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      <title>Research With Resistant Starch Has Widespread Health Implications</title>
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      <pubDate>Wed, 07 Mar 2007 21:03:46 GMT</pubDate>
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      <title>Lose Holiday Weight Safely</title>
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      <description><![CDATA[Americans put on anywhere from 5 to 8 pounds during the holidays. There are safe and not-so-safe methods of losing those few extra pounds, according to LSU AgCenter nutritionist Dr. Heli Roy. - Full Content set to .]]></description>
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      <title>Don’t Blame Genes For Children’s Inactivity</title>
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      <description><![CDATA[Physical inactivity is a major risk factor for diseases such as obesity, diabetes and hypertension. LSU AgCenter nutritionist Dr. Heli Roy says declining levels of physical activity may help explain why childhood metabolic diseases are becoming more common. - Full Content set to .]]></description>
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      <description><![CDATA[Obesity has increased tremendously in the last few years in both children and adults. The surge has raised the incidence of chronic diseases such as diabetes, heart disease and hypertension, according to LSU AgCenter nutritionist Dr. Heli Roy. - Full Content set to .]]></description>
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      <description><![CDATA[One quarter of all U.S. children ages 2 to 17 are obese, according to the Center on an Aging Society. Several more million children are at risk. Obese children are more likely to remain obese in adulthood, says LSU AgCenter nutritionist Dr. Heli Roy. - Full Content set to .]]></description>
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      <title>Soft Drink Consumption Steadily Rises</title>
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      <description><![CDATA[Carbonated beverage intake has increased significantly among America’s youth over a 20-year period. One soft drink a day has been linked to 60 percent increase in the development of obesity over time, says LSU AgCenter nutritionist Dr. Heli Roy. - Full Content set to .]]></description>
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      <title>Effect of Exercise Debated</title>
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      <description><![CDATA[Both obesity and being overweight have increased significantly in recent years, with nearly two-thirds of U.S. adults being one or the other. Whether this weight gain has resulted more from an increasing sedentary lifestyle or from less exercise is under debate, according to LSU AgCenter nutritionist Dr. Heli Roy. - Full Content set to .]]></description>
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      <title>Weight Attitudes Different as Black and White</title>
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      <description><![CDATA[White adolescents are more occupied with thinness than black adolescents. LSU AgCenter nutritionist Dr. Heli Roy examines this phenomenon found in a Pennington Biomedical Research Center study. - Full Content set to .]]></description>
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      <title>Yet Another Study Points to Obesity</title>
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      <pubDate>Sun, 03 Oct 2004 23:26:49 GMT</pubDate>
      <description><![CDATA[A new study shows that Americans consumed more calories over the past 30 years. This points to the increase in overweight and obesity in the United States. - Full Content set to .]]></description>
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      <title>Childhood Inactivity Bad Omen</title>
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      <pubDate>Fri, 18 Mar 2005 19:16:50 GMT</pubDate>
      <description><![CDATA[Active children are more likely to become active adults. As many children grow into adolescence, however, their physical activity levels decline, according to LSU AgCenter nutritionist Dr. Beth Reames. - Full Content set to .]]></description>
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      <title>Infancy Weight Gain Foretells Adulthood Obesity</title>
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      <pubDate>Mon, 21 Mar 2005 17:03:19 GMT</pubDate>
      <description><![CDATA[The problem of weight gain is increasing in the United States, with more than 60 percent of population now overweight and more than 30 percent  obese. Among African-Americans, obesity rates are even higher. - Full Content set to .]]></description>
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