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Strength Training for Overweight Youth
Here’s some good news about the benefits of strength training for kids: it reduces body fat in children coping with overweight and obesity.
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Guided Self-Help for Childhood Obesity
A new program led to significant reductions in childhood obesity in a primarily Latino community with a prevalence of 38% childhood obesity.
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Should We Get More Serious About Food Insecurity?
Nearly 40 million people in the U.S. experience food insecurity, which appears to be a contributing factor to the obesity problem.
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Physical Activity Levels, Obesity and Breast Cancer
Researchers noted an association between higher rates of breast cancer and obesity, recommending more strategies to increase movement.
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Excess Weight Gain Among Americans
Fit pros may want to help young people with healthy habits, as most adult excess weight gain occurs in the first decade of adulthood.
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Strength Training for Weight Loss
According to a research, strength training is effective for helping individuals with overweight or obesity with weight loss.
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TV Ads and Childhood Obesity
The number of children who are overweight or obese would decrease by 3.6% and 4.6%, respectively, if TV ads for unhealthy foods were reduced.
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Sucralose Increases Appetite and Cravings
A study found that people with obesity experienced an increase in appetite and food cravings after consuming a drink with sucralose.
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Understanding The Complexity Of Obesity
Obesity is a complex disease with many underlying factors and causes. The oversimplification of weight loss that many coaches and trainers subscribe to (“move more and eat less”) tends to blame clients for lacking self-control, being lazy or having “no motivation.” This can lead to weight bias among health and fitness pros and alienate clients with…
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Emphasizing Weight-Neutral Fitness
Researchers propose a “weight-neutral” strategy that focuses on physical activity and cardiorespiratory fitness, instead of weight loss.
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Healthy School Food Curbs Child Obesity
Since children eat up to two meals per day at school, healthy school food can play a major role in combating obesity in young people.
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What is Diabesity?
Diabesity is a common cause of chronic inflammation, so it’s important for fit pros to have a basic understanding of what it is and how it can affect clients. Here, Len Kravitz, PhD, Gabriella Bellissimo, MA and Jessica Smith, MS, CSCS, explain this relatively new term.
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Create Inclusivity for Special Populations
More than ever, creating inclusivity is vital to the fitness industry. And, even more importantly, it’s vital to the people we want to help.
Think it of this way: More than 70% of Americans don’t exercise enough to obtain a health benefit (Laskowski 2012). Why is this percentage so high when it’s well-known that even a small amount of physical activity can improve and even prevent some chronic diseases?
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Convenience Store Locations and Body Weight
A study in reveals the relationship between convenience store locations and the body weight of 3- to 15-year-old children.
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Inflammation: Obesity, Diabetes, Aging and Exercise
Inflammation is an essential defense system for enhancing survival. Learn how the inflammation process is linked to obesity, diabetes, aging and exercise.
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America’s Growing Appetite for Diets
A report shows that the number of U.S. adults on a special diet for weight loss 2015–2018 was up 14% from a decade earlier.
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Weight Bias May Be Declining
More people share the viewpoint that those with obesity are being blamed for the disease, rather than getting medical help to manage it, according to research.
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