| More Kids Now Extremely Obese (HealthDay) Posted: 18 Mar 2010 08:49 PM PDT HealthDay - THURSDAY, March 18 (HealthDay News) -- The obesity epidemic is hitting children harder than ever, with 7.3 percent of boys and 5.5 percent of girls classified as extremely obese in a California study, researchers from Kaiser Permanente report. |
| What Is the Organic Liaison Diet? (LiveScience.com) Posted: 18 Mar 2010 06:00 PM PDT LiveScience.com - "Fat Actress" star Kirstie Alley - following a well-publicized failure as spokeswoman for weight loss company Jenny Craig - has developed a new diet system called Organic Liaison. So if you want to look like Kirstie Alley, here's your chance. But Organic Liaison is not just a diet, since diets per se cannot be trademarked or copyrighted. ... |
| U.S. child obesity problem worse than thought (Reuters) Posted: 18 Mar 2010 03:01 PM PDT Reuters - Extreme obesity among American children is much worse than previously believed, putting them at greater risk of serious health problems as they age, U.S. researchers said on Thursday. |
| Supplement may slow overweight kids' fat gain (Reuters) Posted: 18 Mar 2010 10:13 AM PDT Reuters - Supplements containing the dietary fat conjugated linoleic acid (CLA) may help overweight kids curb the amount of fat they gain over time, a small study suggests. |
