Nutrition

Yahoo! carries adverts that encourage eating disorders and promote “size zero” sexism

How good is that? (Free subscription) | yesterday

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100,000 cancer cases a year caused by obesity

Obesity and the Salt Connection (Free subscription) | 4 hours ago

CNN reports American researchers' claim that 100,000 cancer cases a year are caused by obesity. I can well believe that. - But what causes the obesity in the first place? - No, it's not caused by greed and inactivity; it's caused by fluid retention, and fluid retention in its turn often leads to fat retention. - Want to know more? See FAT RETENTION Lose weight , r educe your risk of most cancers ,...

IF: Skinny

Jazzy Ginger (Free subscription) | 14 hours ago

I love food, I think it's a very fundamental part of being human & it's power is often overlooked. It's affect on our environment & climate change is huge, half the world starves while the other eats itself to death, more & more people have eating disorders & unhealthy relationships with body image, self esteem, & food. I'd rather people made up their own minds about exactly what...

Hottest Articles, Recovery Is Sexy

Recovery Is Sexy (Free subscription) | 10 hours ago

These are the hottest articles on Recovery Is Sexy in order of popularity.Alcohol and Sexuality Mature Women and Sex Women’s Sexual Fantasies Signs and symptoms of eating disorders Characteristics of Adult Children of Alcoholics (ACOA’s) Sensual Massage Women’s Sexual Arousal 5 Ways to Please Your Man In Bed The Sexual G-spot, Male and Female Alcoholic Family Roles Sex for Men Over...

USAID Provides $400 Million in Humanitarian Assistance

World Food Program (Free subscription) | 11 hours ago

The American people, through the USAID, have provided US$340 million in emergency and humanitarian food aid - more than 464,000 metric tons – and more than $60 million in emergency nutrition, water, sanitation, hygiene, and similar non-food assistance over the last year to support vulnerable families and communities in Ethiopia.(..)USAID is providing an initial contribution of US$50 million to...

• United States Approves $400m Humanitarian Support for Ethiopia - Net News Publisher

Save me from baby shower hell!

The-F-Word.org (Free subscription) | 6 hours ago

Our family is throwing a baby shower for my brother and sister-in-law on Sunday and my mom keeps calling me with yet another mind-numbingly infantilizing game she’s found with names like “guess that baby food,” “the poopy diaper game” or (god forbid) “pin the binky on the baby.” I haven’t been to many baby showers, [...]

No Set Rules On Fitness

All Africa (Free subscription) | 13 hours ago

Obesity rates in Uganda are rising, especially among the well-to-do. Obese means big. To be obese is to be above one's normal body weight. According to K. Kiyimba David, a doctor at Ntinda Medical Centre, on average an adult female should be between 50 to 80 kilograms, and an adult male between 60 to 90 kilograms.

Healthy lifestyle campaign focuses on obesity

Chanel News Asia (Free subscription) | 14 hours ago

SINGAPORE: Small changes can make a big impact � that's what the National Healthy Lifestyle Campaign is encouraging Singaporeans to do as it goes big on their health, focusing on obesity.

It ain't just a river

The Amazing Adventures of Dietgirl (Free subscription) | 13 hours ago

There is a mutant breed of Positive Thinking that is called Denial. Like if you decide to focus on the many many many great things in your life, and ignore the black cloud that's hovered over for months and months....

Children's Networks Exposed Young Viewers To 76 Percent More Food Commercials Per Hour Than Other Networks

Medical News Today (Free subscription) | 19 hours ago

Childhood obesity in the United States is reaching epidemic proportions.

Weight Loss Surgery News – November 6, 2009

Weight Loss Surgery Channel (Free subscription) | yesterday

View this week’s WLS News to learn how pistachios may curb hunger; see how a high-fat diet among pregnant women can be bad for a baby’s liver; and discover how researchers are tackling diabetes and obesity by studying a hunger hormone. Also, learn the latest about a recent survey showing that some obese children don’t [...]

Insulin Link To Dementia Found

Wash Park Prophet (Free subscription) | yesterday

Low levels of both insulin and insulin-like growth factors appear to cause cell loss and the shrinking of the brain that result in dementia . . . . [T]he findings offer real hope that the progression of dementia in those with conditions such as Alzheimer's, diabetes and Parkinson's disease may someday be prevented. . . . About 80 percent of Alzheimer's patients have a history of diabetes or pre-diabetes....

MTV Looking For Real People, Real Life Experiences

Gothamist (Free subscription) | yesterday

In preparation for its American adaptation of the UK's provocative television knockout Skins , MTV is holding a casting call in Brooklyn in search of 15-18 year old non-actors of all types in its hunt for "the most charismatic and actually edgy kids." They're looking for genuine alpha males, divas, and "shy-types" to portray their naturally stereotypical selves along the vein of...

Weekly Links - 11/5/09

Stand Up To Cancer (Free subscription) | yesterday

Fresh research indicates yet again that obesity is a major contributor to cancer risk, with one study estimating that obesity is the cause of over 100,000 cases of cancer in the US each year. Having too much body fat causes up to a half of endometrial cancer cases and a third of esophageal cancer cases; more than a quarter of Americans are obese, and another third are overweight. In July, federal researchers...

Obesity and Society

eprnetwork | yesterday

Obese and overweight people are forecast to cost the nation £50 billion – half the NHS budget for a year – by 2050 if the trend continues unchecked, with diabetes the biggest draw on these figures.

Obesity and Society

eprnetwork | yesterday

Obese and overweight people are forecast to cost the nation £50 billion – half the NHS budget for a year – by 2050 if the trend continues unchecked, with diabetes the biggest draw on these figures.

Weight Loss Drugs, feel good when you are overweight

jwilliam.j123 | yesterday

Because overweight or obese is always bad for one's health. This can make breathing and sleeping difficult task. Obesity may be the person to cause pain or fatigue and pain. Obesity may also be embarrassed, depressed or even angry. And when people feel, they eat because the food can be comforting. Because millions of people worldwide suffering from this native problem. However, to find solutions to...

Phentermine - Best Diet Pills for Weight Loss

jennifersampross | 11/05/2009

Obesity is the root for many diseases and many people around the world are suffering with this problem. They want to get rid of this but not able to control on their overeating habit. But if over weight problems left untreated then it can lead to certain health risks such as diabetes, stroke and high blood cholesterol. This makes it important for you to seek weight loss pills and other obesity treatments....