Friday, March 19, 2010

Yahoo! News: Weight Loss News

Yahoo! News: Weight Loss News


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.

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