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Looking for Child Health Heroes

United Healthcare and Youth Service America are seeking applicants for the 2012 UnitedHealth HEROES grants. The goal is encouraging young people to work with educators and youth leaders in creating and...

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Medicare Makes Obesity Treatment Easier

Medicare is adding coverage for preventive services to reduce obesity, specifically screening for obesity and counseling for those who qualify. Medicare beneficiaries who test positive for obesity –...

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High Blood Pressure Putting Kids in Hospital

Hospital stays for children with high blood pressure almost doubled from 1997-2006, resulting in rising hospital costs for a condition generally thought of as an adult problem.  That’s according to...

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Yo-Yo Dieting May Not Be as Bad As Feared

Dieters have been warned for years about losing weight, putting it back on and then losing it again, which is  what yo-yo dieting is. Yet 10 percent to 40 percent of people in the United States and...

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AMA Agrees: Obesity A Disease

The American Medical Association House of Delegates officially called obesity a “disease state” today, joining societies and associations representing endocrinologists, cardiologists and other medical...

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We’re Fat in Florida

We can’t go patting ourselves on the back for coming in 40th in the latest state-by-state obesity rankings. We’re  better than worst-ranked Louisiana, which ranked first in obesity for having...

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Good Chance Your Pets Are Fat; Don’t Hurt Their Feelings

More than half of dogs and cats in the United States are overweight, veterinarians said today, as the country observed (or avoided) National Pet Obesity Awareness Day. As the owner of two fat cats,...

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Top Doc Says Make Florida King of the Health Hill

 Dr. John H.  Armstrong, Florida’s state surgeon general,  is a man who dreams high. Florida was 19th in healthiest weight and now it’s 12th, he said, and he’s warned officials in Colorado, currently...

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Bariatric Surgery Gives Substantial Weight Loss For Severely Obese

A three-year follow-up survey found substatial weight loss after bariatric surgery among people who were severely obese, according to results published online by the Journal of the American Medical...

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