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ScienceDaily (July 7, 2010) - A new report from the EarlyBird Diabetes Study suggests that physical activity has little if any role to play in the obesity epidemic among children. Obesity is the key factor behind diabetes, heart disease and some cancers.

Obese patients who lost a moderate amount of weight by eating less and exercising more improved their cardiovascular health, says a study at Washington University School of Medicine in St. Louis.

Childhood obesity awareness got an extra boost last week as Whole Foods Market linked up with Michelle Obama's "Let's Move Campaign."

With childhood obesity rates running out of control at double digits, it's time for us to do what we can NOW to help our children. Parents, please step up to the plate!

It's funny how the universe speaks to me sometimes. A random video link sent by someone I hardly know contains a message that touches me. The next day I read an on line news report that speaks to the same topic and I am once again touched. With all this "universe" talk, I feel compelled to contribute to the conversation concerning nutrition and childhood obesity.

ConAgra Foods Inc., one of North America's largest packaged foods companies with revenues in excess of US$12 billion in 2009 was in the news this week. The company seems to be falling inline with other food manufacturers by making small but noteworthy changes in one of their popular brands in what appears to be a reaction to the media buzz about high fructose corn syrup and its association with obesity.

Researchers at the Faculty of Life Sciences (LIFE), University of Copenhagen, can now unveil the results of the world's largest diet study: If you want to lose weight, you should maintain a diet that is high in proteins with more lean meat, low-fat dairy products and beans and fewer finely refined starch calories such as white bread and white rice. With this diet, you can also eat until you are full without counting calories and without gaining weight. Finally, the extensive study concludes that the official dietary recommendations are not sufficient for preventing obesity.

Obesity affects people of all ages. Moreover, it is a serious problem in which accumulation of body fat can adversely affect the health, leading to increased health problems, or reduce life expectancy

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Read how to measure weight and take healthy steps for reducing fats. Obesity is excess of your calories stored in adipose tissues as fats. BMI is used for calculating body mass in relation to stronger muscles.

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These are the fitness tips to fight teenage obesity.

Healthy ways to slim down. Problem of obesity becomes a scary issues for most women. Because obesity will make them feel inferior, embarrassed

Previous studies have shown that obesity can lead to alterations in the brain, impairing the blood-brain barrier and affecting memory and learning skills; in this new study, conducted by biologists at the University of Buffalo, scientists have found that being overweight alters our sense of taste at the most fundamental level: by changing how our tongues react to different flavors. Read the full article, you'll find interesting info.

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