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Kentucky, in Diabetes Belt, needs to do more to keep percentage of residents with costly disease from rising, advocates say

Posted by | 7:08 PM
By Dr. Gilbert Friedell and Isaac Joyner World Diabetes Day is Nov. 14, and we urgently need to address this plague right here at home. Diab...

Common beliefs about obesity and weight loss found to be myths

Posted by | 5:25 PM
Think going to gym class drives weight loss, or that breastfeeding protects a child from obesity? Think again, because these are among seven...

Japan approves a high-fiber version of Pepsi as a fat blocker

Posted by | 7:07 AM
Let's start here: Way too much of Kentucky is way too fat. And, let's add this, we drink lotsa sugary beverages. Why, our intake of...

Anthem funds program to fight childhood obesity in Louisville area

Posted by | 2:44 PM
A $35,000 Anthem Foundation grant to the American Academy of Pediatrics will allow a program that fights childhood obesity in Louisville an...

Wellness programs looking good as business investments

Posted by | 12:11 PM
Businesses should like these numbers a lot: Invest $1, get $3 back. That's the latest math on the return on employee wellness programs a...

Doctor's rejection of the willfully obese makes exercise expert ask: Who's responsible for your health? Who should pay for it?

Posted by | 11:00 AM
Bryant Stamford, professor and chairman of the Department of Kinesiology and Integrative Physiology at Hanover College in Indiana, wrote i...

The 14-percent advantage of eating little and then a lot: Putting it in practice

Posted by | 4:00 AM
In my previous post I argued that the human body may react to “eating big” as it would to overfeeding, increasing energy expenditure by a ce...

The 14-percent advantage of eating little and then a lot: Is it real?

Posted by | 4:00 AM
When you look at the literature on overfeeding, you see a number over and over again – 14 percent. That is approximately the increase in ene...