Obese children and teenagers with arteries like those of middle-aged adults ought to be a wake-up call for anyone interested in public health.
The disturbing findings were documented in a study presented this week at an American Heart Association conference in New Orleans. The findings suggest that obese children have a significant risk of heart disease as they grow older.
It’s heartening that presidential candidates Barack Obama and John McCain made prevention a plank in their health care reform platforms.
Consensus is a good start. Any overhaul of the nation’s health care system …

Natsume, a worldwide developer and
publisher of family-oriented video games, announced today that the
company is celebrating the ten-year anniversary of its popular Harvest
Moon franchise this summer. In commemoration of the anniversary,
Natsume is launching two new Harvest Moon titles later this quarter
and offering a host of retail promotions surrounding the launches.
Harvest Moon: Island of Happiness for the Nintendo DS and Harvest Moon:
Tree of Tranquility for the Nintendo Wii will both be available at
retail later this summer, and will be branded with special packaging

When you step onto your bathroom scale every morning, what you will be reading from the scale is weight loss and not fat loss. Bath room scales are never accurate in determining fat loss.
You must know the difference if you want to lose weight or lose fat effectively and healthily.
Why? Because it measures your overall weight and not your body fat per se. If you weigh yourself in the morning before breakfast after your bowel movement, you will probably get your lowest reading of the day because your body is …

When you step onto your bathroom scale every morning, what you will be reading from the scale is weight loss and not fat loss. Bath room scales are never accurate in determining fat loss.
You must know the difference if you want to lose weight or lose fat effectively and healthily.
Why? Because it measures your overall weight and not your body fat per se. If you weigh yourself in the morning before breakfast after your bowel movement, you will probably get your lowest reading of the day because your body is …

When it comes to prowling the Internet or choosing age-appropriate toys, overwrought parents have a lot to consider. Can (and should) you monitor or limit the time your children play games or hang out in cyberspace? How do you keep them safe once there? Are educational toys truly educational? Author Lisa Guernsey says there’s a high-pitch debate about whether childhood is being squandered or set free by today’s tech toys.
Guernsey was speaking at the Sandbox Summit, a first-ever event at the Consumer Electronics Show. “Digital kid” marketers, journalists and representatives …

By Leo Shane III, Stars and Stripes
WASHINGTON — Defense and Veterans Affairs officials last week launched a pilot program to simplify the disability ratings process for wounded troops, trimming it down to a single medical exam, a system that could lead to faster and more generous benefits.
The concept was one of several changes recommended by commissions examining the military health care system in the wake of the Walter Reed Army Medical Center controversy earlier this year.
Bill Carr, deputy undersecretary for military personnel policy, told reporters Friday that the pilot …

Weight management, exercise and proper nutrition are key to reducing your risk of cancer. And the earlier in life you adopt these practices, the better off you’ll be, a new study suggests.
Factors such as birth weight, childbearing, breast-feeding, and adult height and weight also influence cancer risk, according to the report released Wednesday by the American Institute for Cancer Research and the Britain-based World Cancer Research Fund. Understanding how these factors affect cancer risk, and how to put this information to use to prevent the disease, offer promising new directions …