Recent News & Comments About obesity prevention
The Obesity Prevention Source Aims to Help Policymakers and Public Reverse the Growing Worldwide Obesity Epidemic
The Obesity Prevention Source website, launched by Harvard School of Public Health, provides quick and easy access to science-based information about the causes of child obesity and adult obesity and how to reverse the worldwide weight problem.Boston, MA (PRWEB) May 11, 2012 What is causing the obesity epidemic—and how can we stop and reverse this worldwide weight problem? A new website offers ...
$200,000 in grants to be awarded for childhood obesity prevention
A Tallahassee-based childhood obesity organization will award 22 individuals for their promotion of healthy lifestyles in children.
Childhood obesity prevention program in jeopardy
Organizers of "The Youngest Loser" need your help keeping the childhood obesity prevention program available to the community this summer.
Obesity prevention program for girls not associated with significant difference in body mass index
An Australian school-based obesity prevention program for adolescent girls was not associated with statistically significant differences in body mass index (BMI) and other body composition measures, however the small changes may be related to clinically important health outcomes, according to a report published Online First by Archives of Pediatrics & Adolescent Medicine, a JAMA Network ...
Anti-obesity program doesn't help teen girls: study
NEW YORK (Reuters Health) - An intensive obesity-prevention program for Australian girls didn't lead to any improvements in their diet, physical activity or body weight a year later, according to a new report. Findings from the school-based intervention, which involved exercise sessions and nutrition workshops for lower-income girls, are the latest disappointment in a slew of research attempting ...
U.S. Report Outlines Strategies to Prevent Obesity
TUESDAY, May 8 (HealthDay News) -- The United States' progress against the battle of the bulge has been slow, but certain strategies could speed obesity prevention efforts, a new report concludes.
Sichuan Agricultural University and BGI to unravel the relation between DNA methylomes and obesity
In a highlighted paper published online in Nature Communications, researchers from Sichuan Agricultural University and BGI, the world's largest genomics organization, reported the atlas of DNA methylomes in porcine adipose and muscle tissues, providing a valuable epigenomic source for obesity prediction and prevention as well as boosting the further development of pig as a model animal for human ...
DOH, UH applaud obesity prevention report
HONOLULU — America’s obesity epidemic is so severe and widespread, U.S. hospitals are ripping out wall-mounted toilets and replacing them with floor models to better support obese patients.
Study: Anti-obesity program doesn't help teen girls
An intensive obesity-prevention program for girls didn't lead to any improvements in their diet, physical activity or body weight a year later, according to a new report
American Heart Association Praises IOM's National Approach to Obesity Epidemic
WASHINGTON -- American Heart Association CEO Nancy Brown issued the following statement today on the Institute of Medicine's new report, "Accelerating Progress in Obesity Prevention":
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