Topic: Obesity
NEW YORK (Reuters Health) - If you want your kids to eat their broccoli, you might try smiling when you eat your own veggies, a small study suggests.The French research team asked 120 adults and children to look at various photos of ...
LONDON (Reuters) - New research is challenging previous medical notions that "apple-shaped" people with more fat around their waist are at higher risk of heart attacks and strokes than "pear-shaped" people with fatter bottoms and hips.A study of 220,000 people published Friday ...
NEW YORK (Reuters Life!) - People with extra body fat may not have a lower core body temperature than thinner folks, according to a study -- contradicting one theory on what could lead some people to gain more weight.The idea stems from ...
NEW YORK (Reuters Health) - Contrary to one theory on obesity, people with extra body fat may not have a lower body temperature than thinner folks, a new study finds.Many factors, from super-sized fast-food portions to increasing time in front of computers, ...
NEW YORK (Reuters) - Today's lesson: be happy, live longer. Now science seems to back the glass half-full approach.A review of more than 160 studies on the connection between a positive state of mind and overall health and longevity has found "clear ...
NEW YORK (Reuters) - Today's lesson: be happy, live longer. Now science seems to back the glass half-full approach.A review of more than 160 studies on the connection between a positive state of mind and overall health and longevity has found "clear ...
Two Republican heavyweights came to the defense of First Lady Michelle Obama Sunday, breaking ranks with some of their party's top stars who have taken jabs at her campaign against obesity.Mike Huckabee, a formerly overweight talk show host who is a possible ...
NEW YORK (Reuters Health) - Girls who get migraines appear more likely than their peers to gain extra weight during adulthood, scientists say.They found that four of every ten women with childhood migraines had added at least 22 pounds since age 18, ...
NEW YORK (Reuters Life!) - Cooler homes and a better night's sleep might help rein in the current obesity epidemic, according to an Italian study.When researchers led by Simona Bo at the University of Turin in Italy followed more than a thousand ...
NEW YORK (Reuters Health) - Could we all help rein in the obesity epidemic by turning down our thermostats this winter? Maybe or maybe not -- but a new study suggests that environmental factors ranging from diet, to sleep to home temperature ...
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