SOCIALIZED MEDICINE (Free subscription) | 23/11/2009
High rates of obesity, smoking, absenteeism and poor mental health among NHS medical staff Health trusts must do more to help doctors and nurses exercise and give up smoking and heavy drinking, says the Government. NHS organisations will be expected to improve access to intervention programmes such as counselling or gyms as part of a drive to reduce sickness absence, which costs...
Knowledge@Wharton (Free subscription) | 24/11/2009
Two new studies suggest a correlation between obesity and Medicare costs. Is it worth paying people to lose weight?
iTWire - Latest Headlines (Free subscription) | 21/11/2009
According to a first-time report by the U.S. Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC), the counties in the Appalachian region of the country report high rates of obesity and...
JJS Diabetes (Free subscription) | 27/11/2009
They're predicting a doubling in the number of Americans with diabetes by then ... and ... that assumes the rate of obesity does not change (a statistic that has been rising steadily for decades). Read all about it here .
Bioethics.net (Free subscription) | 27/11/2009
I thought Thanksgiving was an apt time to discuss a Pennsylvania university's new requirement that overweight undergraduates take a fitness course to receive their degrees. An historically black college, Lincoln University said that the school is responding to deadly rates of obesity and diabetes, especially in the African-American community.
Forbes (Free subscription) | 27/11/2009
Soaring rates to bring unprecedented medical, economic burdens, study predicts
dBTechno (Free subscription) | 27/11/2009
... in the world, a fact that is not helping the diabetes situation in the country. With high rates of obesity and smoking, both of which can lead to diabetes onset millions of Americans currently not diabetic are just asking for the actual diagnosis to be made. The researchers insist that more awareness campaigns need to be run to make Americans more aware of the dangers associated with...
JONATHAN TURLEY (Free subscription) | 27/11/2009
... ire of students. At Lincoln, it is your BMI first, then your BA. The school is dealing with high rates of obesity and diabetes, prompting the mandatory measure. Students have objected that they come to the school for an education and not a workout. It presents a novel question for educators. Teaching healthy lifestyle is viewed by many as a bit over controlling and the type of measure...
Black Voices Blogs (Free subscription) | 24/11/2009
... are claiming that the fitness mandate was put in place because of a rising concern about high rates of obesity and diabetes, especially in the African-American community. According to James L. DeBoy , chairman of Lincoln's department of health, physical education and recreation, the targeted students are not required to lose weight or lower their BMI ; they must only pass the class...
Booker Rising (Free subscription) | 23/11/2009
Historically Black University To Obese Students: "Take A Fitness Class If You Wanna Graduate" Lincoln University's requirement that obese undergraduates take a fitness course to receive their degrees has raised the hackles of students and the eyebrows of health and legal experts. Officials said on Friday that the Pennsylvania college is simply concerned about high rates of obesity...
The Guardian (Free subscription) | 23/11/2009
... extending its remit to cover all children's services. Now indicators such as teenage pregnancy rates, obesity rates and economic wellbeing are considered as important as examination results. Since over the past few years there has been widespread consensus among educators that Every Child Matters represents an excellent development, it seems a bit odd to blame Ofsted for enforcing...
Hummers & Cigarettes (Free subscription) | 22/11/2009
... historically black Lincoln University said Friday that the school is simply concerned about high rates of obesity and diabetes, especially in the African-American community. "We know we're in the midst of an obesity epidemic," said James L. DeBoy, chairman of Lincoln's department of health, physical education and recreation. "We have an obligation to address...
Fitness Watch (Free subscription) | 22/11/2009
An otherwise great idea, but for some problems. "A Pennsylvania university's requirement that overweight students take a fitness course to graduate has raised the hackles of students and the eyebrows of health and legal experts. Officials at historically black Lincoln University said Friday that the school is simply concerned about high rates of obesity and diabetes, especially in...
Black Political Thought (Free subscription) | 21/11/2009
... a breach of the students' rights? School officials said that they are simply concerned about high rates of obesity and diabetes, especially in the African-American community. James L. DeBoy, chairman of the university's department of health, physical education and recreation said, "We know we're in the midst of an obesity epidemic." "We have an obligation...
Blowing San #1 (Free subscription) | 22/11/2009
PHILADELPHIA (AP) - A Pennsylvania university's requirement that overweight undergraduates take a fitness course to receive their degrees has raised the hackles of students and the eyebrows of health and legal experts. Officials at historically black Lincoln University said Friday that the school is simply concerned about high rates of obesity and diabetes, especially in the African-American...
