The study, conducted by researchers at Northwestern University, found that young adults who frequently attended religious activities were far more likely to become obese than their counterparts who did not attend as many religious activities or none at all.
Religion Linked to Obesity in Young Adults
After slowly but steadily working his way through a 26.2-mile course drenched by driving rain, mammoth distance runner Kelly Gneiting finished Sundays Los Angeles Marathon in nine hours, 48 minutes and 52 seconds, probably establishing a Guinness world record for someone his size.
The first lady would be horrified by the idea that her Let’s Move campaign, which is dedicated to creating an America without any fat kids, is a particularly invidious form of bullying. But that’s exactly what it is, says Paul Campos.
Michelle Obama spoke movingly last week at a press conference about how parents agonize over the pain bullies inflict on children. Maybe she should talk to Casey Heynes about that. Heynes is a 16-year-old Australian fat kid who according to his father has been bullied for years by classmates about his weight. A few days ago, some of them decided to record their latest attack on a camera phone.
The first lady would, no doubt, be horrified by the suggestion that her Let’s Move campaign, which is dedicated to trying to create an America without any fat kids, is itself a particularly invidious form of bullying. But practically speaking, that’s exactly what it is. The campaign is in effect arguing that the way to stop the bullying of fat kids is to get rid of fat kids.
The whole Let’s Move campaign is like a Tea Partier’s fever dream of wrongheaded government activism. Now, as a liberal, I believe that government activism is often justified. For more than a generation, this idea has been attacked relentlessly by conservatives, and now the Tea Party movement is subjecting it to fresh assaults. Given our political climate, it’s more important than ever for liberals not to assume that a particular government initiative to stop something from happening is a good idea. Rather, we need to be reasonably certain that a) the something in question is actually happening; b) we know why it’s happening; c) we know how to stop it from happening; and d) the benefits of stopping it from happening are worth the costs.
Michelle Obama’s Childhood Obesity Let’s Move Campaign Helps Bullies – The Daily Beast
Life expectancy in Europe is increasing despite the obesity epidemic, with people here living longer than those in the US, an analysis of trends over the last 40 years suggests.
The findings published in the International Journal of Epidemiology appear to mitigate concerns that rising life expectancy in high income countries may falter in the face of obesity-related health problems.
How Europeans defy obesity to live longer – World News, Frontpage – Herald.ie
New research shows obese people are more likely to have heart disease because their excess weight affects the way the heart works.
Researchers followed 950 normal weight, overweight, or obese people.
They found the left ventricle of the obese people heart’s didn’t work as well, so oxygen-rich blood coming from the lungs wasn’t being pumped effectively to the rest of the body.
Scientists say that could be why obese people are at higher risk of heart failure.
Obesity Affects How Heart Works – WBAY-TV Green Bay-Fox Cities-Northeast Wisconsin News
Amylin Pharmaceuticals Inc. and Takeda Pharmaceutical Co. have suspended an obesity trial to investigate laboratory concerns stemming from a previous study.
The U.S.-based Amylin and Japan-based Takeda are mid-stage in a clinical trial studying the effects of pramlintide acetate, a supplement for the treatment of diabetes, and metreleptin, a recombinant form of human leptin, which is a hormone secreted by fat cells.
The companies stopped the study, which was in its second of three phases necessary for U.S. regulatory approval, after findings from two patients who had taken metreleptin in another obesity trial showed it loses effectiveness.
Amylin, Takeda Put The Brakes On Obesity Trial | ThirdAge
Calorie counts on chain restaurant menus were devised to help the health-conscious consumer — you know, the type who already cares about eating right —make more informed choices when eating out.
The information was not meant, or realistically expected, to rescue America from the jaws of an overgrown obesity epidemic.
So recent studies showing the nutritional labels are having minimal impact on certain populations should be greeted with a gaping yawn. The demographics studied — namely low-income kids and adults — historically indulge in eating habits that have proven particularly resistant to change.
In fact, the only surprising thing about such studies is that anyone would find their results surprising.
Nicole Brochu: Calorie counts on menus were not meant to solve Americas obesity crisis – latimes.com
Colorado, Hawaii, and Utah had the lowest obesity levels in the United States in 2010, although at least 2 in 10 adults were obese in each of these states. West Virginia, Mississippi, and Kentucky had the highest obesity rates, with more than 3 in 10 obese residents living in these states. The prevalence of obesity is nearly eight percentage points higher, on average, in the 11 states with the highest obesity levels compared with the 10 states with the lowest obesity levels — 30.5% vs. 22.6%, respectively.
Obesity Lowest in Colorado, Highest in West Virginia
A study of Irish obese patients has found that those with the most severe degree of obesity were those who became overweight before the age of 10.
According to the Obesity Research Group, which is made up of researchers from St Vincent’s and St Columcille’s Hospitals in Dublin, one in four Irish adults is obese and the number of people with ‘extreme’ obesity is increasing at an alarming rate.
Extreme obesity refers to people with a body mass index (BMI) greater than 50. A healthy BMI is between 20 and 25.
‘Extreme’ obesity on the increase
Does obesity cause horrific spelling? At the very least, pay close attention to this shopping list found at Walmart so you can learn what foods to avoid if don’t want to become a moron.
Fat Thanks to Sona G. for the tip!
Horrible Spelling Walmart Grocery List | someecards.com
