The Checkup Archive: Obesity
When your teen is overweight
Is your teenage kid overweight? If so, you're not alone (though sometimes it probably feels as though you are). Federal statistics show that nearly a third of American children and teens are overweight or obese. I've been learning a lot about how to help overweight kids get to a healthy...
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Jennifer LaRue Huget
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November 17, 2009; 7:00 AM ET |
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Which diet makes you happy?
In the ongoing debate about which diet is the best, here's a question you may not have heard before: Which diet is most likely to make you happy? A new study, surprisingly, indicates that when it comes to elevating your mood, not all diets are created equal....
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Rob Stein
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November 11, 2009; 7:00 AM ET |
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General Health
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Mental Health
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Nutrition and Fitness
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Obesity
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Psychology
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Women's Health
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O, for a stick of sugary gum!
Among the interesting things I learned while reporting this week's "Eat, Drink and Be Healthy" column about chewing gum's role in weight management was that those of us who prefer traditional sugar-sweetened gum to sugar-free are in the minority -- and, for the most part, out of luck. Gilbert Leveille,...
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Jennifer LaRue Huget
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November 10, 2009; 7:00 AM ET |
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More fodder for the fat-but-healthy debate
One of the most divisive and emotional debates regarding obesity is whether being fat automatically equals being unhealthy. While many experts point to mounds of evidence linking excess weight to such life-shortening conditions as cancer, Type 2 diabetes and heart disease, others argue that those conditions aren't necessarily caused by...
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Jennifer LaRue Huget
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November 5, 2009; 7:00 AM ET |
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Cancer
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Nutrition and Fitness
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Obesity
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Prevention
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Kids, Calories and Corner Stores
Trying to get kids to eat more healthfully is like trying to keep kittens in a box: You make progress in one area -- say, school lunches -- only to find that the kids jump for the junk food first chance they get. But in too many instances, kids seeking...
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Jennifer LaRue Huget
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October 12, 2009; 7:00 AM ET |
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First Look: Calories on Fast-Food Menus Don't Change Choices
Oops. Remember how requiring fast-food chain restaurants to post calorie counts for food items on their menu boards was supposed to help people make better food choices? If the results of the first study to measure the impact of that initiative are any indication, we might want to rethink the...
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Jennifer LaRue Huget
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October 7, 2009; 7:00 AM ET |
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