Archive for June, 2010

Poll: Genetically Modified Salmon in Your Sushi? – 6793th Edition

Wednesday, June 30th, 2010


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What do you get when you take an Atlantic salmon, splice in a gene from a Chinook salmon, plus a gene from an ocean pout?

You get a farm raised salmon that grows twice as fast and can be in your sushi in 16 months instead of the normal 3 years!

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Adult Obesity Rates Rose In 28 States, And Fell In Just One, USA (source: Medical News Today) – 6792th Edition

Wednesday, June 30th, 2010

28 US states saw obesity rates still rising last year, while the only place to experience a decline was the District of Columbia (D.C), F as in Fat: How Obesity Threatens America’s Future 2010, according to a report from the Trust for America’s Health (TFA… (source: Medical News Today) -Share on Twitter-Share on Facebook-RSSandRSS FeedonFeedzilla.com
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Adult Obesity Rates Rose In 28 States, And Fell In Just One, USA (source: Medical News Today) – 6791th Edition

Wednesday, June 30th, 2010

28 US states saw obesity rates still rising last year, while the only place to experience a decline was the District of Columbia (D.C), F as in Fat: How Obesity Threatens America’s Future 2010, according to a report from the Trust for America’s Health (TFA… (source: Medical News Today) -Share on Twitter-Share on Facebook-RSSandRSS FeedonFeedzilla.com
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Kids like Junk Food with Cartoons on It – 6790th Edition

Wednesday, June 30th, 2010


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No real shocker here. Kids like watching cartoons. Kids like junk food and snacks. Put the two together and WHAM you’re a marketing genius!

And its not just little kids. Cap’n Crunch has a stranglehold on older kids too. I knew a guy in college who used to eat Crunch Berries and hotdogs for dinner. His name was Stu Pidd.

But back to little kids, a new study confirms that cartoon characters do a


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Obesity League Tables By State, USA, 2010 (source: Medical News Today) – 6789th Edition

Wednesday, June 30th, 2010

Below is a list of states according to the percentage of adults considered to be obese, with Mississippi at number 1 (33.8%) and Colorado at number 51 (19.1%). Percentage of adults considered to be obese, by state: 1.Mississippi 33.8% 2. tie Alabama 31.6%;… (source: Medical News Today) -Share on Twitter-Share on Facebook-RSS feedsandWidgetsonFeedzilla.com
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Obesity League Tables By State, USA, 2010 (source: Medical News Today) – 6788th Edition

Wednesday, June 30th, 2010

Below is a list of states according to the percentage of adults considered to be obese, with Mississippi at number 1 (33.8%) and Colorado at number 51 (19.1%). Percentage of adults considered to be obese, by state: 1.Mississippi 33.8% 2. tie Alabama 31.6%;… (source: Medical News Today) -Share on Twitter-Share on Facebook-RSS feedsandWidgetsonFeedzilla.com
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Link Time! Bad Diet Tips, Scoop on Sports Drinks, and More – 6787th Edition

Wednesday, June 30th, 2010


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Trying tokick your french fry habit? Here’s a delicious, but also nutritious, alternative: baked sweet potato french fries. — That’s Fit Canada

Here’s an awesome solution for all you forgetfulcyclistsout there: Wordlock bike locks. Rather than trying to memorize a random set of numbers, you only have to remember a simple word.

Yuck. “Eat frozen corn and peas for a filling sna


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Children With Developmental Coordination Disorder At Greater Risk Of Obesity (source: Medical News Today) – 6786th Edition

Wednesday, June 30th, 2010

Children with developmental coordination disorder are at greater risk of being overweight or obese according to a study published in/i CMAJ (Canadian Medical Association Journal. Developmental coordination disorder (DCD), which is manifested through coord… (source: Medical News Today) -Share on Twitter-Share on Facebook-RSS feedsandWidgetsonFeedzilla.com
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Children With Developmental Coordination Disorder At Greater Risk Of Obesity (source: Medical News Today) – 6785th Edition

Wednesday, June 30th, 2010

Children with developmental coordination disorder are at greater risk of being overweight or obese according to a study published in/i CMAJ (Canadian Medical Association Journal. Developmental coordination disorder (DCD), which is manifested through coord… (source: Medical News Today) -Share on Twitter-Share on Facebook-RSS feedsandWidgetsonFeedzilla.com
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Gwyneth Paltrow’s Brittle Bones: Is Extreme Dieting to Blame? – 6784th Edition

Wednesday, June 30th, 2010


It’s been a couple of years now since I felt the need to vent about the stupidity of Gwyneth Paltrow’s fad diets.

Well, it looks like her dieting practices may have caught up to her as she was recently been diagnosed with oseopenia – a precursor to osteoporosis — at the age of 37.

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