KEAN 105 Today's Best Country » obesity http://keanradio.com Thu, 23 May 2013 21:19:45 +0000 en-US hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.4.2 Is Obesity Contagious? http://keanradio.com/sudy-finds-people-eat-more-when-others-are-around/ http://keanradio.com/sudy-finds-people-eat-more-when-others-are-around/#comments Wed, 08 Feb 2012 15:25:33 +0000 Shauna Wright http://thecheckup.com/?p=11634 Recent studies have shown we tend to eat more when the people around us do. But new research with mice takes that one further, revealing obesity may actually be contagious.

]]> http://keanradio.com/sudy-finds-people-eat-more-when-others-are-around/feed/ 0 Thinkstock Computer Program To Help Kids Lose Weight Is A Fail http://keanradio.com/computer-program-to-help-kids-lose-weight-is-a-fail/ http://keanradio.com/computer-program-to-help-kids-lose-weight-is-a-fail/#comments Fri, 04 Nov 2011 04:27:11 +0000 Rudy Fernandez http://keanradio.com/?p=22568 A group of Doctors, scientists and researchers conducted a two-year study of overweight and obese adolescent children (12 and 13 years old). The group tried to to modify dietary behavior by incorporating a web-based computer-tailored intervention program. The program aimed to increase physical activity, decrease sedentary behavior, and promote healthy eating among adolescents. The "FATaintPHAT" study did not produce the desired positive long-term outcome researchers were hoping for. However, there were positive short-term effects on eating behaviors, according to the report published online by Archives of Pediatrics & Adolescent Medicine and on the JAMA/Archives journals.

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