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All About Food: Meals for a fast, healthy life
Eating healthfully has never been easier. The team at Fit Foods 4 Life has taken all the work out of planning and preparing healthy meals, including a free consultation with their nutritionist to help you design a custom dining plan for weight loss or...
Tags: Healthy Diet, Potatoes, Breads, Physical Fitness and Exercise, Cinnamon
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Natural Perspectives: Resolve to help yourself, environment this year
Vic already leads a perfect life, so he has no need for New Year's resolutions. I, on the other hand, live the life of a slovenly lay-about, so I have a great need to renew my resolution to be a better person at the beginning of each year. It is never...Tags: Weight, United Nations, Physical Fitness and Exercise, U.S. Department of Agriculture, Vegetarian Diet
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In the Pipeline: One small step for wellness
According to the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention, childhood obesity has more than tripled in the past 30 years. Obese youth are more likely to have risk factors for heart disease, such as high cholesterol or high blood pressure. They are also...Tags: Diseases and Illnesses, Physical Conditions, Diabetes, Charter Schools, U.S. Centers for Disease Control and Prevention
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Community Commentary: Childhood obesity tipping the scale
It's no secret that childhood obesity is a major problem in the United States. In fact, over the past 30 years, childhood obesity rates have tripled. Given the advancements in science and medicine during that same time frame, not to mention improvements...Tags: Organic Foods, Healthy Diet, Dining and Drinking, Obesity, Diets and Dieting
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Today's Buzz: Should obesity be a disease?
Orlando Sentinel Editorial BoardThe American Medical Association’s House of Delegates voted this week to declare obesity a disease. The vote effectively diagnoses a third of U.S. adults and 17 percent of children with a medical condition that needs treatment. The designation makes...Tags: Obesity, Health Insurance Cost, Physical Fitness and Exercise, American Medical Association
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Should obesity be considered a disease?
The American Medical Association has defined obesity as a disease, meaning 78 million American adults and 12 million children have a medical condition requiring treatment. Reporter Tim Darragh asked two experts about AMA’s declaration. YES: Dr....
Tags: Healthy Diet, General Practitioners, Medical Research, National Institutes of Health, Health and Medical Professionals
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People want schools to help prevent childhood obesity, survey says
Ninety percent of Americans said schools should take a role in combating obesity -- a surprising cut away from the idea that being overweight is a personal choice. That doesn’t meant people don’t see that they need to take action as well for...
Tags: Medical Research, Obesity, Physical Fitness and Exercise, Health and Safety at School, Overweight
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What changes now that doctors have declared obesity a 'disease'?
Does it really matter if the medical establishment calls obesity a “disease” instead of a chronic health condition or a disorder? It’s a question doctors and public health experts are considering in the wake of Tuesday’s vote...
Tags: Diseases and Illnesses, Diabetes, U.S. Centers for Disease Control and Prevention, Insurance, Health Organizations
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AMA declares obesity a disease
The American Medical Assn. voted Tuesday to declare obesity a disease, a move that effectively defines 78 million American adults and 12 million children as having a medical condition requiring treatment. The nation's leading physicians organization...
Tags: Medical Research, General Practitioners, Diseases and Illnesses, Elections, Diabetes
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AMA to offices: Don't make workers sit all day!
“Get off your butts,” the nation’s doctors said Tuesday, as the American Medical Assn. adopted a new policy on sitting in the workplace. Citing mounting evidence that sitting for extended periods of time is really bad for you, the...
Tags: Diabetes, The New York Times, Mayo Clinic, Overweight, American Medical Association
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Is obesity a disease?
Is smoking a disease? Few of us would think so. It's a terribly unhealthful habit that can cause various fatal and chronic diseases, but it is not an illness unto itself. There are smokers who remain disease-free. So it's hard for me to jump on board...
Tags: Obesity, Symptoms, American Medical Association
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Fatigue can bring problems for children, teens
A recently published study in the American Journal of Psychiatry took a look at the relationship between fatigue and depression in teenagers. Though fatigue is often thought to be a symptom of depression, the study showed that may not always be the case....Tags: Anxiety, Mental Health, Obesity, Asthma, Behavioral Conditions
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