Obesity

Obesity in adolescence may increase girls' MS risk
Yahoo! | 2 minutes ago
NEW YORK (Reuters Health) ? A woman's risk of developing multiple sclerosis (MS) during her lifetime is doubled if she was obese at age 18, new research shows.

US survey shows southern counties most obese
Yahoo! | 2 minutes ago
ATLANTA ? The first county-by-county survey of obesity reflects past studies that show the rate of obesity is highest in the Southeast and Appalachia. High rates of obesity and diabetes were reported in more than 80 percent of counties in the Appalachian region that includes Kentucky, Tennessee and West Virginia, according to the new research from the U.S. Centers for Disease Control and Prevention.

The Fitness Revolution: A Video Game Makes Gym Class Fun Again | Edutopia
Edutopia.org | 4 minutes ago
Fifth-grade students at Los Angeles's Marvin Avenue Elementary School exercise by playing Dance Dance Revolution.

Your own health care | courier-journal.com | The Courier-Journal
Courier-Journal (Louisville, Ky.), The | 19 minutes ago
Rising health care costs are all over the news, yet there is little focus on what a single individual can do to reduce health care spending.

Online civics lesson
Chattanooga Times Free Press (Tenn.) | 1 hour 10 minutes ago
Ian Norwood always wondered why paychecks had an itemized deduction for medical expenses.

20 Advances to Be Thankful For
Wall Street Journal, The | 2 hours 10 minutes ago
News about health often focuses on the negative: scary new flu viruses, incurable diseases, dashed hopes for miracle drugs. Maybe that's because we have such high expectations that doctors and scientists can fix anything.

The Flu Fighters in Your Food
Wall Street Journal, The | 2 hours 15 minutes ago
While many people are still waiting for swine-flu vaccine to become available in their area, there is a lot they can do in their own kitchens to help fight off disease and build a strong immune system.

CNN Student News Transcript: November 24, 2009
CNN | 4 hours 11 minutes ago
(CNN Student News) -- November 24, 2009

Parents the biggest culprits in childhood obesity
Canada.com | 5 hours 21 minutes ago
If you were to ask any parent what the most important thing in their life was, I would think all of them would say their children.

Families shed tears and pounds together
Canada.com | 5 hours 22 minutes ago
Paul Plakas doesn't cry easily, but the tough-love fitness trainer of the TV show X-Weighted admits even he teared up during the filming of the new season, which begins airing Thursday.

THE INFORMED PATIENT NOVEMBER 24, 2009 The Flu Fighters in Your Food New Research Points to Ways to Boost Immunity by Making Sure Your Diet Has the Right NutrientsBy LAURA LANDRO
Barron's (subscription required) | 6 hours 5 minutes ago
Scientists in the growing field of nutritional immunology are unveiling new evidence of the complex role that nutrition plays in fighting off infectious diseases like influenza. A diet rich in nutrients such as vitamin A, found in colorful fruits and vegetables, and zinc, found in seafood, nuts and whole grains, can provide the critical fuel the body needs to fight off disease, heal injuries, and survive illness when it does strike, experts say.

United Way names Community Heroes
San Jose Mercury News (Calif.) | 6 hours 7 minutes ago
SANTA CRUZ United Way of Santa Cruz County released its annual list of Community Heroes on Monday, honoring 21 residents who served the county in various ways in 2009.

We all hate Ofsted, right?
Guardian (London), The | 7 hours 18 minutes ago
The regulator is a convenient hook for our anger, but really it's responding to our failure to take responsibility for children

Proposed bill requires N.J. restaurant chains to include calorie count on menus
NJ.com | 7 hours 49 minutes ago
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Precious star Gabourey Sidibe bitten by the acting bug
Kansas City Star (Mo.), The | 8 hours 22 minutes ago
You?d never guess it from meeting her on the street, but Gabourey Sidibe makes an incredibly convincing troubled, abused teenager.