Obesity - we're not alone...
Good to know that we're not the only ones...
In the May issue of the American Journal of Physiology-Regulatory, Integrative and Comparative Physiology (didn't you read it?!?), a study found that hamsters placed in a social setting were more likely to become overweight.
The explanation? Social stress, according to the researchers. Hamsters which normally like to hang out by themselves, got stressed when placed in a crowded living situation.
We know that stress contributes to overeating in people - it's interesting to see that translate into the animal world.
posted by Michael P. Scaccia, MD, FAAP @ 3:31 PM
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Hey! Don't be dissing the AJP! That's where I published most of my papers during my PhD work!
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Flea
Boy, if I knew they would take submissions from any old "researcher", I'd have thought twice about mentioning it...
:-)
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Some experts consider children who watch TV or surf the Internet more than five hours per day are four-and-a-half times more likely to become overweight than those who watch/surf two hours or less. As my kids are tempted to stay inside rather than playing and exercising outdoors, I use parental control software Ez Internet Timer. Works fine under Vista 64-bit. It lets me turn off my sons’ internet when I want it to (lets me set time limits for each of my kid).
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