From Michael Kahn, Reuters:
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Obese and overweight people require more fuel to transport them and the food they eat, and a literally swelling global population will make this source of greenhouse emissions worse, say UK researchers.
Dr Phil Edwards and Dr Ian Roberts from the London School of Hygiene and Tropical Medicine argue their point in [...]
Archive for May, 2008
10. Obesity contributes to global warming
Posted in Uncategorized, tagged calories, diet, dieting, fast food, Fat, fitness, greenhouse-gas, health-policy, healthy choices, healthy eating, lifestyle, nutrition, obesity, Overweight, transport, weight loss on May 19, 2008 | Leave a Comment »
9. Los Angeles Police Department hires a full-time diet coach
Posted in Uncategorized, tagged calories, diet, dieting, fast food, Fat, fitness, Health, healthy choices, healthy eating, lifestyle, nutrition, Overweight, police, weight loss on May 7, 2008 | Leave a Comment »
LAPD has hired Rana Parker, a dietician, as a a full-time diet coach for the increasingly pudgy police force
Here’s what we probably want from our police officers:
Skinny cop Takedown
(Lean, polite, but can be real mean).
8. Twice as high as your belly is around
Posted in Uncategorized, tagged Appetite, Belly fat, calories, cardiovascular risk, diet, dieting, fast food, Fat, fitness, Food, Health, healthy choices, healthy eating, height, Hypertension, Life, nutrition, Overweight, short, waist, weight loss on May 6, 2008 | Leave a Comment »
A very simple pair of measurements gives a good indicator of potential for cardiovascular disease risk.
If your height is less than two times your waist measurement then you are significantly more likely (up to 11 times more likely) to have a higher cardiovascular disease risk than those people whose height is more than twice [...]
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