Medicine | -Antibiotics Causing Disease?-

From Los Angeles Times: We’ve all heard that the overuse of antibiotics is making them less effective and fueling the rise of dangerous drug-resistant bacteria. But did you know it may also be fueling the rise of obesity, diabetes, allergies and asthma? So says Dr. Martin Blaser, microbiologist and infectious disease specialist at New York [...]

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Obese | -Not All Obese People Die From Fatness. Well, Duh-

Most of us know how inaccurate the BMI is as a measure of fat & health. A 16-year prospective study just released shows that obesity alone does not determine mortality down the road.The study followed 29,533 volunteers from the Cooper Clinic in Dallas over an average of 16.2 years; 6,224 were considered obese; the obese [...]

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Is Diet Coke bad for you?

There is nothing more refreshing and awakening than a fresh glass of ice cold Diet Coke in the morning. It’s a universal truth among Diet Coke drinkers. We have other options – like coffee or orange juice – but those have calories and lack the bubbling sensation as it goes down our throats. We reach a point where Diet [...]

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CDC Links Obesity, Arthritis, and Lack of Exercise.

CDC Links Obesity, Arthritis, and Lack of Exercise Study Shows Obese Adults Who Have Arthritis Are More Likely to Skip Exercise By Bill Hendrick WebMD Health News Reviewed by Laura J. Martin, MD May 19, 2011 — Obese adults with arthritis are 44% more likely to be physically inactive than obese people who do not [...]

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Male? Obese? Twice as likely to die early.

Study finds lifelong doubling in death risk for men who are obese at age 20 years Stockholm, Sweden: Men who enter adult life obese face a life-long doubling of the risk of dying prematurely, new research has found. In a study presented today (Tuesday) at the International Congress on Obesity in Stockholm, researchers tracked more [...]

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Obesity on the rise.

As an advocate for a healthy lifestyle I was surprised to read this morning about obesity in the US. Apparently all the reality TV shows about weight loss, the focus on it in the news, and the endless information available about the epidemic has done nothing to help obesity in the US, or it seems. [...]

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Let’s Un-Process Our Children’s Food.

Let's Un-Process Our Children's Food: prepare everything from scratch and eliminate processed foods as much as possible. Can a Vegetarian Diet be BAD? I 'got' it. I was vegetarian in high school and college because I learned that a plant-based diet was better for my health and for the pl … Read More

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Childhood Obesity — New Research Briefs Examine how Playgrounds, Trails can Support Physical Activity (via Full Text Reports…)

New Research Briefs Examine how Playgrounds, Trails can Support Physical Activity Source: Robert Wood Johnson Foundation Two new research briefs produced by Active Living Research, a national program of the Robert Wood Johnson Foundation, examine the impact neighborhood playgrounds and trails can have on physical activity. The first brief shows that when playgrounds are safe [...]

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