Topic: Yale University
NEW YORK (Reuters Life!) - Children in an intensive obesity program that included exercise and coaching on health and nutrition for their parents were able to slim down and keep weight off a year after the program ended, a U.S. study said.Obesity ...
Last month, scientists at Yale's Rudd Center for Food Policy and Obesity published a provocative study suggesting that kids are especially drawn to junk food when a popular cartoon character adorns the package. Predictably, the Yale study attracted critics, most of whom ...
First lady tackles child obesity, out to change how millions eat, look, feel By now, it is abundantly clear that Michelle Obama loves french fries."Thank God it's not going to be solely up to me," Obama said recently, stressing that the solution ...
Imposing a tax on sugar-sweetened beverages could reduce consumption and generate income for obesity reduction and healthy eating education interventions, according to an article published online Sept. 16 in the New England Journal of Medicine.. Kelly D. Brownell, Ph.D., of Yale University ...
Obesity is a "global epidemic," These forces, Brownell postulates, include the explosion of fast food outlets, increasingly large restaurant portion sizes, "all you can eat" buffets, the proliferation of mini markets that sell high-calorie snacks and drinks, contracts between schools and fast ...
A penny-per-ounce tax on sugar-sweetened beverages would result in a more than 10 percent reduction in consumption, and as such would be a significant contributor to the fight against obesity in America, according to an article published online April 8 in the ...
With rates of obesity alarmingly high -- a new study Monday showed that almost 20% of U.S. children are obese -- government officials are considering different public-health efforts to help people curb the weight problem. "The strongest science exist on soda and ...
Undergraduate dietetics students have a moderate degree of fat phobia and display bias in their approach to treating obese patients, according to research published in the March issue of the Journal of the American Dietetic Association.. Rebecca Puhl, Ph.D., of Yale University ...
Being diagnosed with a serious condition such as heart disease or diabetes can prompt middle-aged and older adults to make health behavior changes, such as quitting smoking or losing weight, a Yale University study shows.. About 13 percent of the smokers were ...
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