Archive for June, 2008

Reducing childhood obesity

Tuesday, June 24th, 2008

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Common Cooking Spice Found In Curry Shows Promise In Combating - Science Daily
ScienceDaily (June 23, 2008) — Turmeric, an Asian spice found in many curries, has a long history of use in reducing inflammation, healing wounds and relieving pain, but can it prevent diabetes? Since inflammation plays a big role in many diseases
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Local inequalities mark map of wellbeing - Guardian Unlimited
Big disparities in the health and behaviour of people in different parts of England are revealed for the first time today in research from the Association of Public Health Observatories. The research reveals some remarkable findings, among them the
Source: www.guardian.co.uk

Arterial Calcium Scans Can Predict Death Risk - Washington Post
Resize Text MONDAY, June 23 (HealthDay News) — Scanning the heart’s arteries for calcium deposits accurately predicts the overall death risk for American adults, a new study suggests. “So far, this is the best predictor we have of who will have a
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So Much to Do, So Little Sleep - BusinessWeek
SUNDAY, June 22 (HealthDay News) — Most women don’t need a survey to tell them a basic fact of female life: They’re often sleep-deprived and feel too sluggish to make it through the day with vigor. Whether they’re single career women, newlyweds, new
Source: www.businessweek.com

Daughter is relieved after her mother’s death - Detroit News
Dear Abby: My mother was abusive. When I was 13, she thought it was “cute” to set me up on a date with a 21- year-old Marine on leave. When I was 15, she told me that if she had known she could get an abortion in the ’60s, I wouldn’t be here. You get
Source: www.detnews.com

Extra £40m to deal with obesity - BBC News
Almost half of the new resources will be used to improve the nutrition of women of childbearing age, pregnant women and children under five. For children and young adults at school, sports, dance, walking and healthy cooking projects will be opened
Source: news.bbc.co.uk

OSI starts tests on obesity drug - Newsday
OSI Pharmaceuticals Inc., the Melville-based company best known for its work developing an anti-cancer drug, said Thursday it plans to study ways to treat obesity, a growing health problem worldwide and particularly among school-age children in the U
Source: www.newsday.com

One in 10 children is obese when starting primary school - Times Online
One in 10 children in England is obese by the time of starting primary school, with particular problems in inner cities and poor areas, official statistics show today. In some areas the figure is 1 in 6. A map of health inequalities, produced by the
Source: www.timesonline.co.uk

Feeling Fat May Be Worse Than Obesity - NBC 10
Teenagers who think they are fat say they have a lower quality of life than those who actually are obese, according to a new study. A study of almost 7,000 boys and girls from age 11 to 17 in Germany found that about three-quarters were normal weight
Source: www.nbc10.com

National childhood obesity

Monday, June 9th, 2008

PHILADELPHIA , June 9 /PRNewswire-USNewswire/ — Children of mothers who gain more than the recommended amount of weight during pregnancy are more likely to be overweight at age seven, say researchers from The Children’s Hospital of Philadelphia and Obesity In Child News

Sarah Ockwell-Smith, 32, a hypnobirthing teacher from Saffron Walden, Essex, knows all about larger babies. At 5ft 1in, with a 6ft husband - Ian, 38, a locksmith - she has given birth to four. Sebastian, five, was 10lb (4.53kg) at birth. Flynn, four Obesity In Child News

More than four million Britons will have diabetes by 2025, a 46% rise mostly fuelled by the obesity crisis, figures show today. If the trend was confirmed in Scotland, the increase would bring the total number of people with diabetes to an estimated Obesity In Child News

More than 4 million Britons will have diabetes by 2025, a health charity warns today as the government expands its “healthy towns” initiative, aimed at tackling the national problem of obesity. Unhealthy diets and a lack of exercise will lead to a Obesity In Child News

Quotes for child obesity

Sunday, June 1st, 2008

Fat people everywhere, says AMA president Research suggests epidemic is a myth But worst growth rate among low-income families CLAIMS that childhood obesity in Australia has been exaggerated serve to trivialise a real problem, Australian Medical Childhood Obesity News

CombinatoRx, Incorporated (CRXX) is pioneering the new field of synergistic combination pharmaceuticals and has a broad product portfolio in phase 2 clinical development. Going beyond traditional combinations, CombinatoRx creates product candidates Childhood Obesity News

CLAIMS that childhood obesity in Australia has been exaggerated serve to trivialise a real problem, Australian Medical Association (AMA) president Rosanna Capolingua says. New research shows Australia’s childhood obesity epidemic has been exaggerated Childhood Obesity News

A patient is eligible for this surgery on the NHS if he or she has a body mass index of 40 and over Dr Ahmed Badat is 62 years old, but says he now feels 25 years younger. Last year, he suffered from six chronic conditions, took 15 pills a day and Childhood Obesity News