15-year study links fast food to obesity
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Fast food is definitively bad for your health, a 15-year study of people&#39;s eating habits has confirmed. The research, published in this week&#39;s Lancet medical journal, should bolster the arguments against those
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Eating fast food more than twice a week has strong links with weight gain and insulin resistance, a US study shows. This suggests eating too much &#39;junk food&#39; increases the risk of obesity and Type 2 diabetes, the Lancet study says.
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The longer immigrants live in the United States, the more likely they are to take on what has become an increasingly common American characteristic: obesity.
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Abdominal obesity is a bigger heart attack risk factor in Latin America than elsewhere, partly because of surging consumption of junk foods loaded with sugar and fat, researchers reported on Monday.
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In the fight against obesity, restaurants should shrink portions, provide more nutritional information and bundle such calorie-laden food as burgers and pizza with healthier side dishes, according to a federally commissioned report to be made public Friday.
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Researchers find a strong association between body mass index and a variety of cancers.
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NEW YORK  - Children's tendency to become overweight might have something to do with how their mothers urge them to eat, a new study hints.
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The use of surgery to treat obesity has increased greatly among U.S. adolescents in recent years, with the number of operations tripling from 2000 to 2003, according to a study published on Monday.
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Long-term exposure to American culture may be hazardous to immigrants' health. A new study found that obesity is relatively rare in the foreign-born until they have lived in the United States &#151; the land of drive-thrus, remote controls and double cheeseburgers &#151; for more than 10 years.
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A small study suggests that there is a way to counteract the negative health effects of a high-fat meal.
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A report on the causes and solutions for childhood obesity in the United States calls for a broad societal strategy, including healthier meals in schools and restaurants.
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LONDON - A new study gives scientific clout to a conclusion many already see as obvious: Eating lots of fast food makes you fat and increases the chance of developing diabetes.
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NEW YORK  - Eating a high-fat, high-carb fast food meal produces damaging cellular changes that are greater and longer-lasting in obese people than in normal-weight people, a new study shows.
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Such electronic instant-gratification devices as television and videogames are cited for boosting obesity among America&#39;s youth.
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Obesity researchers from around the world went home last weekend with some new data to chew on. Several studies, released last week at the annual meeting of the North
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[Health India]: Washington, Dec 31 : Fast-food consumption increases the risk of obesity and type 2 diabetes, according to a study by US researchers.
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TUESDAY, Dec. 14 (HealthDayNews) -- The longer immigrants live in the United States, the more likely they are to take on what has become an increasingly common American characteristic: obesity.