Posted by healthyou, Consumer Health Educator on Saturday, October 8, 2011,
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Exercise
Overweight and obesity are managed and treated with diet and physical activity. The two when combined can bring about changes that will make you lose weight.
This blog post is about exercises for those who need to lose weight, keep it off and be healthy too.
A certain amount of physical activity is required for general health and vitality and to prevent diseases. The amount required is over and above the normal activities of housekeeping. This physical activity is recommended for everyone. I ... Continue reading ...
Posted by Healthyou on Friday, September 23, 2011,
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Videos
When we talk about weight loss, weight control, weight mangement or healthy weight, we may think of eating less and exercising more.
Exercise and diet modification are both necessary and must be combined for their success.
Diet modification involves more than eating less and controlling calories, it involves healthy eating.
According to experts when comtemplating losing weight and keeping it off calories count and not just carbohydrates. When contemplating a healthy weight loss, healthy eatin...
Posted by Healthyou on Thursday, September 15, 2011,
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Children's Health
In a survey of 2,179 Americans including 728 parents, only 54% said they would consider it very important to seek medical attention for an overweight or obese child.
More than 80% said it was important to seek help for symptoms of asthma and diabetes. More that 70% said they would do so for learning disability.
The survey shows that many parents would not seek medical intervention for childhood obesity, but would do so for the problems associated with it.
In a recent report aimed at child care regulatory agencies, child care providers and parents, the Institute of Medicine urged parents to do more to prevent childhood obesity.
According to the report 20 % of kids are overweight before they start school. The report also states that many don't grow out of their baby fat, which increases the risk of adult obesity.
The recommendations made are to prevent obesity in children up to five years of age and include:
Posted by on Monday, April 11, 2011,
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Research
You've counted the calories, you've lost the weight and its time to keep it off.
An important question is how will you fare? Many people fail to maintain weight loss inspite of hard work.
According to the result of a recent study structured support can improve the odds of maintaining weight loss. The participants were 1,032 overweight/obese adults with high cholesterol and high blood pressure. They had lost weight using a diet of vegetables, fruit, low-fat dairy products and whole grains.... Continue reading ...
