May 20, 2013 (Newswise) — Little is known about the effect of physical education (PE) on child weight, but a new study from Cornell University finds that increasing the amount of time that elementary schoolchildren spent in gym class reduces the probabili

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May 21, 2013 (Newswise) — Overweight and obese patients are significantly more likely than their normal-weight counterparts to repeatedly switch primary care doctors, a practice that disrupts continuity of care and leads to more emergency room visits, new Johns Hopkins research suggests.

The practice of "doctor shopping" a

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May 5, 2013 (Newswise) — Inner-city parents who read and understand food nutrition labels tend to make healthier choices for their families, according to a new study from researchers at The Children's Hospital at Montefiore (CHAM). A majority of parents (63 percent) said they read food

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May 18, 2013 (Newswise) — African-American adults living closer to a fast food restaurant had a higher body mass index (BMI) than those who lived further away from fast food, according to researchers at The University of Texas MD Anderson Cancer Center, and this association was particularly strong among th

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May 14, 2013 (Newswise) — People who gain weight are more likely to give in to temptations but also are more thoughtful about their actions, according to a new study published in Psychological Science, a journal of the Association for Psychological Science.

To understand how fluctuations in body weight might relate to personality c

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