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QOTD: Should Obese Kids Be Taken Away From Their Parents?

Posted on 19 July 2011. Tags: body mass index, childhood obesity, dr david ludwig, fat kids, foster care, government childhood obesity, ludwig overweight kids, overweight child, Parenting

Doctor Says Obese Children Should Be Raised In Foster Care We’ve all seen the “chunky” child, you know the one who has a little more trouble completing regular childhood activities – like running, jumping and walking up the stairs at the rate of their smaller peers. As America deals with increasing issues of obesity in [...]

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Lose Weight On Twinkies….HE Did…

Posted on 17 November 2010. Tags: abuse, America, anxiety, ask Dr. O, askdro, AskDrO.com, behavior, black, blog, BMI, body mass index, burn, caloric intake, calorie, cardiovascular, cereal, change, compulsive, consume, D.owens, depression, diet, disease, Dr. Mark Haub, Dr. O, dwight, exercise, experiment, failure, heart, Hostess, human, illness, kidney, Little Debbie, loss, MD, men, mental, nutrition, Nutty Bars, obsessive, Oreos, owens, problems, results, science, success, sugar, sugary, theory, Twinkies, University of Kansas, weight

This is purely insane…but apparently it worked. A man loses 27 pounds on a sugary diet primarily of Twinkies, powdered donuts and Nutty Bars. Dr. Mark Haub of Kansas State University, in an effort to prove that caloric intake is the most important factor in weight loss, tested his scientific theory by using a very [...]

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