Tuesday, November 26, 2013

It's never too late to get fit, study on 'healthy aging' finds | CTV News

It's never too late to get fit, study on 'healthy aging' finds | CTV News: The gain among newcomers to exercise was roughly triple.

"Significant health benefits were... seen among participants who became physically active relatively late in life," the paper said.

High use of antibiotics overlaps with obesity rates in the Midwest and South - KansasCity.com

High use of antibiotics overlaps with obesity rates in the Midwest and South - KansasCity.com: Research now hints that the stout among us tend to hail from the same places — including chubbier-than-most Missouri and Kansas — where antibiotic drug use is highest. Whether the germ-fighting drugs make us fat or our obesity leads us to pop more antibacterial pharmaceuticals makes for difficult unraveling.

Monday, November 25, 2013

7 Ways To Curb Weight Gain Over Thanksgiving - Forbes

7 Ways To Curb Weight Gain Over Thanksgiving - Forbes: Here’s an unpleasant reality check: The traditional American Thanksgiving meal packs an average of 3000 calories – more than about double the recommended daily consumption for women and a thousand calories over the standard 2000 calories men should consume in a day. And that’s just one meal; most of us at least eat breakfast on Thanksgiving, not to mention that time-honored late-night turkey sandwich.