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Fracture Risk More Than Doubled by Obesity Surgery

7/2/2009 - (NaturalNews) A new study conducted at the Mayo Clinic has revealed that patients undergoing gastric surgery are at more than double the risk of broken bones as compared to the normal population. "The results of our study show that patients who have...

Obesity as Dangerous to Health as Lifetime of Smoking

7/2/2009 - (NaturalNews) Severe obesity shortens a person's expected lifespan by 10 years, comparable to the effect of a lifetime spent smoking, according to a study conducted by researchers from Oxford University's Clinical Trial Service Unit and published in...

High-Fructose Corn Syrup and Diabetes: What the Experts Say

6/17/2009 - (NaturalNews) According to the Corn Refiners Association, high-fructose corn syrup (HFCS) is no worse for you than any other dietary carbohydrate. Many health experts, however, disagree, warning consumers that HFCS is strongly correlated with diabetes...

Packaging Chemical Linked to Childhood Obesity

6/11/2009 - (NaturalNews) Phthalates used in food packaging could be linked to childhood obesity, according to two recent studies conducted by the Mount Sinai School of Medicine that included research conducted on more than 900 children in East Harlem and surrounding...

Mental Health Tied to Chromium and Insulin

6/9/2009 - (NaturalNews) Long known for its beneficial effects on blood sugar, chromium (Cr) has most recently been tied to cognitive health as well. In May of 2009, scientists from the USDA and the Medical College of Georgia reported that Cr supplementation helped...

Freshly Squeezed Juice Lowers the Risk of Obesity

5/7/2009 - (NaturalNews) Drinking a glass of freshly squeezed juice every morning will not only bring your body joy, but a new study now shows that it will lower the risk for obesity. That glass of fresh orange juice is looking tastier than ever. Previous studies...

New Link Between Colon Cancer and Body Fat Discovered

5/5/2009 - (NaturalNews) We've all heard by now that being overweight carries significant health risks -- including upping the odds you'll have cancer one day. But now a Michigan State University (MSU) scientist has identified a specific connection between colon...

Obesity Increases Risk of Gum Disease

4/17/2009 - (NaturalNews) We knew we could point the finger at obesity when it comes to the risk for heart disease and diabetes, but it turns out obesity can affect the health of your teeth and gums, too. Obesity is now strongly associated with an increased risk...

Health News Update: FDA Gives Thumbs Up to Unapproved Morphine Drug While Hospitals Dump Mental Patients on the Streets

4/11/2009 - (NaturalNews) So much for "evidence-based medicine." The FDA has publicly announced that makers of liquid morphine drugs can continue selling them even though such drugs have never been approved by the FDA. Thus, the FDA -- which claims to be protecting...

Drinking Water Could Curb Obesity

4/11/2009 - (NaturalNews) It's not just American adults who are faced with an epidemic of obesity. Children and adolescents are becoming overweight at an alarming rate. In fact, Centers for Disease Control (CDC) statistics show the prevalence of obesity among children...

Obesity During Pregnancy Linked to Birth Defects

4/5/2009 - (NaturalNews) Pregnant women who are obese are significantly more likely to give birth to children with birth defects than women of a healthier weight, according to a study conducted by researchers from Newcastle University and published in the Journal...

Just Being Overweight Shortens Life: Effects of Excess Weight may Match Smoking

3/26/2009 - (NaturalNews) A study conducted in Sweden spanning almost four decades has suggested that overweight persons, and not just those who were obese, may also be subjected to increased risk of premature death. It also suggested that the adverse effects of...

Obesity and Insomnia: Sleep Loss is Linked to Weight Gain

3/19/2009 - (NaturalNews) Many studies have linked obesity and insomnia. Research also shows that getting too much sleep, or irregular sleep (less than six hours or more than nine per night), can lead to fat deposits in the belly. Over seventy five percent of Americans...

Obesity Isn't Genetic, It's Taught: Kids Learn Food Habits From Parents

3/9/2009 - (NaturalNews) Children as young as two years old notice what foods their parents are bringing into the house and tend to mimic those food choices, according to a study conducted by researchers from Dartmouth Medical School and published in the Archives...

Fast-Food is Unhealthy Option for Growing Children and Teenagers

2/23/2009 - (NaturalNews) Whatever happened to the good, old-fashioned food culture? The answer to that question will be really hard to find. Kids and teenagers today are opting for a greasy burger and a bag of fries, with a soda included to complete the meal. It...

Childhood Obesity Initiative Is Same Old Story: Looks Good on Paper, But Kids Keep Getting Fatter

2/21/2009 - In an announcement that's picking up considerable press, the Alliance for a Healthier Generation (which includes the American Heart Association and the William J. Clinton Foundation) has announced it's doing something to prevent kids from getting fatter....

Abdominal Fat may Play Role in Migraine Headaches

2/19/2009 - (NaturalNews) According to ScienceDaily (Feb. 13, 2009) - a new study shows overweight people between the ages of 20 and 55 may have a higher risk of experiencing migraine headaches. The author of the study is B. Lee Peterlin, DO, of Drexel University...

High Fructose Corn Syrup Contaminated with Toxic Mercury, Says Research (opinion)

1/27/2009 - (NaturalNews) New research published in Environmental Health and conducted in part by a scientist at the Institute for Agriculture and Trade Policy has revealed that high-fructose corn syrup (HFCS) is contaminated with the toxic heavy metal mercury. That...

Couple Denied Right to Adopt Because Husband Determined Too Fat

1/27/2009 - (NaturalNews) Weight is a sensitive topic for many people, but for Damien and Charlotte Hall of England it has become the main topic of discussion when it comes to their eligibility to adopt a child. The couple, who has been married for 11 years, was...

MSG may be Making Us Fat and Addicted

1/26/2009 - (NaturalNews) It was 1994 when seven tobacco industry executives stood before the House Commerce Committee and swore that nicotine in cigarettes was not addictive. Could it be that we're being told again that a chemical, in our food this time, is non-addictive...

Consuming Common Food Additive MSG Increases Risk of Weight Gain

1/19/2009 - (NaturalNews) Research has shown that a flavor enhancer found in many popular foods known as monosodium glutamate (MSG) causes weight gain and obesity in lab animals by damaging the appetite regulation center in the area of the brain known as the hypothalamus,...

Stay Fat and Raise Ovarian Cancer Risk Eighty Percent

1/11/2009 - (NaturalNews) Ovarian cancer is far too often a killer. With frequently overlooked, vague symptoms like abdominal bloating, it is not unusual for this malignancy to only be discovered when it has advanced and spread to other organs. In fact, ovarian cancer...

High-Fat Prenatal Diet Leads to Early Puberty and Obesity in Offspring

1/9/2009 - (NaturalNews) Children whose mothers ate a high-fat diet while pregnant with them and while breastfeeding are more likely to hit puberty early and to become obese as adults, according to a study conducted by researchers from the Liggins Institute of...

Three Studies on the Health Benefits of Living Near Greenery

1/8/2009 - (NaturalNews) With rapid industrialization and urbanization, fewer and fewer of us live in areas of serene greenery. Yet, there has always been something very relaxing and attractive about parks and forests. And three recent studies have found that living...

How to Prevent Childhood Obesity

1/7/2009 - (NaturalNews) Children today are faced with many struggles. The most serious and widespread health problem they face, unfortunately, is obesity. Between 1986 and 1998 a national survey conducted showed that the incidence of obesity doubled in children...

Sleep May Be the Critical Factor for Weight Loss and Health

1/3/2009 - (NaturalNews) In an amazingly simplistic view of how things work, we have been told for the last 40 years that fat makes us fat. So we cut out the fat from our diets and discovered that we were not only still fat but unhealthy too. Then we were told that...

Obesity Decreases Sperm Quality

12/24/2008 - (NaturalNews) Men who are obese have lower quality sperm than men of healthy weights, according to a study conducted by researchers from the University of Aberdeen, Scotland, and presented at the meeting of the European Society for Human Reproduction...

Diets High in Sodium May Lead to Disease and Death

12/18/2008 - (NaturalNews) People who regularly eat foods high in sodium risk having diseases such as hypertension, Type II diabetes mellitus, respiratory complications, Dislipidemia, Gallbladder disease, osteoarthritis, and some cancers (endometrial, breast, colon)....

Urge Nickelodeon/ Viacom to Stop Marketing Junk Food to Children

12/15/2008 - (NaturalNews) An important action step that parents can take to counter the media marketing of unhealthy foods directed towards children is to make your voices heard directly to the people in charge of making the media marketing decisions. The Center...

Studies Prove that Obesity has Nothing to do with Bad Genes

12/4/2008 - (NaturalNews) The current mainstream model of human health tells us that we are predestined to encounter certain illnesses, and that our weight is largely down to genes. Yet scientists in New Zealand are dispelling the common myth that obesity is caused...

Ginseng Found Highly Effective for Weight Loss and Diabetes Control

12/1/2008 - (NaturalNews) Ginseng has long been one of the foundations of healing in Chinese medicine, and is probably the world's best known herb. The botanical name panax means 'all curing' in Greek. This 5000 year old healer has traditionally been used as a restorative...

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