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The statistics are alarming. According to the National Health and Nutrition Examination Survey, 16-percent of school aged children are over weight. And that number is likely growing. Many of those overweight kids are at risk of health problems such as high blood pressure and high cholesterol. So how can we…

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Diabetes affects close to 250 million adults worldwide, and that number is expected to reach 400 million by 2025 – so chances are good that either you or someone you love is at a high risk for developing the illness.

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New research is constantly emerging that offers a clearer picture of what causes a greater risk of developing certain cancers. From cigarette smoking to hormone replacement therapy, many lifestyle features are now associated with the disease. But is your weight one…

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If you’ve got an online BMI calculator bookmarked to track your progress towards an ideal weight, you may want to reconsider how you evaluate your health and fitness, according to a new study.

It seems that measuring body fat, rather…

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You have most likely heard of “BMI” from one place or another: the news, the Internet, a fitness article, or a health-conscious friend. Not everyone, however, understands exactly what BMI is and isn’t. In Part I of an investigation into the…

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The latest findings and recommendations from a leading panel of experts on the causes of cancer has found that weight problems are contributing to rising cancer rates in the United States. Researchers hope that their new advice - eat well and…

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With about 2/3 of U.S. adults are overweight or obese, one wanders, as a population, will we ever recover from this edpidemic? Well, the answer may lie in genetics. That’s right, researched announced today that they are hopeful to have found agene…

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According to the National Health and Nutrition Examination Survey (NHANES) from 2003 to 2004, about one-third of adults in the U.S. are overweight and 32.2 percent are obese (“WIN”).  The numbers have been progressively increasing each year…

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This is the final installment of a four part series.  Part 4 is entitled: “Type 2 Diabetes and the Benefits of Resistance Training”.  To check out the rest of the series, please click here.

Attention type 2…

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This is the third installment of a four part series.  Part 3 is entitled: “Type 2 Diabetes: How Aerobic Exercise Can Save Your Life ”.  To check out the rest of the series, please click here.

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This is the second installment of a four part series.  Part 2 is entitled: “Type 2 Diabetes and Nutrition”.  To check out the rest of the series, please click here.

Attention Type 2 diabetics: recent studies show that…

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This is the first installment of a four part series.  Part 1 is entitled: “Understanding Type 2 Diabetes”.  To check out the rest of the series, please click here.

Do you or someone you know suffer from…

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