Monday, April 26, 2010

PICO Question

How is the interrelationship between eating and exercizing habits of people with obesity and their rate of early death compared to the interrelationship between those habits of people without obesity and their early death rate?

Population: anyone with obesity
Intervention: eating and exercising habits
Comparison: poeple who are not obese
Outcome: risk of early death

Wednesday, April 21, 2010

Check out a video on Obesity.

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ydU92KWhu3w

Question to think about.

Did you know that you might be obese before you even realize?
Think about what's contributing to your obesity.

Curious about Obesity?

Here are the five most informative sites on Obesity.
(Rated from a 1-5 scale; 1 being the poorest and 5 being the best)

(4) MedicineNet.com
http://www.medicinenet.com/obesity_weight_loss/article.htm

(4) Centers for Disease Control and Prevention
http://www.cdc.gov/obesity/index.html

(4) The Obesity Society
http://www.obesity.org/

(3) Obesity
http://www.nature.com/oby/index.html

(3) KidsHealth: Obesity
http://kidshealth.org/teen/food_fitness/dieting/obesity.html