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08/24/2018 / By Rhonda Johansson

Maintaining a healthy weight as you age is about more than quality of life; it can save you a LOT of money

If you are not yet convinced that losing weight can help you, researchers at Johns Hopkins University have given a very good reason to: It can save you around $40,000. The new research, published in Obesity, concludes that every five points lessened in one’s BMI resulted in some serious cash savings. Apart from the known […]

03/03/2018 / By Zoey Sky

Obesity epidemic driving up healthcare costs across America

A report from NewsWise reveals that while the obesity epidemic in America remains a problem, there is little to no data concerning its economic impact on each state. However, recent research spearheaded by John Cawley, a professor of policy analysis and management at Cornell University, offers a closer look at how the different states are influenced by the healthcare costs of obesity. […]

02/08/2018 / By Rhonda Johansson

For Starbucks, lowering sugar is optional: Company blasted for sugar-laden kids’ drink after pledge to reduce levels

Starbucks is an indulgence — not only on your wallet but on your waistline. We need to accept the truth that the Seattle-based coffee brand is more of a sugar factory than an actual maker of coffee. This became even more evident when a U.K. report revealed that Starbucks’ hot chocolate, when topped off with […]

01/09/2018 / By Frances Bloomfield

Teaching children about the causes of obesity helps reduce it, study confirms… so why aren’t schools teaching kids about junk foods?

Could health education help combat childhood obesity? That question is what Tabitha Blasingame of the Eliza Coffee Memorial Hospital sought to answer in her paper. On determining whether or not health education could contribute to better food and lifestyle choices, she discovered that it very well could. For her study, Blasingame recruited 15 high school […]

01/08/2018 / By Frances Bloomfield

You are being conned: Former Big Food ad exec unveils marketing tricks used by food manufacturers that persuade you to “super-size it”

Many believe in the saying “bigger is better”, and it’s this adage that has become a common marketing ploy in the food industry. According to former McDonald’s advertising executive Dan Parker, this is but one of many tricks being used to fool people into eating supersized food portions. Another one is to reduce the size […]

12/07/2017 / By Zoey Sky

Drink water, eat fruit: Fruit drinks marketed to children found to have shockingly high amounts of sugar

According to research published in the online journal BMJ Open, the sugar content of fruit drinks is “unacceptably high.” These refreshments include fruit drinks, and smoothies are some of the worst offenders. The findings revealed that at least half of the products assessed contained almost all of a child’s entire daily recommended maximum sugar intake of 19 grams […]

12/01/2017 / By Jhoanna Robinson

More than half of U.S. youth are OBESE by age 35

Children who are extremely obese have only a one in five chance of being of normal weight as adults. Unfortunately, current estimates place around 4.5 million children in the United States being overweight. According to a report released by researchers at Harvard University in Cambridge, Massachusetts that was published in the New England Journal of Medicine on […]

11/28/2017 / By Ralph Flores

Being overweight is hard on the knees and the wallet: New study tracks how obesity epidemic has made knee dislocations more frequent, severe, expensive

Excess weight can result in an increased risk of knee dislocations, according to a study. This puts an excruciating focus on how obesity rates are shaping risk assessment, as well as the economics of a traumatic injury. The study “Increased Incidence of Vascular Injury In Obese Patients with Knee Dislocations” looks at the increasing obesity […]

10/27/2017 / By Janine Acero

Fatty liver disease on the rise in children—from too many sweet treats

A sweetener used in ice cream and soda may cause potentially fatal liver disease, a new study suggests. Researchers have found that high fructose consumption is triggering an early form of fatty liver disease in children, a condition that is normally associated with alcohol consumption, which can lead to cancer, stroke, and heart problems. Clinically […]

10/26/2017 / By Rhonda Johansson

Children are more obese than ever, and the numbers are still growing; there are 10 times more overweight kids than there were 40 years ago

International experts from various fields are all saying the same thing: STOP. Stop denying that there isn’t an obesity crisis. Stop feeding your children junk. And most of all, stop practicing unhealthy lifestyle habits. The slightly desperate plea made by researchers at the Imperial College London and the World Health Organization (WHO) comes at the […]

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