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BOSTON (Reuters) - Vermont has again been named the healthiest state in the nation, topping the list for a fifth straight year thanks in part to a high rate of high school graduation and low incidence of infectious disease.New Hampshire, Connecticut, Hawaii ...
CHICAGO (Reuters) - An experimental drug that chokes off the blood supply to fat cells helped obese monkeys slim down, a sign that it may work in people, too, U.S. researchers said on Wednesday.The drug, known as Adipotide, takes a different approach ...
CHICAGO (Reuters) - The percentage of Americans of "normal weight" has slightly increased in the past year, but overweight and obese people still command a solid majority, according to a new study.In the third quarter of 2011, 36.6 percent of Americans were ...
CHICAGO (Reuters) - The percentage of Americans of "normal weight" has slightly increased in the past year, but overweight and obese people still command a solid majority, according to a new study.In the third quarter of 2011, 36.6 percent of Americans were ...
CHICAGO (Reuters) - Some Americans are losing weight resulting in more people of "normal weight," according to a new study, but it is not clear if the trend will last.The Gallup-Healthways Well-Being Index found that for the first time in three years ...
CHICAGO (Reuters) - Thin people may be able to summon more mental defenses to resist tempting, high-calorie foods than obese people, researchers said on Monday.Brain scans of thin people who looked at pictures of high-calorie foods showed increased activity in a region ...
(Reuters) - Michigan's Republican governor said on Wednesday he will ask doctors in the state to begin reporting information on their young patients' body fat levels to a government registry as part of a broader effort to improve the health of state ...
NEW YORK (Reuters Life!) - People who chew their food more take in fewer calories, mainly because more chewing is related to the levels of hormones that regulate appetite, according to a Chinese study.Chewing food 40 times instead of a typical 15 ...
LOS ANGELES/NEW YORK (Reuters) - U.S. pediatricians want to ban junk food ads aimed at children, saying that they conspire with sedentary activities like watching television and playing video games to make kids fat."Congress and the Federal Trade Commission have to get ...
NEW YORK (Reuters Life!) - Two-year-olds who are still using bottles are more likely to be obese by kindergarten, a U.S. study said, raising the possibility that weaning babies from the bottle at an earlier age may help prevent excessive weight gain.The ...
