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Obesity Leads to Higher Complication Rates in Pregnancies

June 18, 2010

Growing Obesity Increases Perils of ChildbearingLink to Article | http://www.nytimes.com/2010/06/06/health/06obese.html?scp=1&sq=growing%20obesity%20increases%20perils&st=cseWritten By: Anemona HartocollisSATURDAY, June 5th 2010 (The New York Times) -- As Americans have grown fatter over the last generation, inviting more heart disease, diabetes and premature deaths, all that extra weight has also become a burden in the maternity ward, where babies take their …

Genetically Predisposed Obesity

May 19, 2010

Genes Are Not Destiny When It Comes To Obesity: Study Link to Article | http://toronto.ctv.ca/servlet/an/local/CTVNews/20100405/exercise_obesity_100405/20100406/?hub=TorontoNewHome TUESDAY, Apr 6th 2010 (CTV News) -- An hour a day of moderate exercise can help teens control their weight, even when they are genetically predisposed to obesity, a new European study finds. The research finds that even those people with …

Obesity Increases Risk of Stroke

May 12, 2010

Being Overweight Ups Stroke Risk, Study Confirms Link to Article | http://www.reuters.com/article/idUSTRE63426Z20100405 Written By: Anne Harding MONDAY, Apr 5th 2010 (Reuters New York) -- "Being obese (but indeed even just overweight) puts an individual at significantly higher risk of ischemic stroke, with a serious possibility of permanent disability and reduced life expectancy," Dr. Pasquale Strazzullo of …

Poll Reveals 1 in 4 Overweight Canadians Seek Professional Aid

May 5, 2010

Obesity Rates Growing: Poll Link to Article| http://www.torontosun.com/news/torontoandgta/2010/03/31/13426831.html Written By: Kevin Connor WEDNESDAY, Mar 31st 2010 (Toronto Sun) -- There is a reason why Toronto is called Hogtown — 44% of Torontonians are overweight or obese. But we aren’t alone. The Heart and stroke Foundation says that in the past 30 years, obesity rates in …

Diabetes in Children on the Rise

April 30, 2010

Type 2 Diabetes on the Rise Among Children Link To Article | http://www.ctv.ca/servlet/ArticleNews/story/CTVNews/20100325/diabetes_children_100325/20100325?hub=Health Written By: Canadian Press THURSDAY, Mar 25 2010 (ctv.ca) -- What used to be known as adult-onset diabetes is showing up in more and more children, especially among aboriginals, says a recent study by the Manitoba Institute of Child Health. The study found …

Nourishing Our Bodies The Right Way

April 27, 2010

Let's Go Back To Basics Link to Article | http://www.themanitoban.com/articles/29385 Written By: Sarah Khalil TUESDAY, Mar 23rd 2010 (The Manitoban) -- The act of eating has become something more than nourishing our body; it is a bad habit which promotes excessive intake of food. In 1998, the World Health Organization classified obesity as a “growing epidemic.” …

Tips for Better Living

March 29, 2010

9 Easy Behavioral Modifications for Healthier Eating and Living Link to Article | http://www.fooducate.com/blog/2010/03/05/9-easy-behavioral-modifications-for-healthier-eating-and-living/ Written By: Beth Casey Gold FRIDAY, Mar 5th 2010 (fooducate.com) -- We don't like the word "diet." Diets are about restriction, sacrifice, and typically they aren't too much fun. Instead, we're all about lifestyle change through behavior modification. Guess what? It works. …

Fast Food Dining as the Social Norm

March 23, 2010

Obesity 101: We Are How We Eat and the Problem of Fast Food Culture Link to Article| http://www.nationalpost.com/life/story.html?id=2713210 Written By: Sharon Kirkey TUESDAY, Mar 9th 2009 (Canwest News Service) -- Dr. Valerie Taylor doesn't believe that most people with a weight problem would say, "This is not my fauly," or "This is because of McDonald's." …

StatsCan Reveals Canada’s Obesity Rates

March 9, 2010

StatsCan Study To Weigh in on Canada's Obesity Rates Link to Article| http://www.canada.com/health/StatsCan+study+weigh+Canada+obesity+rates/2433262/story.html WEDNESDAY, Jan 13 2010 (Canwest News Service) -- Dr. Nicolas Christou remembers in 1977 giving a surgical grand rounds — a medical ritual where doctors discuss unusual cases — about a "morbidly obese" patient with a body mass index of 57. …

The Important Meal of the Day

March 8, 2010

Eating Breakfast Means Better Health Link to Article | http://www.thepost.ca/ArticleDisplay.aspx?e=2217009 Written By: Dr. Stuart Kinsinger FRIDAY, Dec 11th 2009 (The Lindsay Post) -- Most of us get out of our regular routing when holidays come. So with the holidays fast approaching this would be a good time to consider one simple part of a good …