Archive for November, 2007
Obesity Linked to Increased Cancer Risk (HealthDay)
Friday, November 2nd, 2007HealthDay - WEDNESDAY, Oct. 31 (HealthDay News) — Weight management,
exercise and proper nutrition are key to reducing your risk of cancer. And
the earlier in life you adopt these practices, the better off you’ll be, a
new study suggests.
W.Va. unveils tool to help fight obesity (AP)
Friday, November 2nd, 2007
AP - West Virginia is hoping that a little wheel can make a big difference in the state’s obesity problem. The wheel is a body mass index calculator, a low-tech tool that will be distributed to doctors across the state as part of a new effort to get physicians to recognize obesity early in their patients.
Exercise, diet improve obese kids’ motor skills (Reuters)
Friday, November 2nd, 2007Reuters - Obese children who lose weight
through diet and exercise may become stronger and more agile in
the process, a study shows.
Report stresses link between obesity and cancer (Reuters)
Friday, November 2nd, 2007Obese people face bigger cancer risk, study finds (AFP)
Friday, November 2nd, 2007TV raises blood pressure in obese kids: study (Reuters)
Friday, November 2nd, 2007Brain scans of obese show hunger hormone at work (Reuters)
Friday, November 2nd, 2007Reuters - Giving the body’s natural appetite
suppressant to morbidly obese volunteers de-activated their
brain’s response to tasty food — and the new brain activity
lasted for as long as the hormone was delivered, U.S.
researchers reported on Monday.
Obesity study targets hormone that signals hunger (AFP)
Friday, November 2nd, 2007Exercise Helps Overweight Youngsters Learn (HealthDay)
Friday, November 2nd, 2007HealthDay - FRIDAY, Oct. 26 (HealthDay News) — Three months of daily, vigorous
exercise can improve overweight kids’ thinking, U.S. researchers
report.




