Thursday, January 14, 2010

Yahoo! News: Weight Loss News

Yahoo! News: Weight Loss News

Obese Pregnant Women Should Gain Less, Experts Say (LiveScience.com)

Posted: 14 Jan 2010 06:10 AM PST

Nanthakan Boonsuwan, 30, who is 6 months pregnant, receives a H1N1 influenza vaccine shot from a medical staff at a hospital in Nonthaburi province, on the outskirts of Bangkok January 11, 2010. Thailand started the H1N1 vaccination programme on Monday to combat the deadly virus which killed 192 people in the country. Some two million doses of the vaccine were imported from France to be handed out to high-risk groups during the programme, health officials said. REUTERS/Chaiwat Subprasom (THAILAND - Tags: HEALTH)LiveScience.com - Obese women in the United States may benefit from gaining less weight during pregnancy than new recommendations suggest, say some doctors, curbing the gain to as little as 10 pounds.

U.S. Obesity Rates Leveling Off, But Still High (HealthDay)

Posted: 13 Jan 2010 08:48 PM PST

HealthDay - WEDNESDAY, Jan. 13 (HealthDay News) -- Some good news in the war on weight: Obesity in the United States may finally be stabilizing instead of increasing, two new studies show.

Study: Obesity Rates Leveling Off for Adults, Children (Time.com)

Posted: 13 Jan 2010 12:40 PM PST

The nation's obesity rate seems to have leveled off. But a vast majority of U.S. adults are still overweight. Chart shows prevalence of obese men and women since 1999.Time.com - The steady rise in the percentage of overweight and obese adults and children appears to have finally leveled off
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