Tag: obesity

Internet blamed for weight gain in teenage girls 
By Liz Tay | Jul 11, 2008 | Comment Now 
A U.S. study has identified Internet use, sleep, alcohol and coffee consumption as contributing factors to weight gain in adolescent girls.
 
Video gaming linked to childhood obesity 
By Robert Jaques | Sep 5, 2007 | Comment Now 
New research claims to have found a "strong correlation" between videogame playing and obesity among children and young adults.
 
Web can help combat obesity 
By Robert Jaques | May 16, 2007 | Comment Now 
The internet can help motivate couch potatoes to exercise, according to a US study.
 
Clinicians use software to battle child obesity 
By Andrew Charlesworth | Nov 13, 2006 | Comment Now 
Computerised scales warn when enough is enough.
 
New Atari site tackles obesity, OFLC 
By Logan Booker | Mar 3, 2005 | Comment Now 
Among the glitz of this week's re-launch of the Atari Australia's website are signs that the game publisher, and maybe the industry at large, is coming to terms with the fact ...
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