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Topic- Obesity
What is more important to health and ultimately longevity: physical activity or body weight?
What is more important to health and ultimately longevity: physical activity or body weight?
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Independently, obesity and depression raise health care costs
Are the health care costs of people who have both depression and overweight/obesity the result of the interactions between these conditions? Or, do depression and overweight/obesity act independently on costs?
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Ride the bus, reduce risk of obesity
In England, people who reach the State Pension age of 60 or 65 or have a disability can use free bus passes between 9:30 am and 11:00 pm weekdays, or all day on weekends (UK Directgov). The policy to provide free passes went into effect in 2006. According to background in a new study, 76% of people 60 years and older had a free bus pass and 39% of this age group used a bus at least once a week in 2009.
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More physical activity might prevent a million cases of obesity
Between 1981 and 2009, obesity rates in Canada roughly doubled across all age groups and tripled for youth (ages 12-17), according to a new report, “Obesity in Canada.” The factors contributing to obesity are important because obesity is related to so many other illnesses.
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Improve physical function through diet and exercise
Older adults who are obese are at risk for physical decline and frailty. A new report comparing the prevalence of obesity in Canada and the United States shows that the percentage of people who are obese has risen significantly in both countries over approximately 20-year periods (CDC March 2011).
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