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February 14, 2012
Obese
The following articles have been tagged with "Obese":
Hip fat indicates lower health risk: study
Science & Technology: 23 Jan 12
Health risks for people with broad hips and narrow waists are significantly lower than for those with narrow hips and broad waists, according to a new international study on obesity, led by cardiology specialists at Umeå University in northern Sweden.
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Gastric bypass surgery cuts risk of death: study
Science & Technology: 4 Jan 12
Gastric bypass surgery make obese patients less likely to die from heart attack and stroke than patients receiving more conventional treatment for their condition, a Swedish study showed on Tuesday.
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Number of fat Swedes expanding: study
Science & Technology: 24 Nov 11
The number of obese people in Sweden has all but doubled in the last two decades, but is still comparatively low compared to other OECD countries, according to a recent study.
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Stressed mothers have obese kids: study
Science & Technology: 7 Nov 11
Stressed out mothers increase the risk of obesity among their children, a new Swedish study has shown.
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Night shift work boosts MS risk: Swedish study
Science & Technology: 18 Oct 11
Young people who work night shifts end up with a significantly higher risk of developing multiple sclerosis, researchers at the Karolinska Institutet in Stockholm have found.
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Uproar over 'obese' girl's insurance snub
Science & Technology: 25 Jun 11
A five-year-old girl has been refused by a Swedish insurance giant on the grounds of her weight putting her into a “high risk” category, according to media reports.
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Obesity gene linked to dementia: Swedish study
Science & Technology: 21 Feb 11
People with a particular genotype associated with obesity may have three times higher a risk of developing dementia than those who do not, according to a study by Stockholm's Karolinska Institute.
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High earners jump surgery queue: study
Science & Technology: 3 Feb 11
Wait times for general surgery are 34 percent shorter for people with high incomes compared to those with lower salaries, according to a new Swedish study.
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Health experts call for candy tax
Society: 1 Apr 10
Health experts have called for a sugar tax as Swedes remain the highest global consumers of sweets and soft drinks with an escalating public health situation as a result.
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Obese drunk driver: 'I'm too fat for jail'
National: 1 Mar 10
A 60-year-old man man convicted of drunk driving in northern Sweden has applied to the government for a pardon on the grounds that he is too fat to go to jail.
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Sweden to prescribe exercise to battle youth obesity
Science & Technology: 21 Jan 10
School nurses in Uppsala in eastern Sweden will soon begin prescribing children exercise in order to combat increasing obesity among teenage boys.
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Fewer obese children in Sweden: report
Science & Technology: 5 Dec 09
The number of obese and overweight ten-year-olds is higher in Bollnäs, Västerås and Ystad than in Karlstad and Umeå. These were the findings in a comparison between municipal councils that the National Public Health Institute has carried out.
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Sweden's 'obesity epidemic' shows signs of slowing: study
Science & Technology: 25 Nov 09
After decades of progressive weight gain, Swedes’ waistlines appear to have stopped expanding, a new study shows.
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Swedes struggle to make sense of a new diet trend
Lifestyle: 24 Sep 09
A new diet has surfaced in Sweden recently, the Low-Carb High Fat diet (LCHF), but experts remain divided over the new method for trimming one’s waistline, The Local’s Caroline Gravel discovered.
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Swedish study links stress to childhood obesity
Science & Technology: 13 Mar 09
A third of all Swedish eight-year-olds are unhappy with their bodies, according to new Swedish research linking family stress and obesity among children.
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Overweight people die younger: Swedish study
Science & Technology: 25 Feb 09
Researchers in Sweden have found that people who are overweight from a young age run a much increased risk of dying prematurely.
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One in six Swedish children obese: study
Science & Technology: 10 Feb 09
One out of six five-year-olds in Sweden is overweight, primarily because of a lack of exercise, a new study has found.
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Nuke test residue aids Swedish fat cell research
Science & Technology: 5 May 08
Cold War era nuclear tests have helped a team of researchers in Sweden to uncover some new insights about the life and death of fat cells in adult humans.
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Swedish team discovers protein that could fight obesity
Science & Technology: 6 Mar 08
Researchers in Sweden have discovered a protein that stimulates the formation of fat cells.
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More Swedes choose surgery as path to slimmer waistlines
National: 7 Feb 08
Experts project 10,000 gastric bypass operations annually.
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Male obesity to weigh heavy on healthcare system
Science & Technology: 23 Jan 08
Young Swedish men have become so overweight that they may soon pose problems for the healthcare system, new research has shown.
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Swedish women put on weight
Science & Technology: 17 Dec 07
Swedish women have becoming progressively heavier over the last few years, a new study has shown.
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Showing off the gritty side of Sweden
Lifestyle: 14 Sep 07
Tipping Point: An exhibition of photos from winter in the industrial town of Borås might not sound like the best way to entertain visitors from abroad. But Kathleen Harman is strangely moved.
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More school sports needed 'to combat child obesity'
Society: 18 Jul 07
With more and more Swedish children either overweight or obese, every school should introduce one hour a day of sports, top athletes have said.
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Obesity down in sugar-free schools
Society: 23 Apr 07
Banning sweets, buns and soft drinks at schools in Stockholm resulted in the number of overweight children falling by six percent in four years, according to a new Swedish study.
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More overweight 4-year old girls than ever before
Science & Technology: 18 Apr 07
A study of Swedish children has found that 4-year-old girls are six times more likely to be overweight now than twenty years ago.
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Over half of Swedish men 'are too fat'
Society: 6 Mar 07
One in ten Swedes are clinically obese, and for the first time more than half of Swedish men are either overweight or obese. Changes in lifestyle are mostly to blame, according to an official report.
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'Adult diabetes' hits obese Swedish children
Science & Technology: 24 Feb 07
For the first time, young children suffering from a form of diabetes usually associated with elderly people or obesity have been discovered in Sweden.
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'Children need to consume more fat'
Science & Technology: 25 Jan 07
A Swedish study has shown that eating lots of fatty foods is good for healthy four-year-olds.
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Tougher for Swedes to adopt from China
Society: 27 Dec 06
Last year Swedes adopted 350 children from China. But new rules preventing unmarried couples, obese people or those on long-term sick leave from adopting could dramatically reduce that number in 2007.
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Snus can make you fat - scientists
Science & Technology: 24 Aug 06
People who use Swedish moist snuff, better known as snus, are more likely to be obese and have high blood pressure than non-users. That's the conclusion of a new Swedish study.
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Obesity tests for all Swedish kids
Science & Technology: 6 Mar 06
All Swedish four-year olds are to be tested for obesity, according to new plans. We have seen an incredibly frightening development over the past 20 years, says a leading expert.
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Depression "behind one in three physical ailments"
Science & Technology: 27 Jan 05
A Swedish professor suggests that obesity could be a direct result of depression. And if there's some other reason behind your increasing waistline a new stomach-reducing corset may be the answer.
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Fat kids disunited
Society: 24 Jun 04
What's worse about the youth of today? That they're too fat, claiming too much social benefit or rejecting old-fashioned socialist values?
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20 things to know before moving to Sweden
As diverse as Sweden is, there are a few societal norms that are distinctly Swedish. Understanding a handful of them will hopefully prepare you culturally before you relocate. When you're invited home to a Swede, you better be on time and take your shoes off, writes expat Lola Akinmade-Åkerström. Read more »
How far can English take you in Sweden?
Sweden is a country where almost everyone can speak English. So why bother to learn Swedish? Edina Varnagy from Hungary managed with English for a whole year but then found that Swedish could open doors – to a job, a social life and greater understanding. Read more »
"The ice dripped in the winter sun. It was the first day when the light had been intense enough to cause dripping in the sunlight. To hear it was an extraordinary wakeup call. The cycle was happening again as it always does, always will (or so we think). I imagined that on my summer island, the bees..." READ »
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Fin means anyhting from sweet to proper. When someone says, Du är så fin it's quite a compliment.
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