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Ohio hospital pledges $1M to reduce obesity
A hospital has pledged $1 million over the next five years to a program to help reduce obesity and promote healthy eating in a troubled neighborhood.
Christ Hospital in Cincinnati is joining with the Center for Closing the Health Gap to work with children in the nearby Mount Auburn neighborhood.
Child Obesity Seen as Warning of Heart Disease
A new study finds striking evidence that children who are obese or have high cholesterol show early warning signs of heart disease.
The study, presented Tuesday at the American Heart Association conference in New Orleans, found that the thickness of artery walls of children and teenagers who are obese or have high cholesterol resembled the […]
Diabetes centre offers online monitoring
The first dedicated diabetes centre for children opened yesterday, the latest step in the country’s fight to control an illness that is growing alarmingly among young people.
The UAE has the second highest rate of the disease in the world, with the majority of victims suffering from Type 2 diabetes.
Obese kids have greater risk of heart attack, stroke
The arteries of obese children may be aging 30 years faster than normal, new research suggests.
A study of 70 boys and girls found obese children and teens with abnormal cholesterol had thicker carotid arteries, the arteries in the neck that supply blood to the brain.
Germany Launches National Anti-Obesity Drive
The German government on Wednesday unveiled a bundle of measures and incentives to whip millions of overweight adults and children into shape.
The 30-million-euro (47-million-dollar) programme running for the next two years is intended to improve the well-being, productivity and quality of life of Germans, the health ministry said.
“This can only work if we anchor healthy […]
Good News For Child And Teen Obesity In The US: Not Increasing
According to a study published in the May 28 issue of JAMA, US children and teens were no more obese in 2006 than they were in 1999 - a finding that is contrary to the increase in obesity that was found in prior years.
“In the United States, the prevalence of overweight among children increased between […]
Obesity battle among US children may have peaked
The percentage of American children who are overweight or obese appears to have leveled off after a 25-year increase, according to new figures that offer a glimmer of hope in an otherwise dismal battle.
“That is a first encouraging finding in what has been unremittingly bad news,” said Dr. David Ludwig, director of an obesity clinic […]
Childhood Obesity May Be Leveling Off
In what may be the first good news in the battle against obesity among America’s children, federal researchers report that the latest data suggest that the number of overweight kids may be leveling off.
However, experts caution there’s still much to be done to improve the health of American children because the number of youngsters who […]
Lifestyle Changes Can Keep Diabetes at Bay for 14 Years
Diet and exercise programs for people at high risk for developing diabetes, when followed for six years, can actually delay the development of diabetes for 14 years after the programs end, a new report finds
The report is published in the May 24 special diabetes issue of The Lancet.