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Health & Wellness News tagged with obesity

Scientists Claim Junk Food Is as Addictive as Heroin
Health & Wellness  (tags: junk, food, heroin, addiction, drugs, obesity, health, healthcare, humans, research, warning, risks, illness, science, study, medicine, prevention, interesting, disease, diet, investigation, society, government, children, nutrition, family )

Tom
- 23 days ago - grist.org
Junk food elicits addictive behavior in rats similar to the behaviors of rats addicted to heroin, a new study finds. "This is the most complete evidence to date that suggests obesity and drug addiction have common neurobiological underpinnings."
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Do You Know That Grapefruit Can Prevent Type 2 Diabetes?
Health & Wellness  (tags: grapefruit, prevent, type2 Diabetes, naringenin, flavonoid metabolism, liver, weight loss, obesity, cholesterol levels )

Rosemary
- 77 days ago - diabetes-and-diabetic-diet.com
A group of scientists have found that naringenin, a flavonoid present in citrus fruits is responsible for the liver to burn fat rather than storing it after taking a meal. This chemical compound is primarily found in grapefruit and is responsible Cont..
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It Isn't Just What You Eat, It's How It's Packaged, Too
Health & Wellness  (tags: food, nutrition, obesity, platics, packagaing, phthalates, food packaging, children, health )

Blue
- 219 days ago - theygaveusarepublic.com
...the findings shine a harsh light on the use of phthalates, potent endocrine disruptors and a component of plastics used in food packaging. Phthalates, long maligned for their carcinogenic properties, are used to make plastics pliable.
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Teaching Your Children On A Healthy Lifestyle Through Sports
Health & Wellness  (tags: children, health, exercise, risks, obesity, diabetes )


- 608 days ago - affleap.com
Children are more inclined to watch TV or play video games for hours rather than engage in physical activities. This increases the likelihood of childhood obesity, diabetes and other health problems to children which can easily be prevented by exercise.
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Corn: Fueling the Fast Food Industry and Obesity
Health & Wellness  (tags: corn, obesity, diabetes, fast food, livestock, corn carbon, American diet )

Cris
- 616 days ago - abcnews.go.com
Corn is in everything we eat and drink, from soda to beef, and it's fueling the nation's obesity epidemic. "King Corn" is Ian Cheney and Curt Ellis' new documentary, which shows how corn has turned the American diet into a fast food nightmare.
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Overweight Women Have Worse Breast Cancer: Study
Health & Wellness  (tags: health, women, obesity, breast cancer )

Isabel
- 620 days ago - abcnews.go.com
New research suggests that overweight women have a higher risk of a certain type of deadly breast cancer.
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Landmark Study Finds Obesity to Be More Dangerous to Health Than Smoking
Health & Wellness  (tags: obesity, death, smoking )

Sc
- 620 days ago - naturalnews.com:80
Being seriously overweight may reduce a person's life expectancy even more than smoking, according to a report by 250 leading scientists. According to the Foresight Report on obesity in the United Kingdom, having a body mass index higher than 30 (the
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How to Defuse the Obesity Time Bomb
Health & Wellness  (tags: health, obesity, children, UK )

Isabel
- 626 days ago - news.bbc.co.uk
With at least one in three children leaving primary school obese, weight is clearly a pressing issue for England's schools.
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Insomnia Can Lead to Obesity
Health & Wellness  (tags: food, obesity, insomnia, sleeplessness, science )

Genius
- 628 days ago - geniusbeauty.com
Lack of adequate sleep can lead to serious weight problems.
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More Food, Fewer Nutrients
Health & Wellness  (tags: food, nutrition, health, obesity, starvation )

Linda
- 635 days ago - featuresblogs.chicagotribune.com
"A person would have had to eat three apples in 1991 to supply the same iron content as one in 1940." --Brian Halweil, senior researcher at The Worldwatch Institute. . .nutrient levels eroded by pursuit of higher yields. Is this a cause of obesity?
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Study: "Zero Calorie" Sugar Substitutes May Actually Be Making People Fatter
Health & Wellness  (tags: prevention, society, weight, obesity, artificial, sweetener, sweeteners, study, warning, protection, risks, safety, science, news, health, food, cancer, diet, disease )

Rebecca
- 649 days ago - healthnutcentral.com
According to scientists at Purdue University, "Studies suggest artificial sweeteners somehow disrupt the body's ability to regulate incoming calories."
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Big Demand for 'Obese Ambulances' - Australia
Health & Wellness  (tags: australia, nsw, new south wales, ambulance, obese, obesity, government )

Chrissy
- 653 days ago - news.com.au
The NSW Government has spent almost $1 million building six heavy duty ambulances for the state's growing number of seriously obese people. The NSW Ambulance Service fleet of three mega lift ambulances, in use since 2002, will be doubled with another
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Gut Hormone 'Curbs Appetite in Fat Mice' - Australia
Health & Wellness  (tags: australia, obesity, fat, hormone, appetite, cravings )

Chrissy
- 683 days ago - news.theage.com.au
Scientists have discovered a hormone that can switch off food cravings in mice, raising hopes it could help overweight humans beat the bulge. Researchers from the Garvan Institute in Sydney found the hormone, produced by the gut, could also have uses for
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New Plan Proposes Free Surgery for Obese Teens
Health & Wellness  (tags: children, youth, FREE Surgery, health, Obesity )

Jocelyn
- 687 days ago - news.ninemsn.com.au
Chronically obese youths may be given free surgery to reduce their weight under a proposal by the Australian Medical Association to tackle obesity in Victoria. Health groups and the state's Opposition have backed the publicly funded scheme that was
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Drinking Our Way to Obesity
Health & Wellness  (tags: humans, obesity, calories, beverages, health )

Eduardo
- 714 days ago - webmd.com
Americans now get nearly twice as many calories from beverages as they did in the 1960s. In 1965, Americans got about 12% of their daily calories from things they drank. By 2002, beverages made up 21% of daily calorie intake.
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