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New research shows that adolescents who eat large amounts of fried food away from home are heavier and more likely to have a poor-quality diet. Increased consumption leads to increase in body mass index of 9 to 14 year olds; puts children at risk for chronic disease later in life.
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Posted on October 7, 2005 - 6:22pm. Read Full News Article |
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According to a study at Yale, one of the most effective ways to change negative attitudes about obese people is by addressing perceptions of normative beliefs within particular social groups.
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Posted on October 7, 2005 - 6:20pm. Read Full News Article |
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Junk food could be made healthier by adding an extract of an exotic type of seaweed, say British scientists.
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Posted on October 7, 2005 - 6:18pm. Read Full News Article |
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Laboratory model missing one copy of Prox1 gene exhibits abnormal increase in fat accumulation around sites of lymph leakage from defective lymphatic vessels.
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Posted on October 7, 2005 - 6:12pm. Read Full News Article |
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A Johns Hopkins study has affirmed the success of living kidney "paired donation" (KPD) as a means of efficiently finding more kidney donors who are a match for patients in need.
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Posted on October 7, 2005 - 6:11pm. Read Full News Article |
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A preliminary study suggests that kidney paired donation transplantation, in which incompatible donor/recipient pairs exchange kidneys so that each recipient receives a compatible kidney, had graft survival rates equivalent to compatible live donor transplants.
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Posted on October 7, 2005 - 6:09pm. Read Full News Article |
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People who receive a kidney transplant are nearly four times more likely to develop melanoma, a rare but deadly form of skin cancer, according to a study.
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Posted on October 7, 2005 - 6:06pm. Read Full News Article |
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