Obesity carries with it inherent health problems. Combine obesity and old age and you exacerbate age-related decline.æ A new study published in the New England Journal of Medicine shows those over 65 should continue with diet and exercise, dispelling the belief that weight loss can cause the elderly to lose...
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States Let Kids Opt Out of Gym – No Wonder We Have a Problem
The habits we start young can have a nasty way of sticking around if we’re not careful. That is why this USA Today article on students being able to opt out of gym is so distressing. According to the article, the number of states that allow students to waive or...
75% Will Be Obese According to First-Ever Obesity Forecast
According to the first-ever obesity forecast citizens of the world’s richest countries are getting fatter and fatter and the U.S. is leading the charge. Three out of four Americans will be overweight or obese by 2020, and disease rates and health care spending will balloon, unless governments, individuals and industry...
Empathetic Physicians Can Motivate Overweight Patients
Researchers studied the conversations between 40 primary care physicians and 461 of their overweight or obese patients to see if weight was mentioned by the doctor and, if so, in what manner. Overall, doctors talked about weight in 69% of appointments, and that conversation took up an average 3.5 minutes....
Denial is not Just a River in Egypt – Fat is Fat so Face Up To It
I just read a study that said that 30% of Americans classified as overweight say they are a normal weight. And 70% of the obese say they are simply overweight. People are in DENIAL! In a Harris Interactive/HealthDay survey, respondents were asked to provide their height and weight, from which...
Obese Older Adults More Likely To Use Mobility Devices at Younger Age
Obese older adults are more likely to use walkers, canes, and other mobility devices at a younger age, and may run the risk of using them incorrectly, according to new research from Purdue University. äóìBaby Boomers are coming of age and obesity is an epidemic for this population as well,äó...
I’m Healthy You’re Not! At least that’s what the survey says.
This from Health Day – Despite rising rates of obesity and diabetes, a survey has found that a majority of Americans believe their health is just fine – it’s everyone else who has the problem. More than 50 percent of respondents said that other people’s health “was going in the...
Let’s Move Should Not be for Just Kids
I applaud Mrs. Obama’s efforts to fight childhood obesity. But we should not lose site of the fact that many of us share the blame for our kid’s poor eating and exercise habits. Yes there is shameful, clever, manipulating marketing out there that sways behavior. But kids first look to...
Young Seniors Less Healthy Than Previous Generations
Americans in their 60s are less healthy than generations that preceded them. That according to a study published by the American Journal of Public Health. The authors compared two National Health and Nutrition Examination Survey data sets, for 1988-1994 and for 1999-2004, to examine disabilities for adults age 60 to...
Obesity Poses Same If Not Greater Risks Than Smoking
Researchers at Columbia University and The City College of New York published a study in the February issue of the American Journal of Preventive Medicine that showed that the quality-adjusted life years (QALYs) lost to obesity are equal to, or greater than, those lost because of smoking. From 1993 to...