Dropping a Few Pounds Could Lower Breast Cancer Risk

Overweight and obese women are at higher risk of developing breast cancer, but losing as little as 5% of body weight can help reduce those odds.

(From TIME)

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Study: A 20% ‘Fat Tax’ Would Improve Public Health

People are packing on the pounds worldwide, but a recent analysis finds taxing junk food could curb obesity rates.

(From TIME)

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likelyhealthy:

Escape From Diab

This childhood obesity prevention video game proves that story immersion can initiate behavior change. Players who shared more similarities with their avatars reported better outcomes in healthy decision-making. Click here to read the study.

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bacioco:

Food Revolution Day, May 19th!

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publicradiointernational:

An oversized casket from Goliath Coffins, a company that makes caskets for the morbidly obese. This model, the “Homestead,” is available at 52” width. (Photo: oversizecasket.com)

Keith Davis, the owner and operator of Goliath Coffins, says his business is growing every year, “both in size of caskets and in volume.”

A new study predicts that 42 percent of American adults will be obese — a category beyond overweight — by the year 2030. More.

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publichealthiseverybodyshealth:

Watch all four parts of Weight of the Nation here. A look inside today’s obesity epidemic.

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nprfreshair:

The numbers are staggering: One-third of Americans are obese; another third are overweight. Some 26 million Americans have Type 2 diabetes. An additional 79 million more are pre-diabetic. Thanks to these figures, the children of today have a good chance of becoming the first generation of Americans to die at younger ages than their parents.

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“The Weight of the Nation” is produced by HBO Documentary Films and the Institute of Medicine (IOM), in association with the National Institutes of Health (NIH) and the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC), and in partnership with the Michael & Susan Dell Foundation and Kaiser Permanente.

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