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...study reports that men who consume a typical “western” diet—including high consumption of red and processed meat and high-fat dairy products—are much more likely to develop diabetes than those who consume a “prudent” diet of vegetables, fruits, fish, poultry and grains...
Foods that contain healthier fat, such as poultry and fish, are much better for people than red meat and high-fat products. Whole grains and brown rice are excellent substitutes for white bread and potatoes, he said...
What can parents do to protect their children from the dangers of too much poundage? A lot--especially if they start early, before their kids get into the habit of eating high-fat, high-sugar foods and out of the habit of exercising regularly. Kids are most vulnerable to ballooning weight in early childhood and then again in adolescence, says Dr. William Dietz, director of the division of nutrition and physical activity at the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention in Atlanta. Children normally lose fat from ages one to six or seven. When they start putting on excess pounds...
...most successful pediatric-obesity programs in the country. "You really need to include the parents as part of the treatment," he says, if only because parents of obese children are often overweight or obese themselves. Usually, the entire family could stand to modify its diet and reduce high-fat foods and sweets. Epstein encourages families to build exercise into their daily lives, taking walks together after dinner, for instance, or turning off the TV on weekends...
...rats in question were fed a low-fat diet until they reached what can best be described as "rodent puberty" - at which point they were all given a very high-fat meal. (Sort of the rat equivalent of freshman year at college). The rats whose blood showed a very high incidence of triglycerides (i.e., fat) after the meal were the same rats who became obese...