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Welcome To Move It For Your Health!
University Medical Center, in partnership with KLBK and KAMC, plan to take on the childhood obesity problem in Lubbock and West Texas. With the "Move It For Your Health"
campaign, our goal is to improve local grade school children's lives by
encouraging them to be more active and eat healthier. We also want to help
our citizens make more informed choices when it comes to their health
and inspire the region to make more time for regular physical activity.
National Facts- Obesity is a national epidemic. 64% of Americans are overweight and childhood obesity has doubled in the last 20 years.
- This could be the first generation of American children to lead shorter lives than their parents.
- Considering obesity, 20 years of aging, smoking, problem drinking, and the risk or acquiring diabetes, obesity has the most powerful and costly effects on health.
We hope that by involving children, parents, and teachers, we can bring a positive focus to this ever growing problem and bring about a change in these National Facts.<< Click Here To Learn More About UMC >>
- Obesity is a national epidemic. 64% of Americans are overweight and childhood obesity has doubled in the last 20 years.
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Science Daily - Obesity Headlines
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- Obesity Linked To Elevated Risk Of Ovarian Cancer
- Wii Fit A Promising Tool For All Ages, Though Game's Health Measurements Are Flawed
- Obesity: Reviving The Promise Of Leptin
- Protein Has Pivotal Role In Obesity, Metabolic Syndrome
- On A High-fat Diet, Protective Gene Variant Becomes Bad Actor
- Physical Activity May Not Be Key To Obesity Epidemic
- Fat Tissue Is Sensitive To Irradiation
- Nutrigenomics: Developing Personalized Diets For Disease Prevention
- Low-carb Diets Prove Better At Controlling Type 2 Diabetes