Reuters - Obese children who watch a lot
of television are more likely to have high blood pressure than
heavy children who don’t spend as much time in front of the
tube, the results of a new study shows.
Archive for the ‘General’ Category
TV can raise blood pressure in obese children (Reuters)
Saturday, December 22nd, 2007Obesity hurts a woman’s chances of conception (Reuters)
Saturday, December 22nd, 2007Obesity, Diabetes Linked to Cancers (HealthDay)
Saturday, December 22nd, 2007HealthDay - FRIDAY, Dec. 7 (HealthDay News) — Obesity and diabetes — risk
factors so often linked to heart disease — can also affect the incidence
and severity of cancer, a collection of four new studies suggests.
Obesity linked to weaker immunity in animals: study (AFP)
Saturday, December 22nd, 2007Overweight Kids Often Become Obese, Unhealthy Adults (HealthDay)
Saturday, December 22nd, 2007HealthDay - WEDNESDAY, Dec. 5 (HealthDay News) — Overweight children and
adolescents are more likely to be overweight or obese adults and more
likely to suffer early heart disease and death, two new studies
conclude.
Heart disease looming threat for US obese teens: study (AFP)
Saturday, December 22nd, 2007Sharp increases in child obesity foreseen: studies (Reuters)
Saturday, December 22nd, 2007We Can! Program Takes Aim at Childhood Obesity (HealthDay)
Saturday, December 22nd, 2007HealthDay - THURSDAY, Nov. 29 (HealthDay News) — The U.S. National Institutes of
Health and the Association of Children’s Museums are teaming up on a
program to combat the obesity epidemic among America’s children.
Obesity behind over half UK maternal birth deaths (Reuters)
Saturday, December 22nd, 2007Obesity Rates Leveling Off Among U.S. Adults (HealthDay)
Saturday, December 22nd, 2007HealthDay - WEDNESDAY, Nov. 28 (HealthDay News) — Obesity among American
adults hasn’t increased much in recent years, but there are still far too
many adults who are overweight, a new federal study reports.




