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Ottawa Offers $3M for Childhood-Obesity Research

November 24, 2010

Link to Article http://www.canada.com/health/Ottawa+provide+millions+childhood+obesity+research/3829858/story.htmlWritten By: Tom SpearsMONDAY, November 15th, 2010 (Canada.com) --- For generations, stopping childhood obesity seemed so simple: Shoo them outside to play. Don't feed them junk.Now, federal Health Minister Leona Aglukkak has announced $3 million in medical research funding aimed mostly at solving mysteries of childhood obesity that she and her advisers say …

Diabetes to Hit N.S. Harder in Years to Come

November 24, 2010

Link to Article | http://www.metronews.ca/halifax/local/article/700730--diabetes-to-hit-n-s-harder-in-years-to-come Written By: Jennifer TaplinWEDNESDAY, November 24th, 2010 (Metro News) --- The news isn’t sweet: Diabetes rates in Nova Scotia are expected to rise by 44 per cent over the next 10 years.The Canadian Diabetes Association released its forecast, based on government studies and statistics, yesterday.Currently, there are about 87,000 people in …

Obesity Could Cost Taxpayers Billions: Report

September 15, 2010

Link to Article | http://www.globaltvbc.com/Obesity+could+cost+taxpayers+billions+report/3525053/story.htmlTUESDAY, September 14th 2010 (Global BC) - The long term costs of smoking, obesity and lack of physical activity in Manitoba is skyrocketing, and could very well cost taxpayers $4.7 billion by 2026.The report is meant as a wake up call to all Manitobans and government to put more money into prevention …

Global Issues Eating Away at Canada’s Conscience

September 15, 2010

Link to Article | http://www.ottawaheart.ca/content_documents/TheBeat-v3i2-Eng.pdf Written By: Allison CrossTUESDAY, September 7th 2010 (Ottawa Citizen) - Jason Froats and his daughter, Nia, get up in the morning and collect eggs for breakfast from their backyard chicken coop in Mount Albert, Ont.Sixty kilometres away, Nick Saul takes stock of the onions, beets and spinach growing in his …

Overweight and Obese Make Up Majority in Ontario

September 15, 2010

Link to Article | http://www.newswire.ca/en/releases/archive/September2010/09/c8105.html THURSDAY, September 9th 2010 (CNW) - New analysis of a landmark health survey by the University of Ottawa Heart Institute (UOHI) shows that 70% of Ontario adults are either overweight or obese, and have a strong prevalence of high blood pressure that could lead to heart attack or stroke. The …

Meddling Fat Causes Diabetes

August 31, 2010

Link to Article | http://www.sciencealert.com.au/news/20101608-21235.html MONDAY, August 16th, 2010 (Science Alert) -- Inflammation-causing cells in fat tissue may explain the link between obesity and diabetes, a team of Walter and Eliza Hall Institute researchers has shown.The discovery, by Professor Len Harrison and Dr John Wentworth from the institute’s Autoimmunity and Transplantation division, opens the way …

The Positive Effect of Weight Loss Surgery on Diabetics

August 31, 2010

Weight Loss Surgery Helps Obese Diabetes Patients: Study Link to Article |http://www.nationalpost.com/Weight+loss+surgery+helps+obese+diabetes+patients+study/3405256/story.html Written By: Julie Steenhuysen MONDAY, August 16th, 2010 (Reuters) -- Three-fourths of obese diabetics who had weight loss surgery were able to quit taking diabetes drugs within six months of their operation, U.S. researchers said today, citing a new study. They said the surgery may …

SWLC Reaches a New “View” on Counseling

August 23, 2010

Mississauga, ON - As technology advances in the world so does the SWLC and its services. Located in the heart of Mississauga, with a state of the art advanced surgical facility, SWLC continues to enhance its services by introducing SKYPE as a new method of counseling for its patients, particularly for those living out-of-province. SKYPE …

Plus-Size Models More Common in the Fashion Industry

August 5, 2010

Plus-Size Wars Written By: Ginia BellafanteWEDNESDAY, July 28th 2010 (The New York Times)--- Earlier this year, the editors of V, a magazine so recherché it can make Vogue seem like Redbook, published an issue featuring large models in expensive body-baring clothes. In one photograph, a woman in a strapless bathing suit, cut to reveal three …

4 Million Canadians Will Have Diabetes By 2017

August 5, 2010

Stop the Diabetes ExplosionLink to Article | http://telegraphjournal.canadaeast.com/opinion/article/1115767Written By: Charles W. MooreWEDNESDAY, June 30th 2010 (Telegraph Journal) -- Some two million Canadians are diabetic, and according to a new report released by the Institute for Clinical Evaluative Sciences (ICES), that figure will double over the next seven years. ICES projects that by 2017, four million, …