Obesity battle starts young for urban poor
Boston Globe, United States -
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2007-01-01
Hispanic children twice as likely to be fat as white or black
Austin American-Statesman (subscription), TX -
In Austin, low-income preschool Hispanic children follow the trend the researchers found, said Dr. Melissa Smith, a pediatrician and medical director of the Seton Community Health Centers, which serve large numbers of low-income, minority families. "I definitely see children that are overweight at that age group . . . but it's a little surprising that it is twice as much" for Hispanics, Smith said. Hispanics face many barriers to good health, including poor access to care and a diet lacking in sufficient fresh fruits and vegetables, she said.
2006-12-31
Short lived
NEWS.com.au, Australia -
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2006-12-29
Cardiovascular Disease Kills One in Three in US
HealthNews-Stats (press release), NY -
When considered separately from other cardiovascular diseases, stroke still ranks as the No. 3 cause of death, behind diseases of the heart and cancer. The Update includes data on transient ischemic attacks (TIA). A TIA is a �warning stroke� or �mini-stroke� that produces stroke-like symptoms but no lasting clinical signs of stroke. �People underestimate the importance of TIAs,� said Virginia Howard, M.S., assistant professor of epidemiology at the University of Alabama at Birmingham, and chair of the association�s stroke statistics committee. �About half of patients who have a TIA fail to report it to their healthcare provider, which is a terrible oversight considering the chance of a major stroke in the weeks or months following TIA.� While there are no new numbers to report, Howard said it�s worth re-iterating the toll of TIAs:
2006-12-28
5,000 British Families to Benefit from Leading National Obesity
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2006-12-26
Junk food ban to check lung ailments!
Times of India, India -
The study noted that there was a prevalence of obesity and overweight among the city's schoolchildren. While in private schools 7 per cent of the children were found to be obese with another 10 per cent being overweight, the figures were 5 per cent and 8 per cent, respectively, for government schools. "Such children are unable to perform workouts. The main contributing factors are tuitions, which seldom allow the children to attend outdoor activities, watching television and dietary intake - all of which adds to a sedentary lifestyle. As a consequence, the fat content in the tissues increases, thereby affecting the capacity to breathe with ease," adds Dr Meenu Singh, who supervised the research for the study.
2006-12-20
The future of federally-funded food programs -- Can they also
EurekAlert (press release), DC -
Boston -- The Food Stamp program and the Special Supplemental Nutrition Program for Women, Infants and Children (WIC), which are primarily funded through the Food and Nutrition Service of the United States Department of Agriculture, have made significant strides toward eliminating nutrition-related health disparities between low-income and higher-income groups. Despite this success, federally-funded nutrition programs have faced criticism for potentially contributing to the nation's obesity epidemic. To dispel this notion, Eileen Kennedy, DSc, RD, Dean of the Friedman School of Nutrition Science and Policy at Tufts University, and Tufts colleagues recently authored a report and accompanying issue brief through the bi-partisan National Governors Association (NGA) Center for Best Practices, and proposed policy changes that would allow the Food Stamp and WIC programs to continue reducing nutrition-related health disparities while simultaneously addressing obesity.
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