Sentences with phrase «to fight obesity»

Also on the show, it's pivotal for healthy brain development and it's a key weapon to help fight obesity in youth.

A growing number of commercial and community - based programs are teaming up with schools to fight the obesity epidemic.

She also notes that the connection between mood and taste sensitivity may have some applications for fighting obesity.

Many schools are fighting the obesity problem, with varying degrees of success.

One way is to realize that fighting the obesity crisis means going up against a ton of corporate money and that banning bake sales is not really the issue.

If we spend all our money, research, time and mental energy focused on exercise, we will have no resources left with which to actually fight obesity.

Make vegetables the basis of your diet for lifelong health — a diet rich in veggies fights obesity, diabetes, stroke and heart disease.

This volume deals with how human - animal interaction may help fight obesity at all stages of life.

Although it can be difficult to approach a student about his or her weight, school counselors can be vital in helping children and adolescents fight obesity.

For instance, red wine may help fight obesity, among other benefits.

The protein should be easily digestible and the food needs to fight the obesity problems.

Could this new message — to avoid gaining weight rather than try to lose it — offer a new way to fight the obesity crisis?

But if we instead spend all our money, research, time and mental energy focuses on increasing exercise, we will have no resources left to actually fight obesity.

In other words, sulforaphane helps fight obesity by changing energy consumption in the body and by improving gut flora.

Consequently, the employees with sit - stand desks burned up to 87 more calories a day than their sitting counterparts — a small but significant amount that researchers say could be important in fighting the obesity epidemic in the United States.

Mr. Thompson said the City should focus on fighting obesity through other initiatives including improved health education, increasing access to healthy foods and improving recreation opportunities rather than by banning unhealthy options.

The Jamie Oliver Food Foundation was established in 2011 to fight obesity through teaching food education and cooking skills.

In addition, the U.S. Surgeon General Regina Benjamin, who launched a report about fighting obesity with Obama in late January, endorsed breastfeeding in workplaces, hospitals and communities, «as this practice has been shown to prevent childhood obesity,» Benjamin wrote.

Governor Andrew M. Cuomo yesterday encouraged New Yorkers to help fight obesity during this year's 20th anniversary of National Public Health Week, which began Monday, April 6.

Supplementing with omega - 3 can effectively fight obesity, in addition, they are a source of antioxidants and are appointed to support the work of the nervous system.

The most common approaches to fighting obesity include bariatric surgery and pills (or devices) which suppress appetite.

Eating breakfast also fights obesity.

«Fighting obesity starts with learning about healthy food choices and engaging in physical activity, and this week we are highlighting this message in communities across the state as part of our efforts to build a healthier New York.»

Studies suggest that resveratrol could not only fight obesity's health effects and slow the aging process (albeit only in animals like mice and fish so far), the chemical may also hinder the abnormal growth of blood vessels behind the retina — the prime cause of macular degeneration.

Catechins fight obesity and protect against type 2 diabetes.

Studies also indicate that these fibers increase gut health and that alginate, in particular, could help to fight obesity since it reduces the body's fat uptake.

The positive effects of having good microorganisms in the gut help fight obesity tendencies in our body by lowering the number of calories one absorbs from food, reduce inflammation and fat storage, maintains a healthy appetite, and thus effectively control the tendency to put on weight.

Studies show that fruits such as peaches, plums and nectarines fight obesity - related diseases such as metabolic syndrome, diabetes, and cardiovascular disease.

A new study has suggested that educational status could help protect women living in socioeconomically disadvantaged areas fight obesity.

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These imaging techniques are behind the high - satisfaction foods Morris is helping to develop at the Institute of Food Research (IFR) in Norwich, UK, which promise to help fight obesity by making people feel full before...

«Our findings are important because they support redesigning the traditionally sedentary office environment as a potentially cost - effective approach for fighting the obesity epidemic.»

Veterinarians have decided to fight this obesity epidemic by giving people an incentive to help their pets lose weight.

And brewers risk finding themselves on the «receiving end of anti-drinking campaigns focused on fighting obesity,» much like the soda industry has, Stirling says.

The sugar tax news from March has once again raised the question of how schools can best implement nutritious foods into pupil's diets and play their part in fighting the obesity problem?

Governor Andrew M. Cuomo yesterday encouraged New Yorkers to help fight obesity during this year's 20

Research has shown that lemon can slow down the rate of weight gain, effectively fighting obesity.

And several current members met last week with the first lady, who is fighting obesity through her Let's Move program, to publicize that they back the new rules and have found ways to get kids to eat the healthier food.

Capsaicin is also known to help fight obesity by shrinking fat tissues, as well as triggering protein changes in the body.

Danish pharma company Novo Nordisk (nvo), best known for its insulin - based treatments for diabetes, said Tuesday it's going to shift its focus slightly to fighting obesity, one of the primary causes of that disease.

For the founders of Naked Pizza, the goal was to demonstrate that food can help fight obesity and chronic disease.

In March, finance minister George Osborne made the surprise announcement that Britain would introduce a tax on soft drinks starting in 2018 in an effort to fight obesity.

A new weight loss drug being developed by scientists at the University of Texas Medical Branch at Galveston takes a very different approach to fighting obesity: It burns fat without suppressing appetite, according to a study published in the journal Biochemical Pharmacology.

Chief among them, perhaps, is Omada Health, which in September added a $ 48 million third round of financing to fight obesity - related chronic disease, which is estimated to cost the economy $ 500 billion a year.

We want to extend the concept of integrated treatment for overweight and obese individuals to the United States and Latin America as the right formula to fight obesity.

Thinks its a good idea to fight the obesity epidemic?

It makes perfect sense that family meals eaten at home have been proven to fight obesity, substance abuse and to make families stronger because the meals tend to be healthier and the time spent together strengthens the familial bond.