http://www.weight-watch-blog.com/blogs/weight-watch-talk.html Weight watch talk From Weight watch blog Wed, 14 Nov 2007 03:53:46 GMT en-us http://www.weight-watch-blog.com/images/blogs/weight-watch-talk-44300.jpg http://www.weight-watch-blog.com/blogs/weight-watch-talk.html 100 66 http://www.weight-watch-blog.com/blogs/permalinks/11-2007/obesity-for-children-neglected-by-parents.html http://www.weight-watch-blog.com/blogs/permalinks/11-2007/obesity-for-children-neglected-by-parents.html Wed, 14 Nov 2007 03:53:46 GMT Strategies for decreasing a childs risk for obesity often focus on improving eating habits and maintaining a high level of physical activity. While this is one way to address the issue, another way to reduce the risk of childhood obesity could simply come down to positive parenting, as per a Temple University study reported in the recent issue of Child Abuse and Neglect........ ]]> http://www.weight-watch-blog.com/blogs/permalinks/9-2007/why-i-gave-up-desserts-to-become-a-better-entrepreneur.html http://www.weight-watch-blog.com/blogs/permalinks/9-2007/why-i-gave-up-desserts-to-become-a-better-entrepreneur.html Wed, 14 Nov 2007 03:53:46 GMT I haven't had dessert in eight months. It sounds crazy, I know, especially given that I'm not on a diet. I've been right around 170 lbs. for the last 10 years, with the exception of a brief period where a running injury forced me to take 6 weeks off (I gained 12 pounds). I don't need to lose weight, I am simply trying to become a better ......... ]]> http://www.weight-watch-blog.com/blogs/permalinks/6-2007/good-news-the-fat-doctor-is-back.html http://www.weight-watch-blog.com/blogs/permalinks/6-2007/good-news-the-fat-doctor-is-back.html Fri, 22 Jun 2007 03:03:23 GMT Good news.

The Fat Doctor is back.
"Famine-resistant doctor, pastor's wife, mom to one son, companion to two dogs, Diet Cokehead, TV junkie and frustrated writer approaches middle age with as little grace as possible........"
Always one of my favourite medical websites, and much missed. Kindness and compassion. No vitriol here.

Take a look at The Fat Doctor's recent posts:

Thirty eight reasons to lose weight

Live until 85 without debility.

Play with Son without getting winded.

Clothes from regular stores!

No cankles.

Swimsuits ......... ]]> http://www.weight-watch-blog.com/blogs/permalinks/6-2007/darden-restaurants-profit-slides.html http://www.weight-watch-blog.com/blogs/permalinks/6-2007/darden-restaurants-profit-slides.html Fri, 22 Jun 2007 03:02:45 GMT Darden Restaurants Inc., the world’s largest casual dining company, quarterly profit dip more than the Wall Street’s expectations as sales fell 2.2 percent at stores open at least 16 months in its Red Lobster ......... ]]> http://www.weight-watch-blog.com/blogs/permalinks/1-2007/obese-patients-fair-better.html http://www.weight-watch-blog.com/blogs/permalinks/1-2007/obese-patients-fair-better.html Sun, 25 Feb 2007 03:05:09 GMT Scientists report that for patients hospitalized with acute heart failure, a higher body mass index (BMI) was linked to a substantially lower in-hospital mortality rate. For every 5-unit increase in body mass, the odds of risk-adjusted mortality fell 10 percent. The finding held when adjusted for age, sex, blood urea nitrogen, blood pressure, and additional prognostic factors........ ]]> http://www.weight-watch-blog.com/blogs/permalinks/12-2006/obesity-epidemics.html http://www.weight-watch-blog.com/blogs/permalinks/12-2006/obesity-epidemics.html Sun, 25 Feb 2007 03:05:09 GMT Obesity is a major health problem in the United States. Currently over half of the total population in the United States is said to be obese or overweight. Occurence rate of obesity continue to increase in males and females. Of all U.S. women twenty years and older, more than 64 million are overweight and about 34 million are will fall in to the catagory of obese women........ ]]> http://www.weight-watch-blog.com/blogs/permalinks/10-2006/exercise-for-older-adults.html http://www.weight-watch-blog.com/blogs/permalinks/10-2006/exercise-for-older-adults.html Sun, 25 Feb 2007 03:05:09 GMT For many older adults, a visit to the doctor is not complete without the bestowal of at least one prescription. What if, in addition to prescribing medications as necessary, physicians also prescribed exercise? Ann Yelmokas McDermott, PhD, a researcher in the Lipid Metabolism Laboratory at the Jean Mayer USDA Human Nutrition Research Center on Aging (USDA HNRCA) at Tufts University, and Heather Mernitz, PhD, now of the Nutrition and Cancer Biology Laboratory at the USDA HNRCA, propose using the familiar concept of a prescription to help physicians incorporate exercise recommendations into their routine practice. In the journal American Family Physician, McDermott and Mernitz provide clinicians with explicit guidelines for giving their older patients effective "exercise prescriptions"........ ]]> http://www.weight-watch-blog.com/blogs/permalinks/9-2006/the-obesity-pandemic.html http://www.weight-watch-blog.com/blogs/permalinks/9-2006/the-obesity-pandemic.html Sun, 25 Feb 2007 03:05:09 GMT Obesity is a serious health problem in North America and several European countries. Recently over half of the total population living in the United States is believed to be having either overweigt or obesity. Rate of occurence of obesity continue to increase in both males and females. Among all American women twenty years and older, about 64 million can be considered as overweight and more than 34 million could be considered as obese........ ]]> http://www.weight-watch-blog.com/blogs/permalinks/8-2006/botox-injections-may-improve-facial-wound-healing.html http://www.weight-watch-blog.com/blogs/permalinks/8-2006/botox-injections-may-improve-facial-wound-healing.html Sun, 25 Feb 2007 03:05:09 GMT Botulinum toxin, the same Botox used to treat facial wrinkles, helps facial wounds heal with less scarring, as per results of a study reported in the recent issue of Mayo Clinic Proceedings. David Sherris, M.D., professor and chair of the Department of Otolaryngology at the University at Buffalo is senior author on the research........ ]]> http://www.weight-watch-blog.com/blogs/permalinks/7-2006/why-do-statistics-about-overweight-and-obesity-differ.html http://www.weight-watch-blog.com/blogs/permalinks/7-2006/why-do-statistics-about-overweight-and-obesity-differ.html Sun, 25 Feb 2007 03:05:09 GMT http://www.weight-watch-blog.com/blogs/permalinks/6-2006/is-it-safe-to-swim-after-eating.html http://www.weight-watch-blog.com/blogs/permalinks/6-2006/is-it-safe-to-swim-after-eating.html Sun, 25 Feb 2007 03:05:09 GMT http://www.weight-watch-blog.com/blogs/permalinks/6-2006/physical-activity-key-to-weight-control.html http://www.weight-watch-blog.com/blogs/permalinks/6-2006/physical-activity-key-to-weight-control.html Sun, 25 Feb 2007 03:05:09 GMT http://www.weight-watch-blog.com/blogs/permalinks/5-2006/diet-study-88421.html http://www.weight-watch-blog.com/blogs/permalinks/5-2006/diet-study-88421.html Sun, 25 Feb 2007 03:05:09 GMT http://www.weight-watch-blog.com/blogs/permalinks/5-2006/weight-loss-diets.html http://www.weight-watch-blog.com/blogs/permalinks/5-2006/weight-loss-diets.html Sun, 25 Feb 2007 03:05:09 GMT http://www.weight-watch-blog.com/blogs/permalinks/5-2006/obesity-war.html http://www.weight-watch-blog.com/blogs/permalinks/5-2006/obesity-war.html Sun, 25 Feb 2007 03:05:09 GMT