5-30-2008 Obligatory Health Links
For these, I’m leaving it to you lovely readers to analyze the articles and look at the studies for yourselves. Obesity so far is not looking like the death sentence it’s made out to be, even as the insistence that it is gets repeated. Take responsibility for your health, not responsibility for what someone who isn’t you thinks about your health. Also, this aggregation goes all the way back to the middle of May; don’t be surprised to see conflicting links down the line.
The reason I do these articles, also, is that I take them directly from a US government sourced newsfeed/service. This is data that the US government is promoting. This is exactly why it’s incredibly important to look at it closely.
Drugs Alone Don’t Lower Heart Disease for Overweight Americans
US Obesity Rates “Alarmingly High”
Ads Touting Dairy for Weight Loss “Misleading”
Physical Activity Lowers Breast Cancer Risk
Lowering Dietary Fat May Help Prevent Prostate Cancer
Obesity Tied to Risk of Psychiatric Disorder
Minneapolis Tops List of Heart Friendly Cities for Women
I live there!
Oxidized LDL Cholesterol Linked to Metabolic Syndrome
Metabolic Syndrome Foretells Diabetes in Elderly
Weight, Lifestyle Factors Tied to Urinary Symptoms
Heavy Babies More Prone to Weezing as Toddlers
One of the things I’ve learned from reading Sandy’s analysis of studies like these at JunkfoodScience is to look at who funded the study. The funding of a study can greatly influence how the results are spun and the statistics are manipulated. If the results they got aren’t the results they wanted/were looking for, then they are going to pick and choose what is reported (personally, I don’t trust anything that the Robert Wood Johnson Foundation has to say about anything related to weight and health in any study). The same goes for any study funded by pharmaceutical companies. Follow the money is a good idea at any time with these kinds of studies.