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Topic- Obesity
Sleeping with lights, TV on tied to obesity in women
An analysis of close to 44,000 women ages 35 to 74 found that exposure to artificial light at night while sleeping is significantly associated with increased risk of weight gain and obesity.
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Obese older adults face fewer years of fully functional life
A study of 3,452 Singaporeans ages 60 and older showed that those with a higher body mass index (BMI) might have the same number of remaining years of life compared to those with a lower BMI, but spend fewer of those years in good health.
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Do older adults eat fast food?
The answer is yes. An analysis by the US Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) of data from the US National Health and Nutrition Examination Survey revealed that while the percentage of adults who consumer fast food decreases with age, 24% of individuals ages 60 and over report eating fast food on any given day.
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More minutes of exercise better for losing body fat
After experiencing menopause, women tend to gain body fat. Breast cancer is the second most common form of cancer among women (United States National Cancer Institute), and older age and obesity are two risk factors. A study was conducted to determine if exercise would reduce body fat, which might reduce one of the risks of breast cancer.
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Obesity may counteract benefit of not smoking
Are boomers more healthy than earlier generations? Perceptions of self-rated health reported by 8,750 Canadians were analyzed for people born between 1935-1944; 1945-1954; 1955-1964; and 1965-1974.
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Around the world, obesity prevalence keeps rising
A new analysis from the Global Burden of Disease Study 2013 showed that globally, there has been a rapid increase in rates of obesity and overweight in both adults
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