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Written by Craig - GKA Staff
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Wednesday, 26 September 2007 |
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For the nearly 100 million Americans who are overweight or obese, physical activity must be a crucial component to weight loss and better health, which is the focus of October's National Physical Therapy Month, the American Physical Therapy Association (APTA) announced. According to a recent study conducted by the Trust for America's Health, a research group that focuses on disease prevention, obesity rates continued their climb in 31 states last year. [click link for full article]
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Written by Craig - GKA Staff
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Saturday, 01 September 2007 |
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Teenage girls who are dieting are almost twice as likely to start smoking regularly as girls who are not dieting, according to a new study of nearly 8,000 adolescents. With boys, cigarette availability rather than the desire to lose weight is a factor in the decision to give smoking a try. The researchers based their study on past evidence showing that body weight often drives people's decision to smoke -- one of the reasons people start smoking or do not try to quit might be because of the effect cigarettes could have on weight control.
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Written by Craig - GKA Staff
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Saturday, 01 September 2007 |
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Many types of Asian foods are healthy when served authentically -- cooked with very little or no oil, heavy on veggies and light on fried meats.
Unfortunately, most traditional Asian recipes...
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Written by Craig - GKA Staff
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Saturday, 01 September 2007 |
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Ready to start exercising? Walking Guide Wendy offers some great advice in a recent feature...
With How Much Exercise Do You Need? And What Kind? she explains what you need...
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Written by Craig - GKA Staff
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Saturday, 01 September 2007 |
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Treating diabetes during pregnancy can break the link between gestational diabetes and childhood obesity, according to a Kaiser Permanente study featured in the September issue of Diabetes Care.The largest study of its kind, this research shows that the risk of childhood obesity rises in tandem with a pregnant woman's blood sugar level and that untreated gestational diabetes nearly doubles a child's risk of becoming obese by age 5 to 7. [click link for full article]
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Saturday, 01 September 2007 |
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The three-level scheme for classifying the healthiness of foods at schools could be used to label all packaged foods, says Health Minister Pete Hodgson.
The Weekend Herald yesterday pressed him to respond to the health select...
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