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Maine - Harvard Prevention Research Center M-HPRC
Info Monthly for January - 2004 click to view
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NEWS:
HHS Releases 2003 National Diabetes Estimates HHS Secretary Tommy G
Thompson announced that the number of Americans with diabetes rose to an
all-time high with an estimated 182 million people in 2003
These new estimates show we are diagnosing more people who live with
diabetes, and the overall prevalence of this disease continues to
increase, Secretary Thompson said Clearly, diabetes remains a serious
and growing health threat We are fighting this terrible disease by
promoting better lifestyle choices and increasing awareness among all
Americans
US Teens More Overweight Than Youth in 14 Other Countries US teens
are more likely to be overweight than are teens from 14 other
industrialized nations, according to survey information collected in 1997
and 1998 by two agencies of the Department of Health and Human Services as
well as institutions in 13 European countries and in Israel The study
appears in the January issue of The Archives of Pediatrics Adolescent
Medicine
RESEARCH:
Accounting for Taste: Prototypes that Predict Preference
Wansik, Brian and SeaBum Park 2000, Journal of Database Marketing, Vol
7 4, pgs 308-320
Recent findings suggest that container size may explain a large percentage
of variation in food consumption volume The objective of this research
was to explore whether container size influences consumption even as
perceived food quality diminishes
Effects of the amount of exercise on body weight, body composition, and
measures of central obesity: STRRIDE-a randomized controlled study Cris
A Slentz, Brian D Duscha, Johanna L Johnson, Kevin Ketchum, Lori B
Aiken, Gregory B Samsa, Joseph A Humard, Connie W Bales, William E
Kraus, Archives
of Internal Medicine, Vol 164 1, pgs 31-39, January
12, 2004
The main objective of this study was to determine the effects of different
amounts and intensities of exercise training This was a randomized
controlled trial of sedentary overweight men and women aged 40-65 with
mild to moderate dyslipidemia in and around Durham, NC
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