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Does a junk food diet make you lazy? UCLA psychology study offers answer
Posted in Medicine on 5th Apr, 2014
by Alex Muller
A new UCLA psychology study provides evidence that being overweight makes people tired and sedentary, not the other way around.
Your tooth plaque can reveal diet, diseases hundreds of years after death
Posted in Science on 4th Mar, 2014
by Alex Muller
Research shows that buried within plaque is a history of the bacteria that crossed the teeth it's come to coat.
Obesity Rate for Young Children Plummets 43% in a Decade
Posted in Medicine on 27th Feb, 2014
by Alex Muller
Federal health authorities on Tuesday reported a 43 percent drop in the obesity rate among 2- to 5-year-old children over the past decade.
Obesity crisis: Future projections 'underestimated'
Posted in Medicine on 13th Jan, 2014
by Alex Muller
Estimates that half the UK population will be obese by 2050 "underestimate" the problem, a report has claimed.
Study: 'Healthy Obese' Still at Increased Risk of Heart Attack
Posted in Medicine on 16th Nov, 2013
by Alex Muller
Even metabolically healthy overweight and obese people are at an increased risk of heart attack and heart disease, according to a new study.