Obesity May Up Death Risk in Older Women With Colon Cancer

2010-09-10T13:56:38Z

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Can the right mattress help you lose weight?

2010-09-10T16:35:22Z

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Lack of Sleep May Be Linked to Childhood Obesity

2010-09-10T13:55:33Z

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Walking, Cycling Linked to Healthier Weights

2010-09-10T13:55:10Z

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Factors involved in Obesity

2010-09-10T09:06:25Z

Factors affecting the proportion of body fat include genetics, level of energy balance, composition of diet, level of physical activity, environmental & societal influences, endocrinal factors, psychological factors, medication and smoking.

Genetics
A person is more likely to develop obesity if one or both parents are obese. If both parents are of a normal weight only 7% of children will be obese. If one parent is obese, the incidence of obesity in children is...

Chances of obese people getting addicted to Phentermine are high

2010-09-10T14:10:51Z

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Young kids who sleep less at risk of obesity: study

2010-09-06T16:20:08Z

Children under the age of five who don't get enough sleep at night are more likely than kids who do get their 40 winks to become obese at a young age, a study published Monday showed. "We found a robust longitudinal association between duration of nighttime sleep in early life and subsequent obesity measured at five to nine years," wrote the authors of the study in the Archives of Pediatric and Adolescent Medicine, a journal of the Cardigan Welsh Corgi dogs, more popularly know as Corgis were used as cattle dogs in England as early as the 1920's. Though often confused with the tailless Pembroke Welsh Corgi, Cardigan Corgis have their own set of characteristics that make them unique and cherished companions.

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Many Americans Don’t Even Know They’re Fat

2010-09-10T13:54:51Z

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Orexigen signs $1 billion obesity drug deal

2010-09-02T13:30:03Z

Shares of Orexigen Therapeutics Inc. surged Thursday after the drugmaker said it signed a $1 billion co-development agreement for its experimental obesity drug Contrave with Takeda Pharmaceuticals. Under the deal, Orexigen will receive $50 million upfront from Takeda,

Abdominal fat Risk of premature death due to obesity

2010-09-09T08:58:05Z

Obesity is a person more likely to cause health problems. Even mild obesity if the BMI is only 25 + can be dangerous sometimes. For example, research shows that a person is 40 percent overweight is twice more likely to die early than one person has an average weight. The term also applies after a person is obese 10 to 30 years.

Obese women have an excessive amount of fat, which may affect their health and psyche. Dieticians working with physicians to recommend and oversee a program...

The chubby girl from Ipanema? Brazil puts on weight

2010-08-27T09:00:15Z

RIO DE JANEIRO (Reuters) - Brazilians' waistlines are bulging, belying the country's image as a place of buff sun worshipers and lithe soccer players. Nearly half of adult Brazilians are overweight and about 15 percent are obese, Brazil's IBGE social statistics agency said on Friday, citing the results of a national stud...

Rapid rise in NHS weight-loss surgery

2010-08-27T02:15:53Z

The number of obese people in England undergoing surgery in NHS hospitals to help them lose weight has increased ten-fold since 2000, according to a study published Friday. Weight-loss procedures rose from 238 in 2000 to 2,543 in 2007, while between April 2000 and March 2008 6,953 operations took place, the British Medical Journal (BMJ) reported. R...

Giant Chinese 'Michelin baby' startles doctors: reports

2010-08-24T12:15:36Z

Doctors in central China are puzzling over a 10-month-old baby boy who weighs 20 kilos (44 lbs) -- about as much as a normal child of six years -- but is otherwise healthy, state media reported. The infant, whose name was not given, was brought to a children's hospital in the Hunan provincial capital of Changsha earlier this month with a fever, the

Can Exercise Make You Feel More Full?

2010-09-10T15:29:45Z

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Trying to Lose Weight? Drink More Water

2010-09-10T13:50:13Z

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Skinny Noodles and Shirataki Noodles

2010-09-09T08:09:30Z

Skinny Shirataki Noodles are said to be the best food for those who are on a diet. You must have heard claims that they contain absolutely zero fat, zero calories, zero cholesterol, and zero sodium. Is that really true? You must be thinking that it's too good to be true! Let us find out.

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Study IDs 'alarming disparities' in child obesity

2010-08-20T14:45:12Z

NEW YORK (Reuters Health) - While the extent of obesity among kids overall seems to have peaked, it's still climbing among African American and Native American girls, new research from California shows. And the biggest obesity increases over the past decade have occurred among the heaviest youths, no matter what their gender or ethnicity, Reuters Life!) - Adults consider obesity the number one threat to children's health in the United States and many believe the problem is getting worse, according to a new poll. Almost 40 percent of adults cited obesity was the biggest threat to youngsters and teenagers, followed by drug abuse, smoking, Internet safety and stress. "The message about the dan...

Ayurvedic Tools for Loosing Weight

2010-09-08T19:21:44Z

Modern lifestyle has made human beings sedentary as a result almost everyone is gaining weight. Weight gain can be a potential danger as the human body becomes a house for various diseases, ailments and disorders. If the weight gained is not in proportion with the age and height of the person the results can be hazardous. Junk food, lack of proper sleep, uneven eating habits, lack of physical activity have become the order of day and if this all is not controlled one can be a victim of obesit...

Cut down fats with Tacoma HCG diet

2010-09-09T04:15:15Z

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Some Minority Groups Hit Hard by Childhood Obesity

2010-09-10T13:47:29Z

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U.S. obesity problem impacts automobile safety and fuel economy

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Obesity linked to lower sperm count in young men

2010-08-11T13:00:32Z

NEW YORK (Reuters Health) - Young men who are obese may have a lower sperm count than their normal-weight counterparts, a new study suggests. The findings, reported in the journal Fertility and Sterility, add to evidence tying obesity to relatively poorer quality sperm. A number of recent studies have found that compared with leaner men, obese men tend to have lower sperm counts, fewer rapidly mobile sperm and fewer progre...

Darden spends $466,416 lobbying in 2nd quarter

2010-08-10T09:00:24Z

Darden Restaurants spends $466,416 in 2Q lobbying gov't on childhood obesity issues, taxes

Darden Restaurants Inc. spent $466,416 in the second quarter to lobby on childhood obesity and tax issues, according to a recent disclosure report. That's slightly ahead of the $426,000 it spent during the same period last year, and well above the $286,000 it spent in the first quarter. First lady ...

Mother's Pregnancy Weight Linked to Child's Obesity

2010-09-10T15:08:48Z

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Pregnant moms who overeat could make obese babies

2010-08-04T16:30:36Z

Overeating for 2 could create a baby more likely to be obese and have later health problems

Women who gain too much weight during pregnancy have big babies, putting their children at risk of becoming heavy later on, a new study says. American researchers followed all births in Michigan and New Jersey between 1989 and 2003. They then focused on women who had more tha...

US obesity growing 'faster than anyone imagined'

2010-08-03T19:15:25Z

Obesity in the United States has grown "faster than anyone could have imagined," doubling in adults and tripling in children in recent years, a leading health official said Tuesday. The number of states where more than 30 percent of residents are obese tripled, from three to nine, between 2007 and 2009, Dr. Thomas Frieden, the head of the Reuters Life!) - Calling people fat rather than obese would be more likely to motivate them to lose weight, according to Britain's public health minister. Doctors and health workers are too worried about using the term "fat," Anne Milton said, but doing so could help encourage people to take personal re...

Pass child nutrition bill: Michelle Obama

2010-08-03T16:46:18Z

WASHINGTON (Reuters) - First Lady Michelle Obama is calling on the Congress to pass legislation to improve nutritional standards and help fight childhood obesity in American schools. "We owe it to the children who aren't reaching their potential because they're not getting the nutrition they need during the day," she wrote in the Monday edition of the Reuters) - More than 72 million U.S. adults, or 26.7 percent, are obese, up 1 percentage point in two years, the U.S. government reported on Tuesday. Obesity has become "a major public health threat" and is steadily worsening, the U.S. Centers ...

CHILD OBESITY

2010-05-03T15:37:57Z

U.S. map shows childhood obesity prevalence by state.

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2010-03-27T04:55:21Z

U.S. Health and Human Services Secretary Kathleen Sebelius is seen during an interview in Vancouver, British Columbia, Saturday, Feb. 27, 2010. Sebelius is tapping a number of Olympic athletes for the First Lady's "Let's Move" campaign against childhood obesity. Sebelius is tapping a number of Olympic athletes for the ...

Scottish Government Annouce Plans To Deal With The Time Bomb Of Obesity

2010-03-27T10:02:54Z

GLASGOW, SCOTLAND - FEBRUARY 22: A man stands outside a food shop in Glasgow City centre on February 22, 2010 in Glasgow, Scotland. The Scottish government announced plans today to tackle the nation's obesity problem, after projected reports suggesting that nearly half the population could be classed as obese by 2030. (Photo by Jeff J Mitchell/Michelle Obama speaks about childhood obesity to the National Governors Association Winter Meeting in Washington, Saturday, Feb. 20, 2010. (AP Photo/Cliff Owen)

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