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 Study Finds Increased Consumption of Sugar-Sweetened Beverages Promotes Childhood Obesity (Press Release) |
Added on: 7/17/2002 | Hits: 43 |
| From Harvard University and Children's Hospital in Boston, 2001: Harvard researchers conducted the first long-term study that reviews the link between sugar-sweetened soft drinks and childhood obesity. They studied 548 children between the ages of 7-11 years for 19 months. They found that for every sugar-sweetened drink consumed over the daily average, the odds of becoming obese increased 1.6 times! |
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| Prevalence of Impaired Glucose Tolerance among Children and Adolescents with Marked Obesity (Journal Abstract) |
Added on: 7/11/2002 | Hits: 27 |
| From Yale University and The New England Journal of Medicine, 2002: This Yale research team found glucose intolerance in 25% of obese children and 21% in obese adolescents. Diabetes was discovered in 4% of obese adolescents. The researchers concluded that glucose intolerance and insulin resistance is "highly prevalent" among obese children and adolescents. |
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| Overrestriction of Dietary Fat Intake Before Formal Nutritional Counseling in Children with Hyperlipidemia (Journal Article) |
Added on: 7/11/2002 | Hits: 25 |
| From the Columbia-Presbyterian Medical Center in New York and the Archives of Pediatrics & Adolescent Medicine, 2001: These researchers found that the percentage of calories from fat and saturated fat was lower in children with high cholesterol levels. They also found that children with high cholesterol consumed more sugar and carbohydrate-rich foods. The hildren with normal cholesterol levels consumed more total calories from fat. |
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| Yale Study Shows 25 Percent of Obese Children Are At High Risk for Developing Diabetes (Press Release) |
Added on: 7/10/2002 | Hits: 23 |
| From Yale University & The New England Journal of Medicine, 2001: This study found stunning evidence of rising glucose intolerance, type II diabetes, and PCOS in children and adolescents. |
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| Insulin Is An Independent Correlate of Homocysteine Levels in Obese Children and Adolescents (Journal Abstract) |
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| From The University of Graz, Austria, & Diabetes Care 2000: In this study, researchers found that high levels of insulin is strongly connected to high levels of homocysteine in children. Homocysteine is known to be a risk factor for heart disease and stroke. |
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| Infants, Toddlers, Should Not Restrict Fat Intake, Experts Say (Press Release) |
Added on: 7/9/2002 | Hits: 43 |
| From Purdue University News, 1998: There's little information that restricting fat before 2 years of age could be beneficial, but there's plenty of evidence that this could be dangerous. One of the main reasons is that it may retard growth and development. |
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