequences to being sleep deprived. But with American teens marked as the most sleep deprived in the world, it’s vital that we pay...
View ArticleOgden pediatrician: Childhood obesity serious
Every day, Dr. Isabel Cristina Lau encounters children who are obese and living with its related problems. The Ogden pediatrician said childhood obesity is common and serious and is leading children to...
View ArticleMom’s Depression Tied to Childhood Obesity
In low-income urban families, a mother’s depression is linked to childhood obesity and disengaged parenting. “We know many mothers experience feelings of sadness and depression. Despite this awareness,...
View ArticleStraight-Up Teen: Eating disorder
“You look fat!” “You are way too skinny!” “Why can’t you look like her?” “He is fit, why aren’t you?” These comments and many others just like them are so damaging to people, but especially teenagers...
View ArticleEating Disorders: ‘Out Of Body Experience’ Treatment Could Be Used To Treat...
The eating disorder anorexia nervosa is linked to one of the highest suicide and fatality rates, so news of a possible treatment is welcome news. Research has shown that heartbeats can be used to...
View Article‘Fat Letters’ and the Childhood Obesity Debate (AUDIO)
Experts, parents split over schools’ role in weight screening If their kids are frequently tardy, truant or failing to turn in homework, parents of U.S. schoolchildren expect to be notified. And in...
View ArticleChildhood Obesity Month: Chartwells helps students get healthy
It has been suggested that the United States has a weight problem. While many walk around sporting a spare tire, unable to fit into their fall clothes, the biggest concern must lie with children....
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