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Connie K. Ho for redOrbit.com New research has found that obesity is linked to many health problems and, based on a recent study, affects performance in math studies as well. The project was a collaborative effort among the University of Missouri, Columbia (UM); the University of California, Los Angeles (UCLA); and the University of Vermont. Sara Gable, a researcher and an associate professor at the UM Department of Nutrition and Exercise, looked at 6,250 children from the Early...
(Ivanhoe Newswire) – Childhood obesity rates have risen over the past 40 years and have been associated with many health problems. Now, a new study shows that children’s weight and their math performance are linked. The longitudinal study was conducted by researchers at University of Missouri, Columbia, the University of California, Los Angeles, and the University of Vermont. They reviewed a national represented sample of more than 6, 250 children from the Early Childhood Longitudinal...
WATERTOWN, Mass., June 13, 2012 /PRNewswire-iReach/ -- ChopChop Magazine, a non-profit quarterly food magazine for kids aged 5-12 and their families, was named a "Best Practice in Childhood Obesity Prevention" by the National Association of Pediatric Nurse Practitioners (NAPNAP). (Logo: http://photos.prnewswire.com/prnh/20120613/CG24499) Childhood obesity is a healthcare epidemic. As First Lady Michelle Obama has put it, "Obesity could now be an even greater threat to America's...
Socioeconomic status across one's lifetime is related to weight gain and risk of obesity in African American women, according to a new study led by researchers from the Slone Epidemiology Center at Boston University. These findings currently appear online in the journal Ethnicity & Disease. The researchers followed 23,601 African American women under the age of 55 from 1995 to 2009. These women were participants in the Black Women's Health Study, a follow-up study of the health of...
(Ivanhoe Newswire) --What do diabetes, high cholesterol and sleep deprivation all have in common? According to new research not getting enough sleep could be a major risk factor for stroke just like diabetes and high cholesterol. Researchers from the University of Alabama at Birmingham say habitually sleeping less than six hours a night significantly increases the risk of stroke symptoms among middle-age to older adults who are of normal weight and at low risk for obstructive sleep apnea....
PHILADELPHIA, June 9, 2012 /PRNewswire/ -- Janssen Research & Development, LLC (Janssen) presented results from five Phase 3 clinical studies evaluating canagliflozin in monotherapy and in add-on combination use showing that canagliflozin provided substantial and sustained glycemic improvements in adult patients with type 2 diabetes, and was generally well tolerated. In two of these studies comparing canagliflozin to current standard treatments, sitagliptin and glimepiride,...
With more people than ever desperately trying to achieve maximum fat burning by dieting, hitting the gym and trying everything they can to lose weight, one should be shocked to know Americans are more obese than ever. It’s no wonder certified nutritionist and exercise specialist, Isabel De Los Rios’ new book, Pure Fat Burning Fuel (Velocity House) shot to #1 best-seller status on Amazon in under 24 hours. New York, NY (PRWEB) June 08, 2012 Committed to providing the best online...
SAN DIEGO and ORLANDO, Fla., June 8, 2012 /PRNewswire/ -- Profil® Institute for Clinical Research, Inc., a company focused on early phase clinical trials for diabetes and obesity, and Florida Hospital, one of nation's largest clinical care providers, announced today a joint venture to establish a state-of-the-art early phase clinical services center for metabolic disease research, including diabetes, obesity and cardiometabolic diseases. The Profil Institute at Florida Hospital will...
NEW YORK, June 8, 2012 /PRNewswire/ -- Adding to the fight for children's health, a network of six NYC charter schools are tackling the nation's growing health concerns--chiefly, the childhood obesity epidemic and chronic diseases related to it--by embracing Meatless Mondays. "Meatless Mondays is an important initiative that addresses the current health crisis hitting children by bringing nutritious choices to students and opening them up to healthy foods they might not otherwise...
A 38-year longitudinal study of New Zealanders suggests that individuals with higher genetic risk scores were more likely to be chronically obese in adulthood, according to a report published in the June issue of Archives of Pediatrics & Adolescent Medicine, a JAMA Network publication. Obesity is capable of being inherited and genome-wide association studies (GWASs) have started to uncover the molecular roots of heritability by identifying multiple single-nucleotide polymorphisms...
