European Stars and Stripes (Newspaper) - November 13, 1994, Darmstadt, Hesse Page 10 the stars and stripes . Sunday november 13,1994 even baggy clothes blamed. ,. A. \ " ". For increase in heavy teens Atlanta a one in five american teens i overweight the government reports and experts Are blaming everything from too much junk food and Tele vision to baggy figure concealing clothing and a Lack of exercise-. Y.-. Through the 1970s, the percentage of overweight children Ages 12 to 19 held steady at around 15 percent the Federal centers for disease control and prevention reported thursday. But that rate had jumped to 21 per cent by 1991. The increase was not much of a Surpris because the cd previously had tracked a similar trend among overweight adults from 25 percent to 33percent, said Jeffrey Lancashire of the cd s National Center for health statistics. We All adults adolescents and Young children eat in the same environment and have Access to the same healthy and unhealthy foods he said. But while baby fat can melt a yay As a child s Hor Mones shift into adolescent overdrive too Many Over weight teens end up struggling with their weight Theresa of their lives. We know that at least some of these overweight adolescents will grow up to be overweight adults Lancashire said. That Means they also will run a higher risk of heart disease diabetes and arthritis. The report did not examine by How much the teens were overweight or How much body fat they had Akey indicator of health. What caused the increase among overweight teens also in t Clear Lancashire said though other studies Point to too much fat and sugar in children s diets and a sedentary life spent in front of the television. Lancashire said the cd would prefer to encourage exercise rather than dieting for fear teen agers will go overboard. Unlike with adults we have to be careful about instructing adolescents to go on diets he said. A spokeswoman for the american dietetic association / Joann t. Hattner pointed out additional factors in the Rise in the number of overweight children Latchkey kids eating or snacking without parental supervision parents keeping children indoors because the streets Are unsafe and families spending what time the have together eating. Working parents May be at the gym but their kids Are at Home after school in front of the to she said. Even the fashion of oversize clothing plays a role by concealing youngsters bodies she added. The agriculture department is working to lower the amount of fat in school lunches. The cd will learn whether those efforts Are working after a Survey end this year. Limited number of Bokhara and selection of tribal rugs up to 50% off on selected rugs visit our show at Pavilion formerly o. Tub Phi had la re on 11,12 & 13 november 1994 High anxiety May cause death in men Dallas a men who complain of High anxiety Are up to sixties More Likely than Calmer men to suffer sudden cardiac death re searchers say. Anxiety is proving to be one of the strongest risk factors for sudden cardiac death even More so than smoking said or. Ichiro Kawachi assistant professor of health and social behaviour at the Harvard school of Public health in Massachusetts. Sudden cardiac death is a phenomenon that throws off the rhythm of the heart. It is different from a heart attack which occurs when a clot inside the artery causes a blockage of blood flow. Although scientists do not fully understand How it happens intense psychological stress May trigger episodes of irregular heart rhythms. Research links student athletes to sex assaults Boston a a new study suggesting that male varsity athletes Are More Likely than other College students to commit sexual assaults on Campus raises serious concerns says a spokeswoman for the National collegiate athletic association. ,. I think we All recognize that there is some evidence that there s a problem involving male Stu Dent athletes and sexual assault Katnryn Reith said Friday from Mcaa Headquarters in Over land Park Kan. It s an indication we need to take it Todd Crosset a University of Massachusetts sports management professor and Jeffrey Ben edict a northeastern University graduate Stu Dent studied 107 cases of rape attempted rape and fondling at 30 schools in the Mcaa s Divi Sion i. -.-. -.-. Judicial affairs office records from 10 of the schools showed male student athletes were More Likely to be perpetrators in on Campus sexual As Sault cases than no athletes. Figures from 1990 to 1993 showed student ath letes made up 3.3 percent of All male students but 19 percent of those who carried out assaults. Campus police records from the other 20schools showed no significant difference Between the number of athletes and no athletes involve Din sexual assaults. Those figures from the 1992 93 academic year showed male student athletes made up 3.7 percent of male students and 5.3 percent of the perpetrators. The researchers said they could t explain the difference Between the two sets of statistics but when they were looked at together athletes appear to be disproportionately involved in sexual assaults on College Christmas around the world a Csc Ansbach officers and civilians spouses club Holiday Bazaar Bountiful shopping from More than 60 european vendors Friday noon 7 . Saturday 10 .-7p.m. Sunday 11 . -4 . 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