Monday, August 31, 2009

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Carrot-toting tourists making Arizona burros obese (AP)

Posted: 31 Aug 2009 03:30 AM PDT

In this October 2008, Burros lined up outside a store front in Oatman, Ariz. are fed carrots by a passer-by. The U.S. Bureau of Land Management is asking tourists to stop feeding the burros because they are overweight. The agency has launched a campaign it hopes will eventually steer the burros back into the desert to forage for grass and shrubs and get them back into shape. (AP Photo/Felicia Fonseca)AP - There is an epidemic in an old gold mining town in western Arizona: The wild burros that roam the town's single street are overweight, with rolls of fat on their necks and big, full bellies. But don't blame them. They'll eat anything.


Saturday, August 29, 2009

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In serious debt? You're also more likely obese (Reuters)

Posted: 28 Aug 2009 12:51 PM PDT

A man walks past the New York Stock Exchange after trading hours in New York August 17, 2009. People who are heavily in debt are more likely to be heavy themselves, too, according to new research from Germany. REUTERS/Lucas JacksonReuters - People who are heavily in debt are more likely to be heavy themselves, too, according to new research from Germany.


New fat-fighting drug has anti-diabetes action too (Reuters)

Posted: 27 Aug 2009 02:44 PM PDT

Reuters - Researchers searching for a cure for obesity said on Thursday they have developed a drug that not only makes mice lose weight, but reverses diabetes and lowers their cholesterol, too.

Tuesday, August 25, 2009

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Obese People Have 'Severe Brain Degeneration' (LiveScience.com)

Posted: 25 Aug 2009 07:35 AM PDT

An undated image of the human brain taken through scanning technology. REUTERS/Sage Center for the Study of the Mind, University of California, Santa Barbara/HandoutLiveScience.com - A new study finds obese people have 8 percent less brain tissue than normal-weight individuals. Their brains look 16 years older than the brains of lean individuals, researchers said today.


Saturday, August 22, 2009

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Obesity Tied to Prostate Cancer Recurrence (HealthDay)

Posted: 21 Aug 2009 08:48 PM PDT

HealthDay - FRIDAY, Aug. 21 (HealthDay News) -- Obesity increases the risk of prostate cancer recurrence in both black and white men, says a U.S. study that challenges previous research suggesting obesity may be more significant for black men.

Friday, August 21, 2009

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Adult video gamers often overweight, depressed (Reuters)

Posted: 20 Aug 2009 02:03 PM PDT

Guests play the new video game Reuters - Teens aren't the only ones glued to the video game console. According to a new survey, the average video gamer in the U.S. today is 35 years old -- and not all that healthy physically or emotionally.


Thursday, August 20, 2009

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Overweight friends eat more when they dine together (Reuters)

Posted: 19 Aug 2009 10:57 AM PDT

Reuters - Overweight children and teenagers may eat more when they have a snack with an overweight friend rather than a thinner peer, a new study suggests.

Health care cost burden for obese getting heavier (Reuters)

Posted: 19 Aug 2009 09:37 AM PDT

A man walks past the New York Stock Exchange after trading hours in New York August 17, 2009. REUTERS/Lucas JacksonReuters - Caring for obese people is eating up an ever-bigger slice of the US health care spending pie, a new government report shows.


Wednesday, August 12, 2009

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Rate of severe childhood obesity up sharply in U.S. (Reuters)

Posted: 11 Aug 2009 02:00 PM PDT

Reuters - The rate of severe obesity among U.S. children and teenagers more than tripled over the past three decades, a new study finds.

Sunday, August 9, 2009

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Obese Texas man hides gun between rolls of fat (AFP)

Posted: 08 Aug 2009 01:07 PM PDT

A man stands at a bus stop. An obese prisoner in Harris County, Texas has been charged with illegal possession of a firearm after he was discovered to be hiding a 9mm pistol in between his rolls of fat, local media reported Saturday.(AFP/File/Paul Ellis)AFP - An obese prisoner in Harris County, Texas has been charged with illegal possession of a firearm after he was discovered to be hiding a 9mm pistol in between his rolls of fat, local media reported Saturday.


Saturday, August 8, 2009

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Obese TX inmate hides gun in his flabs of fat (AP)

Posted: 08 Aug 2009 01:29 AM PDT

AP - An obese inmate in Texas has been charged after officials learned he had a gun hidden under flabs of his own flesh.

Saturday, August 1, 2009

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More Kids Becoming Severely Obese (HealthDay)

Posted: 31 Jul 2009 08:49 PM PDT

HealthDay - FRIDAY, July 31 (HealthDay News) -- In the last 25 years, rates of severe childhood obesity in the United States have tripled, putting increasing numbers of children at risk for diabetes and heart disease, says a new study.