Obesity
# obesity - Wednesday 12 June, 2013
Obesity can be predicted in two-month old babies
Curve growth patterns emerge almost from birth, say scientists.
# obesity - Tuesday 11 June, 2013
Poorer women more likely to be obese after childbirth
Lower household income, smoking and lower levels of breastfeeding are all contributory factors.
# obesity - Saturday 1 June, 2013
How poor countries are now facing obesity epidemics
The World Health Organisation has warned that unhealthy food needs to be taxed to divert people from buying it.
# obesity - Tuesday 28 May, 2013
1 in 3 Irish women affected by pelvic floor dysfunction
The rise in the number of Irish women having Caesarean sections is not a result of women being “too posh to push” – there’s a hidden story that also impacts women’s choices around childbirth: pelvic floor dysfunction.
# obesity - Sunday 21 April, 2013
‘She’s a totally different child’: Mother hails success of now suspended obesity service
The Up4it! obesity project, which provided support for children and parents, was funded by the HSE up until last month.
# obesity - Monday 15 April, 2013
HSE childhood obesity services “sparse or non existent” across country
Calls have been made for the retail sector to remove vending machines from schools and the watershed for the advertisement of high fat foods to be increased to 9pm.
# obesity - Saturday 13 April, 2013
Here is the week’s news… skewed
Breaking via The Mire wire: How Ireland has some of the fittest fat kids in the world and why the axing of Communion grants is ‘worse than the famine’.
# obesity - Monday 18 February, 2013
Doctors in UK call for ‘soda tax’ and ban on junk food advertising
The Academy of Medical Royal College said current restrictions, on advertising for children in particular, were failing to tackle obesity problems.
# obesity - Tuesday 12 February, 2013
Parents misjudging their children’s weight, report shows
An expert from safefood said that assessing children’s body weight should be viewed in the same way as hearing or sight test.
# obesity - Thursday 7 February, 2013
How can Ireland reduce lifestyle-related cancer rates?
A Seanad committee has come up with what it believes are some answers to tackling Ireland’s high incidence of cancer.
# obesity - Tuesday 5 February, 2013
Column: Ireland needs to reduce childhood obesity, so why are schools cutting PE hours?
Our society has epidemic levels of obesity – so why is the Department of Education reducing the importance of PE in our schools? asks Fergal Lyons.
# obesity - Thursday 17 January, 2013
Poll: Do you think schools should increase time spent in PE classes?
A new study shows risk factors for heart disease can be found in Irish children as young as 10, so should schools increase time spent on physical activities?
Heart disease risk in children as young as 10 – study
The study of children from a Dublin primary school showed that 16 had risk factors for cardiovascular disease, while six had high cholesterol.
# obesity - Saturday 12 January, 2013
‘Healthy flag’ for schools could combat obesity, says TD
The flag could be run alongside the Green Flag programme in schools, said Limerick TD Patrick O’Donovan.
# obesity - Wednesday 2 January, 2013
Infant antibiotic use may have implications for allergies, asthma and obesity – study
A new Irish study has shown that antibiotic use can reduce the number of bacteria in the intestines of children.
# obesity - Sunday 9 December, 2012
9 dieting gimmicks you should stop wasting money on
No, really, put down those toning shoes.
# obesity - Saturday 1 December, 2012
Here is the week’s news… skewed
Breaking via The Mire wire: 103% of adults fluent in Irish; evidence of a parliament found in Leinster House; rainwater is tax-free… for now.
# obesity - Thursday 29 November, 2012
Revealed: the life of a 13-year-old growing up in Ireland
Here’s what it’s like to be a young teenager living in Ireland.
# obesity - Wednesday 28 November, 2012
The 9 at 9: Wednesday
Here’s the nine stories you need to know as you start your day.
Obesity costs Ireland over €1.1 billion per year
Costs include healthcare, loss of productivity and work absenteeism.
# obesity - Monday 19 November, 2012
More breastfeeding needed to tackle obesity in children and adults
Scientific report says Ireland has lowest breast feeding rates in Europe.
# obesity - Wednesday 14 November, 2012
Health Committee to resume hearings on childhood obesity
Committee Chairman, Jerry Buttimer TD said childhood obesity is a “very important and serious health issue which needs to be tackled urgently”.
# obesity - Monday 12 November, 2012
Obesity time bomb? It has already exploded, says expert
The Obesity Clinic, a new two-part documentary tracking the lives of eight obese patients at a weight management clinic, starts on RTÉ tonight.
# obesity - Tuesday 30 October, 2012
Study reveals every single junk food meal damages your arteries
Don’t worry though, you can scoff as much Mediterranean food as you like.
# obesity - Monday 15 October, 2012
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Lifestyle ‘vices’ pushing up life assurance premiums, says insurer
Smoking, drinking and over-eating are causing insurance policies to rise, says Caledonian Life.
# obesity - Friday 12 October, 2012
New rules on advertising of ‘unhealthy’ food and drink to children
Foods high in fat, salt, or sugar will fall under the new regulations – but cheese products won’t.
# obesity - Thursday 4 October, 2012
Does a junk food diet lower children’s IQ?
A new study found that a predominantly processed food diet at the age of three was associated with a lower IQ at the age of 8.5.
# obesity - Saturday 22 September, 2012
Scientists discover immune cells could protect against obesity
The research was undertaken by Marie Curie Fellow Lydia Lynch at Trinity College Dublin, and showed the importance of ‘iNKT’ cells in managing obesity and diabetes.
# obesity - Saturday 28 July, 2012
Here is the week’s news… skewed
BREAKING via The Mire wire: New study highlights the upside to childhood obesity – and how commuters are killing the buzz for junkies taking drugs in public.
# obesity - Tuesday 24 July, 2012
US doctors write prescriptions for vegetables
A non profit organisation in the US offers €1 dollar per day prescriptions to low income families so they can afford to buy their five a day.
# obesity - Wednesday 4 July, 2012
Calorie counts should be displayed on menus, says report
Dr James Reilly says food businesses have 6 months to introduce scheme on a voluntary basis, or face a compulsory introduction of it.
GPA chief Farrell seeks reassessment of PE status in schools
The GAA players body have launched a Community Camp which they hope will lead to recognition of the importance of sport in society.
# obesity - Monday 2 July, 2012
Column: Why are we so pass-remarkable on weight issues?
We are all aware that discrimination on the basis of race, creed or sexual preference is unacceptable, writes Lisa McInerney, so why is someone’s BMI fair game?
# obesity - Saturday 23 June, 2012
Column: Calorie counts on menus? Not in my restaurant.
The suggestion that all restaurants could display calorie counts is farcical – and it won’t help tackle obesity, argues Michelin-starred chef Oliver Dunne.
# obesity - Thursday 21 June, 2012
The 9 at 9: Thursday
Nine things to know this morning…
# obesity - Monday 18 June, 2012
Pakistan tells pot-bellied police: ‘Go on a diet, or quit the force’
77 per cent of police in Rawalpindi are overweight – so the police chief now says waistlines cannot be above 38″.
# obesity - Tuesday 5 June, 2012
Disney bans junk food ads on kids’ TV shows
Disney says it will no longer be sponsored by junk food.
# obesity - Friday 1 June, 2012
Column: Ireland needs to ditch dieting because it isn’t working. Here’s why.
Kids across the country are seeing their parents spending time, energy and money on yo-yo diets and gimmicks. This isn’t good for them, writes Deirdre Cowman.
# obesity - Thursday 31 May, 2012
New York City set to ban large fizzy drinks
NYC’s major Michael Bloomberg says he wants to ban the drinks from restaurants, cinemas and street stalls.
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