WIAA mandates preseason body-fat tests for wrestlers (Tacoma News Tribune)
The days of excessive weight cutting in Washington high school wrestling could be nearing an end.
Body fat news 14/09/2007
Overweight refers to an excess of body weight compared to set standards. The excess weight may come from muscle, bone, fat, and/or body water. Many people who are overweight are also obese. Obesity is a term for excess body fat. ...
Judge blocks restrictions on fat-melting treatment (The Wichita Eagle)
A judge blocked a state regulation Thursday that would have prevented most doctors from injecting chemicals into their patients to melt body fat. The State Board of Healing Arts, which regulates doctors, approved the regulation last month, and it was supposed to take effect Friday. Kansas is the first state to attempt to regulate such treatments. But the board's action prompted a lawsuit in ...
Body fat news 14/09/2007
So how do you burn fat 24 hrs a day? Here are some simple steps to lose fat 24 hrs a day. Build muscles. Muscles are active cells and they are great calorie burners. The more muscles you pack on, the more body fat you will burn because ...
Fat Mum Hastens Path To Childhood Obesity (Science Daily)
A fat mother hastens a child's path to obesity, finds a new study. Other factors included too much time spent in front of the TV and rapidly piling on the pounds in early childhood. Children who had acquired a high percentage body fat by the age of 3½ were significantly more likely to be obese at the age of 7 than those with low percentage body fat.
