Chinese grapple with obesity, herbs not a solution
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Unhappy with her weight, Charmaine Tong decided two years ago to try a slimming tea, which supposedly contained only traditional Chinese herbs.
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TUESDAY, Oct. 3 (HealthDay News) -- Japanese researchers have discovered a naturally occurring molecule that suppresses appetite in mammals, raising hopes that it might one day treat obesity in humans.
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New research shows that flaxseed and ginseng have something to offer patients. Shark cartilage, however, comes up short.
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China&#39;s rising incomes are expanding its waistlines, the health ministry has found: 200 million citizens are now judged overweight.
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Sydney scientists say a Chinese herbal preparation could alleviate the symptoms of menopause and improve bone mineralisation. Complementary medicine researchers from the University of Western Sydney are about
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Cubans are no strangers to the battle of the bulge. Waistlines have expanded since the economic crisis of the early 1990s eased on the communist-run island &#151; so much so that 30 percent of adults are now overweight, a newly released government study reveals.
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An increase in chronic diseases in China is due to poor nutritional knowledge and a lack of educational programs, health officials say.
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Herbs used in some traditional   Chinese prescriptions can cause complications if they are taken   just before anesthesia and surgery, a Hong Kong study has   found. The study, published in the September issue of the   medical journal Anesthesiology, found that certain herbs used   in traditional Chinese medicine can impair blood clotting or   lower blood pressure.
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Self-regulation in food and beverage   marketing is being exploited and is failing to curb childhood   obesity, research by a global obesity taskforce presented on   Tuesday has found.
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Self-regulation in food and beverage  marketing is being exploited and is failing to curb childhood  obesity, research by a global obesity taskforce presented on  Tuesday has found.
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A recent survey has found that one out of every five children in the north China municipality of Tianjin is overweight. For each hour a day spent in front of the television the risk increases an average of
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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.
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City kids, like their country cousins, are struggling with weight problems, U.S. researchers reported 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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People swear by herbal supplements, but they may do more harm than good
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The Health Ministry said in a report on Tuesday that 200 million Chinese are overweight, a sign that rising incomes are helping to expand waistlines.
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It&#39;s time now for everyone to wake up to the fact that this obesity situation is not a diet, it&#39;s not about whether you are fitting into a pair of blue jeans.