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UMC Resources
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Healthy Web ResourcesAmerican Obesity Association American Heart Association
American Diabetes Association
American Academy of Family Physicians
Dietician.com
Surgeon General - Overweight and Obesity
Center for Disease Control
U.S. National Institute of Diabetes & Digestive
& Kidney Disease of the National Institutes of Health
Recipes for Kids & Family
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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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UMC - Move It NewsBREAKING NEWS
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Science Daily - Obesity Headlines
- Surprising findings about Hepatitis C and insulin resistance
- Women who drink moderately appear to gain less weight than nondrinkers
- Obesity as protection against metabolic syndrome, not its cause
- Unhealthy foods become less popular with increasing costs
- High weight associated with risk of colorectal tumors without microsatellite instability
- Obesity linked to poor colon cancer prognosis
- Low-income women living in small cities have higher chance of obesity, study finds
- Intestinal bacteria drive obesity and metabolic disease in immune-altered mice
- Studies on nutrients, gene expression could lead to tailored diets for disease prevention
- Eliminating junk foods at schools may help prevent childhood obesity