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Wednesday 23rd May 2007
Childhood Obesity Prevention Study Results Known
eMaxHealth The National Institute on Media and the Family will announce its results from a childhood obesity prevention study. America's children are spending more time in front of their televisions and computers. Today, the average child spends over 44 hours per week in front of a screen and has more access to television, with 43 percent of children ages four to six having a TV in their bedrooms. A recent study has shown that children with televisions in their bedrooms are at 31 percent greater risk for being overweight or obesity.
Tuesday 22nd May 2007
Popular Weight Loss Procedure Could Lead to Addiction
WSFA TV Montgomery AL Obesity is a dangerous condition affecting 30% Americans. In this group regular dieting often fails. Bariatric surgery, like gastric bypass, can dramatically reduce weight. One woman named "Susan" says, "This is a size 20 and I'm now a 7/8." The surgery got her eating under control, but led her to a lose of control over her drinking, and her life.
Online dieting programs vary in effectiveness
NewsOK Put the word "diet” into a Google search, and you'll get about 150 million hits. Many are pretty sketchy, promising quick, simple and painless weight loss, but several companies have interesting and creative programs to help you battle the bulge online. Do they work? Here are some answers to help you find your online diet groove.
How to find a personal online dieting groove
Star News Online Put the term "diet" into a Google search and you'll get about 150 million entries. Many of them are pretty sketchy - promising quick, simple and painless weight loss - but several companies have interesting and creative programs to help you battle the bulge online. Do they work? Here are a few of the answers to help you find your online diet groove.
Smart Snacking Helps Make Dieting Easier
earthtimes.org Many people blame between- meal urges for making it difficult to control their weight. The fact is that it's not the snacking itself that's the problem, but the size and the food choices that can really do a dieter in. And with two of every three people trying to lose weight admitting that hunger causes them to cheat on their diet -- as revealed in a recent Yankelovich survey -- snacking can actually be a useful strategy to help people stick to their diet and lose weight.
Marketing of new weight-loss drug stresses diet, exercise
CNN Health You will not lose weight in your sleep or shed pounds while eating anything you want -- that's the sobering message from the maker of a weight loss pill poised to hit shelves next month. GlaxoSmithKline on Tuesday opened an educational exhibit in New York City to prepare the country for alli, the first over-the-counter diet pill approved by the Food and Drug Administration. While the cautionary marketing approach may not trigger stampedes to the counter, analysts say the drug's fate hinges on the pharmaceutical giant's ability to convince people that diet pills aren't a magic bullet.