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Kaiser Permanente Recognized For Ground-Breaking Obesity Program For Improving Children’s Health
The National Business Coalition on Health (NBCH), a nonprofit organization of employer-based health coalitions, has honored Kaiser Permanente’s Kids in Dynamic Shape (KP KIDS) health plan with the 2008 eValue8 Health Plan Innovation Awards at its annual conference held in Washington, D.C.
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Yale Researchers Discover New Molecule That May Suppress Hunger After Fatty Meals
In the battle against obesity, Yale University researchers may have discovered a new weapon – a naturally occurring molecule secreted by the gut that makes rats and mice less hungry after fatty meals. The findings are published in the Nov. 26 issue of the journal Cell. The report suggests the molecule may help regulate how much animals and people eat, according to the team headed by Gerald I.
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UnitedHealth Group Grants To Help Students And Educators Combat Childhood Obesity, USA
UnitedHealth Group (NYSE: UNH) is giving children the opportunity to become “health care heroes” by learning about childhood obesity, designing programs to address it and implementing the programs in their communities. UnitedHealth HEROES is a service-learning, health literacy initiative designed to encourage young people, working through educators and youth leaders, to create and implement local hands-on programs to address the issue of childhood obesity.
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Battle Of The Bulge Taken Up By Yale Researchers
In the battle against obesity, Yale University researchers may have discovered a new weapon – a naturally occurring molecule secreted by the gut that makes rats and mice less hungry after fatty meals. The findings are published in the Nov. 26 issue of the journal Cell. The report suggests the molecule may help regulate how much animals and people eat, according to the team headed by Gerald I.
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News From The Journal Of The National Cancer Institute, Nov. 25
No Association Between Fat, Protein, and Meat Consumption and Kidney Cancer There is no association between consumption of fat, protein, or meat and kidney cancer, according to a pooled analysis of prospective studies. The incidence of renal cell cancer is increasing worldwide, but the cause of the increase remains obscure.
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Adiponectin Is A Metabolic Link Between Obesity And Bone Mineral Density
Researchers at the University of Toronto, Faculty of Medicine, Toronto, Canada, have discovered that adiponectin, a protein secreted from adipocytes, is a metabolic link that can explain, in part, the known positive relationship between obesity and both bone mineral density and reduced susceptibility to fractures. This study appears in the December issue of Experimental Biology and Medicine.
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What is Autism?
An introduction to autism, the complex developmental disability. Includes information and video.
