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Combating Eating Disorders in the Jewish Community (Yeshiva World News)

Wed, 20 Aug 2008 20:17:16 GMT

Eating disorders affect 3% of the general population and sadly, the Jewish population is proving no exception to this scourge. Ohr Naava and the Jewish Board of Family and Children Services (JBFCS) are proud to announce a night dedicated to stopping eating disorders in the Jewish community. The event will take place tomorrow, Thursday, August [...]

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Brooklyn, NY - Combating Eating Disorders in the Jewish Community (Vos Iz Neais)

Wed, 20 Aug 2008 19:35:46 GMT

Brooklyn, NY - Eating disorders affect 3% of the general population and sadly, the Jewish population is proving no exception to this scourge. Ohr Naava and the Jewish Board of Family and Children Services (JBFCS) are proud to announce a night dedicated to stopping eating disorders in the Jewish community. The event will take place [...]

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Five Ways To Get More Fruit And Veg - World Cancer Research Fund (Medical News Today)

Thu, 21 Aug 2008 09:00:00 GMT

A recent report from the Fresh Produce Consortium has suggested that just 12 per cent of us are having at least five portions of fruit and vegetables a day. As well as all the other health benefits, eating plenty of fruit and vegetables probably reduces risk of cancer. This is why World Cancer Research Fund (WCRF) recommends people eat at least five portions a day of a variety of fruit and vegetables....

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Magazine ranks Leavenworth elementary as third-healthiest school (kansascity.com)

Wed, 20 Aug 2008 22:29:00 GMT

Five years ago, Anthony Elementary School in Leavenworth implemented a nutrition and fitness program to fight obesity.

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Obesity in Australia: Surgery numbers up, Sydney hospital gets an expert (CalorieLab Calorie Counter News)

Tue, 19 Aug 2008 22:13:28 GMT

The number of people in Australia getting weight loss surgery has gone up 20-fold in the past 20 years, while a hospital in Sydney hires an obesity education expert and a cancer group calls for an anti-smoking style campaign against obesity.

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Obesity threatens children in China (MSNBC.com: Today)

Tue, 19 Aug 2008 16:31:05 GMT

» » Web MSNBC allDAY ABOUT allDAY As China's wallets get fatter, so do their children Posted: Tuesday, August 19, 2008 8:30 AM by Jen BrownFiled Under: From Dr. Nancy Snyderman, chief medical editorChina is now the fattest country in the world, second only to the United States. One out of five Chinese children over the age of 7 is overweight, and nearly 10 percent are obese. How did a country that...

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Obesity is a Sign, Overeating is a Symptom (Capital Health WW-MD's Notes)

Tue, 19 Aug 2008 12:45:20 GMT

Many reader of this blog are familiar with the ongoing (endless') discussion about whether or not obesity is a risk factor, a disease, a condition, or simply an extreme of the normal “bell curve” of body weights. Today, I want to throw in another term into this discussion. In fact, the more I think about [...]

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Tip Of The Week - Credit Crunchy Veg (Medical News Today)

Tue, 19 Aug 2008 10:00:00 GMT

The credit crunch may be taking its toll, but even if you're feeling the pinch, don't get out of heart healthy habits - a vegetable-rich diet doesn't have to be expensive. There are many ways for you and your family to get your five-a-day without going over-budget - here are some thrifty tips to get started: -Buy loose, whole veg instead of ready-chopped, pre-packed versions that look attractive but...

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Attack Mechanism Of Illness-Inducing Bacterium Uncovered By UT Southwestern Researchers (Medical News Today)

Tue, 19 Aug 2008 10:00:00 GMT

An infectious ocean-dwelling bacterium found in oysters and other shellfish kills its host's cells by causing them to burst, providing the invader with a nutrient-rich meal, researchers at UT Southwestern Medical Center have found. The bacterium, a relative of the one that causes cholera, co-opts and makes fatal a normal cell process that starving or stressed organisms use to disassemble and recycle...

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Bulimia Information and Treatment (Medical,Health News and Articles)

Tue, 19 Aug 2008 09:05:41 GMT

Bulimia also known bulimia nervosa and type of eating disorder. Bulimia nervosa is characterized by common events of binge eating, from twice a week to multiple times a day. Bulimia is evaluated to affect between 3% of all women in the U.S at several point in their lifetime. About 6% of teen girls and 5% [...]

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Briefcase Models Play "Meal or No Meal" (TMZ: Video Player)

Tue, 19 Aug 2008 07:00:00 GMT

Nothing says "after lunch conversation" like a little bulimia humor -- this time spat out by #1 "Deal or No Deal" model Claudia Jordan, and skinny sidekicks #10 and #11.

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Olympic eats: Trying Phelps’ diet, fastest man runs on nuggets, and why the Olympics have nothing to do with obesity (CalorieLab Calorie Counter News)

Mon, 18 Aug 2008 15:54:57 GMT

British reporter fails miserably at making a dent in Phelps' diet, while Jamaican runner says chicken nuggets fueled his amazing victory and Canadian obesity expert says his nation's lack of medals can't be blamed on lack of funding for sport or rising obesity rates.

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Recipe Corner: Healthier Eton Mess (The Amazing Adventures of Dietgirl)

Mon, 18 Aug 2008 11:11:46 GMT

Strawberries! Quiiiick! Get 'em while you can! Get 'em while they're cheap! Get 'em while they're Scottish! This is my August shopping mantra. For soon it shall be autumnal and dull and appleish, unless you want strawberries flown in from...

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Pregorexia: does this bump look big on me? (Times Online)

Sun, 17 Aug 2008 23:00:52 GMT

The former TV presenter Liz Fraser caused controversy in April 2006 when she confessed in Marie Claire that she had suffered from the eating disorder bulimia when pregnant with her second child. At the time, Fraser was promoting her first book: The Yummy Mummy's Survival Guide. “I thought that speaking out about this unspoken phenomenon would do a lot of good - getting it out in the open and...

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Hollywood to Declare War on Obesity (Health habits)

Sun, 17 Aug 2008 04:38:17 GMT

By 2030, over 86% of Americans will be OBESE. And who’s to blame? HOLLYWOOD That’s right, I said it. Hollywood. And you thought that they were already doing their part to keep America trim by encouraging all of America’s young women to develop eating disorders in order to look like Angelina Jolie or Keira Knightley. Well, according to weight-loss expert [...]

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Sad Black and White THINSPIRATION (websound.ws)

Sat, 16 Aug 2008 12:49:20 GMT

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London Fashion Week Abandons Plan To Force Models To Pass Health Test - AHN (Uptown Girls RSS Feed)

Fri, 15 Aug 2008 09:34:06 GMT

Stuff.co.nz London Fashion Week Abandons Plan To Force Models To Pass Health Test AHN - 2 hours ago London, England (CNS) - London Fashion Week has abandoned its plan to force models to pass a health test before taking to the catwalk. ... Eating disorders: Fashion Council drops models' health test plan guardian.co.uk Britain drops plan to bar size zero fashion models The Associated Press...

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“Obesity Law” passed in Argentina (The Latin Americanist)

Thu, 14 Aug 2008 21:20:00 GMT

Argentina’s Senate approved a law yesterday that would allow eating disorders to be considered as diseases and, thus, covered under health care plans. Nicknamed as the “Obesity Law”, the proposal was backed unanimously by legislators and mainly is aimed at a population where about one in four are overweight. Aside from the section on health care, the new law stipulates that : (…) nutritional education...

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Senate of Argentina Reviews Demand for Health Care for Food Disorders (Argentina's Travel Blog)

Thu, 14 Aug 2008 13:00:41 GMT

Yesterday, the Argentine Senate reviewed a proposition about making medical care for food related disorders mandatory for health care plans. For the purposes of this bill, food related disorders include anorexia, bulimia, and obesity. All of these are growing problems in Argentina, as they are in the rest of the world, making their treatment an [...]

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UNC Researchers Find MSG Use Linked To Obesity (Medical News Today)

Thu, 14 Aug 2008 09:00:00 GMT

People who use monosodium glutamate, or MSG, as a flavor enhancer in their food are more likely than people who don't use it to be overweight or obese even though they have the same amount of physical activity and total calorie intake, according to a University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill School of Public Health study published this month in the journal Obesity.

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