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Obesity Defined
Being 20 percent or more above one's ideal weight.
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TV ads make children choose more junk foods
Published July 3, 2009, 6:32 am, American Psychological Association
July 01, 2009 LOS ANGELES, Jul 01, 2009 (Xinhua via COMTEX) -- Influenced by TV ads, children tend to choose more junk food, increasing the risk of weight gain, a new study suggests.
TV Ads Trigger Mindless Eating
Published July 2, 2009, 12:23 pm, MedicineNet.com
Title: TV Ads Trigger Mindless Eating Category: Health News Created: 7/2/2009 7:00:00 AM Last Editorial Review: 7/2/2009 7:00:01 AM
TV Ads Deter Weight Control
Published July 2, 2009, 7:02 am, Psych Central
Food advertising on television increases automatic snacking on available foods in children and adults, according to a series of experimental studies conducted by researchers from Yale University. Snacking is believed to be a major factor in the obesity crisis with children often a key target. The research appears in the July issue of the journal [...]
Study Indicates Support Group Attendance Improves Post-Surgical Weight Loss
Published July 2, 2009, 5:25 am, Medical News Today
Major scientific contributors within the bariatric and psychiatric industries publicized the results of a recent study demonstrating that LAP-BAND(R) patients who regularly attend support groups experience considerably higher rates of post-surgical weight loss. Authors Dr. Kathryn A. Kaiser, Dr. Susan Franks and Dr.
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Published July 1, 2009, 8:33 pm, Bernama
LOS ANGELES, July 2 (Bernama) -- Influenced by TV ads, children tend to choose more junk food, and increasing the risk of weight gain, a new study published in the July issue of the journal Health Psychology suggested.
TV ads make children choose more junk foods
Published July 1, 2009, 7:32 pm, People's Daily
Influenced by TV ads, children tend to choose more junk food, increasing the risk of weight gain, a new study suggests. The finding was based on a series of experiments to test the effects of TV food commercials on children as well as adults, researchers at Yale University said in the study published in the July issue of the journal Health Psychology. One experiment found that children aged ...
TV Ads Trigger Mindless Eating
Published July 1, 2009, 3:19 pm, HealthCentral
Kids watching food commercials consumed 45 percent more snacks, study shows.
TV ads trigger mindless eating
Published July 1, 2009, 6:53 am, ABC 7 El Paso
Watching food ads on TV leads to a boost in snacking among children and adults, increasing the risk of weight gain, U.S. researchers say.
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- Fat: fighting the obesity epidemic - Google Books
- Patient Money - Weight Loss on a Sliding Financial Scale - NYTimes.com
- riskinfo » News » BMI Study - Even Moderate Obesity Takes Years off Life Expectancy
- Fourth Video (sample of liquid diet) | Free Trial - Acai Berry Blast: The 2 diets the Nutritionist has put on meDuration : 0:9:2[youtube R29dfTUSnE0]
- We Can! is an education program to prevent childhood overweight: NIH - NHLBI program We Can!? or "Ways to Enhance Children' s Activity & Nutrition" ; is a national program designed for families and communities to help children maintain a healthy weight. The program focuses on three important behaviors: improved food choices, increased physical activity and reduced screen time. Read more about the program.
- How rare are stomach and/or colorectal cancer occurances in teenagers?: Also, does obesity dramatically increase the chances of a teen getting stomach and/or colorectal cancer?
- Patient Money - Weight Loss on a Sliding Financial Scale - NYTimes.com
- New Playground Architecture: Bye, Jungle Gym - TIME: New York City?based architect David Rockwell has come up with some ingenious ways to amplify that familiar scene and, in the process, is bringing to the U.S. the most innovative playground design since child psychologists started fiddling with jungle gyms in the 1960s. Dubbed the Imagination Playground in a Box
- F as in Fat 2009 - Trust for America's Health
- Turning fat people into social outcasts
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