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Calcium, exercise among solutions; prevention important
By Amber Byarlay
abylarlay@kansan.com
Kansan staff writer
Preventing obesity, diabetes heart disease, high blood pressure and stroke can start in the conference room.
The University of Kansas, along with Midwest state health agencies, held a three-day conference from Thursday to Saturday to discuss treatment and prevention of obesity.
"We wanted to do the workshop to educate people," Kim
Johnson, conference coordinator, said. The goal of the conference was to reduce the need for treatment of health problems associated with obesity, Johnson said.
The conference, held in Overland Park, featured speakers on topics such as diabetes, weight loss, calcium, behavior and promoting physical activity.
Speakers discussed the effects of obesity and how it could be treated along with ways to prevent the problem.
Michael Zemel, director for the Nutrition Institute at the University of Tennessee, spoke about how calcium could aid weight loss and maintenance. Zemel said calcium worked
"It's been very fascinating. I'm going to leave with more questions than I came in with, but that's OK."
elementary physical education teacher
Julie Webb
with hormones to affect fat cells.
Zemel said that while dieting, many people gave up dairy products, but that three daily servings of milk, yogurt or cheese had been shown to help burn fat. Zemel said that calcium, because it worked to
regulate hormones, could also help prevent chronic diseases such as premenstrual syndrome or cardiovascular disease.
John Jakicic, director for the physical activity and weight management research center at the University of Pittsburgh, discussed the behaviors that helped people exercise to lose and maintain their weight.
Jakicic said research was being done to determine how much work needed to be done to lose or maintain weight.
"People want to know what's the least I can get away with," Jakicic said.
Jakicic has found that college students need about 30 to 60 minutes of activity a day. To lose
weight, Jakicik suggested reducing the amount of calories eaten by 25 to 30 percent and exercising for 30 to 40 minutes five days a week.
Adding exercise can be as simple as walking to class instead of taking the bus or incorporating an activity into time spent with friends, Jakicic said.
Julie Webb, an elementary physical education teacher in Olathe, went to the conference to learn more about exercise and how it helps with weight loss and maintenance.
"It's been very fascinating," Webb said. "I'm going to leave with more questions than I came in with, but that's OK."
Amnesty supports Peltier; Student Senate does not
—Edited by Doyle Murphy
By Paul Kramer
pkramer@kansan.com
Kansan staff writer
Amnesty International and the Southern Christian Leadership Conference, among others, formally support Native American activist Leonard Peltier, but the University of Kansas Student Senate does not.
A resolution in support of Peltier failed in the Student Rights Committee meeting
Wednesday night
"I did not feel that sufficient reasons were given," Arthur Jones, Freshman/Sophomore College of Liberal Arts and Sciences senator said. "There was a statement given that was biased and I didn't want to put the Senate behind something I didn't know enough about."
Also against the resolution was Steven Munch, Freshman/Sophomore CLAS senator.
"I was not necessarily against the resolution, but I didn't do any research and didn't feel comfortable making the decision," Munch said.
Travis Weller, Student Rights Committee member and The University Daily Kansan columnist, did not think the lack of information warranted the resolution's failure.
"If people didn't feel they had enough information, we should have tabled the bill and they
should have asked for more information, or done the research on their own," he said.
Weller said voting against the resolution was a statement against the cause, not something to do if a voter was ill-informed.
Peltier was convicted in the deaths of three men, two of whom were FBI agents. Peltier, who suffers from diabetes, high blood pressure and a heart condition, has been imprisoned for
27 years.
The controversy in the case revolves around documents that Peltier supporters said were being withheld by the United States government.
The resolution was also slated to be heard by the University Affairs Committee, but was not heard after first failing at the Student Rights Committee meeting.
Edited by Ashley Marriott
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'Man in Black' dies at age 71 from diabetes
NASHVILLE, Tenn. — Johnny Cash's rugged voice championed the downtrodden and reached across generations. His legacy will survive as long as there's music, says his friend and fellow country music singer Glen Campbell.
"I don't see any stars on the horizon that are like Johnny Cash," Campbell said. "He was so unique. I miss him."
Cash, "The Man in Black," died Friday from diabetes that resulted in respiratory failure.
Cash had been released from
me hospital Tuesday after a two-week stay for treatment of an unspecified stomach allure. The illness caused him to miss last month's MTV awards, where his Hurt—a cover of Trent Reznor's song with Nine Inch Nails—won for cinematography.
Cash, who won 11 Grammy Awards, was elected to the Country Music Hall of Fame in 1980 and inducted into the Rock and Roll Hall of Fame in 1992.
Ritter, famous for sitcoms, dies on ABC set at 54
LOS ANGELES — John Ritter's ability to coax big laughs out of
sitcom prattfalls and punchlines inspired his colleagues.
"I learned so much from him.
... He was the best physical comic I've ever watched," actress Suzanne Somers, who costarred with Ritter in Three's Company, said Friday.
"All my physical comedy in 'Freaky Friday' is due to him," said actress Jamie Leart Cursis.
Ritter, 54, became ill Thursday while working on his ABC series 8 Simple Rules ... For Dating My Teenage Daughter and underwent surgery at Providence St. Joseph Medical Center in Burbank for a tear in a aorta. He
died shortly after 10 p.m. Thursday, publicist Lisa Kasteler said.
No decision had been made Friday about the future of 8 Simple Rules ..., which was to begin its second season Sept. 23, an ABC spokesman said.
Funeral plans were pending.
Jennifer, Ben may be splitsville on big day
LOS ANGELES — Have they gone from Bennifer back to Ben and Jennifer?
The most overexposed couple on the planet was supposed to exchange wedding vows yesterday, but instead there was a report
that they had ended their tabloid-
chronicle storybook romance.
Amid the frantic speculation surrounding the pair last week, People magazine reported yesterday that Affleck has dumped Lopez due to "second thoughts" about their impending wedding.
Citing unidentified "sources close to the couple," People reported that Affleck initiated the breakup with Lopez, who was "devastated" and "in tears." However, the magazine hedged its scoop by adding "it was unclear whether the separation was permanent."
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