| Obesity in adolescence may increase girls' MS risk (Reuters) Posted: 20 Nov 2009 08:15 AM PST Reuters - A woman's risk of developing multiple sclerosis (MS) during her lifetime is doubled if she was obese at age 18, new research shows. |
| US survey shows southern counties most obese (AP) Posted: 19 Nov 2009 06:31 PM PST  AP - The first county-by-county survey of obesity reflects past studies that show the rate of obesity is highest in the Southeast and Appalachia. High rates of obesity and diabetes were reported in more than 80 percent of counties in the Appalachian region that includes Kentucky, Tennessee and West Virginia, according to the new research from the U.S. Centers for Disease Control and Prevention.
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| Appalachia, Southeast Hit Hardest by Obesity and Diabetes (HealthDay) Posted: 19 Nov 2009 04:25 PM PST HealthDay - THURSDAY, Nov. 19 (HealthDay News) -- While rates of obesity are climbing across America, they are especially high in sections of Appalachia and the Southeast, the U.S. Centers for Disease Control and Prevention reports in its first county-by-county survey. |
| Obese SC man dies after 8 months in home recliner (AP) Posted: 19 Nov 2009 03:51 PM PST AP - When an ambulance brought Daniel Webb home from the hospital after he hurt his knee in March, paramedics warned the then 550-pound man he probably wouldn't be able to get up from his recliner if they put him there, his wife said. |
| Low-carb, high-carb diet both help keep weight off (Reuters) Posted: 19 Nov 2009 11:57 AM PST Reuters - Low-carb and high-carb diets work equally well for maintaining weight loss, Australian researchers report. |
