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• A Better Way to Assess Body Fat and Health Risk?

  

  Posted 8:02 PM 5/11/2012

  May 11, 2012 -- BMI's days as a top way to measure body fat and associated health risks may be numbered.

  New research presented at the 19th European Congress on Obesity in Lyon, France, suggests that the better way to know where you stand concerning health risks related to your amount of body fat is your waist-to-height ratio.

  BMI, or body mass index, is based on (More)
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• Eggs at Breakfast May Delay Hunger

  

  Posted 8:02 PM 5/11/2012

  May 11, 2012 -- Starting your day off with an egg may help curb your appetite better than cereal, new research suggests.

  In a small study, it took longer for people who ate eggs for breakfast to show signs of hunger than it did for those who had a bowl of ready-to-eat cereal.

  Scientists suspect that egg (More)
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• Concussions: Girls Have Longer Recovery Time

  

  Posted 7:17 PM 5/11/2012

  May 11, 2012 -- Girls take longer to recover from sports-related concussions than boys do, according to new research.

  High school athletes, both boys and girls, also have longer recovery times than do college athletes, says researcher Tracey Covassin, PhD, associate professor of kinesiology and a certified athletic trainer at (More)
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• Bypass Beats Angioplasty for People With Diabetes

  

  Posted 1:59 PM 5/11/2012

  May 11, 2012 -- People with diabetes who undergo bypass surgery to open clogged heart arteries may live longer than their counterparts who chose angioplasty, a new study shows.

  During angioplasty, a balloon-tipped catheter is inserted into a blocked heart artery to widen it and (More)
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• Many Pregnant Women Fear Exercising

  

  Posted 7:29 PM 5/10/2012

  May 10, 2012 -- Are you pregnant and afraid to exercise?

  Though exercise during pregnancy has proven benefits for healthy women, many still fear it, according to a new (More)
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• Do You Have 'Social Jet Lag'?

  

  Posted 6:52 PM 5/10/2012

  May 10, 2012 -- People who have different sleep patterns on the weekends than they do during the work week may experience "social jet lag," and a new study shows this shift in sleep schedule is linked to obesity.

  For every hour of social jet lag, the risk of being (More)
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• Pregnancy After 40: Healthy Weight Improves Risk

  

  Posted 8:50 PM 5/9/2012

  May 9, 2012 -- Pregnancy after 40 does carry more risks, but being at a healthy weight before getting pregnant seems to modify those risks, new research suggests.

  "If you are healthy, over 40, and not (More)
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• New Weight Loss Plan for U.S. Obesity Crisis

  

  Posted 8:06 PM 5/8/2012

  May 8, 2012 -- Obesity in America is a crisis that threatens national security -- and urgent action is needed, says the Institute of Medicine.

  The IOM's plan: Totally change the way Americans approach exercise and (More)
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• Longer Commutes Can Put Us on Road to Poor Health

  

  Posted 2:06 AM 5/8/2012

  May 8, 2012 -- A long commute may pave the way to poor health, a new study shows.

  The study found that people who commuted more than 15 miles to work each day were more likely to be obese and to carry a lot of fat around the belly -- where it's especially bad for the heart -- and less likely to get enough exercise compared to those who drove less than 5 miles to work each day. Workers who drove more than 10 miles each day also tended to have (More)
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• Is Workout Supplement Ingredient DMAA Safe?

  

  Posted 8:27 PM 5/7/2012

  May 7, 2012 -- About one week after the FDA asked 10 manufacturers to provide safety information on DMAA, a speed-like ingredient found in some supplements, a Harvard researcher is calling for an out-and-out ban on DMAA.

  DMAA, short for dimethylamylamine, is popular among people looking to build their muscles or lose weight. It is an ingredient in about 200 brand-name (More)
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