Obesity 'could delete generation'
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Britain faces 'losing a generation' of children to obesity-related disease, the Duchess of York warns.
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Half the world's diabetes cases could be  eliminated by curbing the soaring number of people who are  overweight, health experts said on Tuesday.
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A panel of US public health experts says the country&#39;s epidemic of childhood obesity threatens to set back the medical advances that have decreased child mortality and extended life spans in the past century.
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Obesity in adolescence is  associated with reduced heart function and excessive cardiac  mass, according to a new study.
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Pudgy toddlers face a good chance of becoming overweight 12-year-olds, according to government research that shoots down the notion that kids just naturally outgrow early chubbiness.
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The diets of pregnant women may have an important role in determining whether their children will be obese later in life, a new study suggests.
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The recent rise in obesity may be partly due to the reduced amount of time we spend sleeping, according to new research from the University of Bristol in the United Kingdom.
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America&#39;s children are fat and getting fatter, and parents, schools, the government, advertisers and the food industry all need to make changes to battle the problem, a panel of experts said on Thursday.
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Half the world&#39;s diabetes cases could be eliminated by curbing the soaring number of people who are overweight, say health experts.
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America's children are fat and getting fatter, and parents, schools, the government, advertisers and the food industry all need to make changes to battle the problem, a panel of experts said on Thursday.
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Elderly people who have healthy lifestyles 'halve' their risk of dying, say experts.
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A study sponsored by the federal government released Sept. 30 says government, business, and families must address the alarming rate of obesity in children.
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Government warnings could be sent to parents of obese children as young as five.
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Being overweight is bad for kids' health, but a new study finds it's also bad for their education
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A new UK study indicates that many parents of obese children have no idea their offspring have a problem. Researchers based at Plymouthâs Derriford Hospital carried out a survey involving 277 children and
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Researchers surveyed parents of 277 children and found only a quarter of them recognised when their offspring were overweight. Where children were obese, a third of mothers and 57% of fathers thought they
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Women who are consistently overweight or obese during adulthood may be at increased risk for a decrease in the volume of certain areas of their brain -- according to a study from Sweden