Yahoo! News: Weight Loss News

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• Researchers Pinpoint Array of Obesity Genes (HealthDay)
• Obese workers cost US 73-bln dlrs a year: study (AFP)
• Obese? Apple or pear shaped? It may be your genes (Reuters)

Researchers Pinpoint Array of Obesity Genes (HealthDay) Posted: 11 Oct 2010 09:02 AM PDT HealthDay - SUNDAY, Oct. 10 (HealthDay News) -- Scientists have found genes that appear to play a role in the propensity for obesity.

Obese workers cost US 73-bln dlrs a year: study (AFP) Posted: 11 Oct 2010 06:43 AM PDT AFP - Obese workers cost US employers 73.1-billion dollars a year, much of it due to "presenteeism," or being less productive on the job due to health problems, a study published Friday shows.

Obese? Apple or pear shaped? It may be your genes (Reuters) Posted: 10 Oct 2010 10:02 AM PDT Reuters - Scientists have found more than 30 new gene variations linked to obesity and fat in research they say could help explain why some people get so overweight, and why some are apple shaped and some shaped like pears.

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