Electronic health records and embedded tools can alert and direct pediatricians so they can better manage the weight of children and teenagers, according to a new Kaiser Permanente study published online in The Journal of Pediatrics. Researchers analyzed visits for nearly 740,000 children and adolescents ages 2 to 17 to evaluate the impact of computer-assisted [...]
February 22, 2012 | Posted in
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More people in developed countries are overweight or obese than ever before, dooming them to years of ill health, pushing up healthcare costs and piling more pressure on health systems, a report by the OECD found on Tuesday. The Paris-based Organisation for Economic Co-operation and Development found obesity rates vary widely from a low of [...]
February 21, 2012 | Posted in
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NEW BERLIN, Wis., Feb. 20, 2012 – /PRNewswire/ — Childhood obesity has been a rising problem for some time now, and most Americans are aware of the epidemic proportions that childhood obesity has reached. According to a new CNN report, however, this children’s health crisis is presenting whole new sets of challenges. CNN reveals that [...]
February 21, 2012 | Posted in
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By Chrissie Giles – Named in a scientific paper for the first time in 1979, bulimia nervosa has been studied extensively since. Hearing voices in schizophrenia, hand washing in obsessive-compulsive disorder, and bingeing and vomiting in bulimia nervosa: in the public imagination, particular symptoms of some psychiatric conditions have almost come to represent the conditions [...]
February 20, 2012 | Posted in
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Editor’s Choice Main Category: Obesity / Weight Loss / Fitness Also Included In: Regulatory Affairs / Drug Approvals Article Date: 19 Feb 2012 – 0:00 PST email to a friend printer friendly opinions Current Article Ratings: Patient / Public: 2 (3 votes) Healthcare Prof: The FDA has expressed concerned regarding obesity drug [...]
February 19, 2012 | Posted in
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Posted: Feb. 18, 2012 | 1:11 a.m.Updated: Feb. 18, 2012 | 3:20 a.m. Today, health professionals encourage parents of even very young children to actively confront the childhood obesity epidemic. The Centers for Disease Control and Prevention find that obesity rates for children ages 2 to 5 have more than doubled over the past 30 [...]
February 18, 2012 | Posted in
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February 17, 2012, 10:32 AM EST Regeneron Rises on Forecast for Eye Drug Sales: New York Mover Allergan Asked for More Evidence on Botox by U.K. Cost Agency U.S. Releases Draft Guidelines for Generic Biologic Drugs Amgen Fails to Win Panel Backing for Expanded Xgeva Use Reproductive Rights Group Asks Court to Reopen Plan B [...]
February 18, 2012 | Posted in
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CINCINNATI, Feb. 16, 2012 – /PRNewswire-USNewswire/ — Recently, Cincinnati Children’s Hospital Medical Center, Lindner Center of HOPE, and Cincinnati Psychotherapy Institute hosted the Evening with an Eating Disorders Expert Panel in honor of Eating Disorders Awareness Month. The purpose of the panel was for eating disorders experts to provide answers for family, friends, coaches, and [...]
February 17, 2012 | Posted in
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Termed the “new” eating disorder, binge eating has risen in prevalence over the past couple of years, quickly becoming the most common eating disorder among the general population. College students in particular are disproportionally affected by binge eating disorder. BED affects about one in 50 people in the United States; about three to five percent [...]
February 16, 2012 | Posted in
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As children become obese, they’re outgrowing school furniture, clothing and growth charts. In school, obese teen struggled to fit into his desk Furniture makers are designing larger chairs and desks for overweight kids Obese and overweight kids now exceed growth charts Editor’s note: This is a story in a series exploring the issues surrounding childhood [...]
February 15, 2012 | Posted in
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