Thursday, August 20, 2009

Yahoo! News: Weight Loss News

Yahoo! News: Weight Loss News


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.


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