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Highlight of this week is a New York Times article that highlights a different take on being overweight or obese. Back in July I wrote about The cost and benefit of eating healthful foods in which I mentioned that eating well might cost a little more but it would be certainly worth it in the long run. This week’s article Extra Weight, Higher Costs show you in greater detail exactly why:
Heavy people do not spend more than normal-size people on food, but their life insurance premiums are two to four times as large. They can expect higher medical expenses, and they tend to make less money and accumulate less wealth in their shortened lifetimes. They can have a harder time being hired, and then a harder time winning plum assignments and promotions.
- Via Extra Weight, Higher Costs
Wow, you - and I - learn something new everyday, don’t we?
Now onto the health and fitness stories for this week:
- instructables : Homemade instant oatmeal: Instant oatmeal is great for a quick breakfast at the office. Not only is it easy to make your own, the homemade version is more filling and less expensive.
- High Protein Diets May Boost Cancer Risk: Eating a low-protein diet may protect against certain cancers, while a diet high in protein may increase the risk for malignancies, a new study suggests.
- Promoting Self-Weighing In Teens Is Not Helpful To Weight Management: Teenage girls who weigh themselves frequently are more likely to binge eat and participate in unhealthy weight control behaviors in the future, according to new research from the University of Minnesota School of Public Health.
- Got Lawsuit? Milk Dieter’s Is Thrown Out: Catherine Holmes saw the ads for the so-called “dairy diet” and thought it would be a tasty way to lose a few pounds. After all, she loves buttermilk, yogurt and cheese. Instead, the Arlington woman says, she gained three pounds on the diet, which dairy companies have spent hundreds of millions of dollars promoting. She sued the industry.
- Strap on an Apron, Eat Healthier: A new study shows that among young adults, the healthiest eaters are those who frequently prepare their meals at home.
- Youth to bear brunt of diabetes epidemic: More than 380 million people worldwide would be living with diabetes by the time today’s children reach their thirties and forties, if no action is taken to reverse current prevalence, medical experts have warned.
- Preparing Food Helps Young Adults Eat Better: Young adults who often purchase their own food and prepare meals at home eat fast food less often, eat more fruits and vegetables and have better overall diet quality than those who are not involved in planning and cooking their meals, according to researchers at the University of Minnesota.
- Obese should exercise not ‘diet’: A program which encouraged women not to diet but to take part in exercise classes found significant improvements in health and mental well-being.
- Onions and Garlic May Help Fight Cancer: Spicing up your diet with onions and garlic may help lower your risk of developing some cancers. This is according to the results of 8 studies conducted in Italy and Switzerland and is in line with some past research.
- Eating fruit and veg ‘halves miscarriage risk’: A study of thousands of pregnant women revealed those who included fruit and veg regularly in their diet were 46 per cent less likely to miscarry.
- Very slim women risk miscarriage: Very underweight women are 72 per cent more likely to suffer a miscarriage in the first three months of pregnancy.
- A tango could be what the doctor orders: The unfit, overweight and elderly will be told this week to take up the tango in the interests of their health.
- 10 Ways to Avoid Holiday Weight Gain: Enjoy the holiday spirit without wrecking havoc on your waistline. Wishing you a healthy and happy holiday!
- Fast Food Inside Hospitals Fuels Concern: Fast food restaurants set up inside many U.S. children’s hospitals increase patient consumption of unhealthy meals and give some people the mistaken notion that the food is healthier than it is, a new study finds.
- Many women may not recognize bulimia symptoms: n a study of 158 women with bulimia-type eating disorders, Australian researchers found that nearly half did not acknowledge a problem with their eating.
- Obesity ‘to fuel rise in cancers’: Soaring obesity levels could result in up to 12,000 cases of weight-related cancer being diagnosed annually in the UK by 2010, say experts.
- Extra Weight, Higher Costs: There is another consequence to packing on extra weight: being fat costs money — tens of thousands of dollars over a lifetime.
- Trans Fat Banned In N.Y. Eateries: The New York City Board of Health voted unanimously to require the city’s roughly 20,000 restaurants to stop cooking with trans fats, making New York the first major U.S. city to adopt such a ban.
- Pediatricians Blast Inappropriate Ads: Inappropriate advertising contributes to many kids’ ills, from obesity to anorexia, to drinking booze and having sex too soon, and Congress should crack down on it, the American Academy of Pediatrics says.
- Seeking a Stable Weight? Maybe You Should Bring Home the Bacon: Hunger pangs are hard to resist. So the recent findings that a little extra lean protein at breakfast will last you until lunch could provide the boost to help you maintain your weight during the upcoming holidays — and beyond.
- Eating Disorder Sites: Harmful Tips: Teens with eating disorders are picking up dangerous tips from both pro-eating-disorder web sites and sites designed to treat the problem, according to a new study.
- Kids With Asthma: Obesity More Likely: Children with asthma are more likely to be obese and less likely to exercise than those without the disease, a British study shows.
- Cutting Calories May Aid Immune System: Calorie restriction might help the body’s immune system, researchers report. The findings are based on lab tests on monkeys, not people.
- Minnesota Ranked ‘Healthiest State’: Minnesota is the healthiest state in the U.S., and Louisiana is the least healthy, according to a new ranking. Rankings are based on a mix of factors, including personal health (such as exercise and obesity), clinical care, health insurance coverage, and health care policies.
- Weight Training Helps Women: Women who undergo long-term weight training have more active forms of bone- and muscle-strengthening growth hormone.
Enjoy your weekend!
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