Yahoo! News: Weight Loss News

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• FDA scrutinizes weight loss pill from Orexigen (AP)
• Allergan urges broader use of weight-loss implant (Reuters)
• Treating dengue more difficult with growing obesity: experts (Reuters)
• Michelle Obama welcomes anti-obesity bill's passage (AFP)

FDA scrutinizes weight loss pill from Orexigen (AP) Posted: 03 Dec 2010 08:17 AM PST AP - Scientists for the Food and Drug Administration said Friday a pill to treat obesity from Orexigen Therapeutics Inc. helped patients lose weight, though it didn't meet all the criteria set forth by the agency.

Allergan urges broader use of weight-loss implant (Reuters) Posted: 03 Dec 2010 07:24 AM PST Reuters - An approved stomach band can help people who are less obese than those now considered good candidates for weight-loss surgery, maker Allergan Inc told a U.S. advisory panel reviewing the device on Friday.

Treating dengue more difficult with growing obesity: experts (Reuters) Posted: 03 Dec 2010 03:54 AM PST Reuters - Experts warned Friday that treating dengue, a potentially fatal disease caused by a mosquito-borne virus, will become more difficult in the future as more people around the world become overweight and obese.

Michelle Obama welcomes anti-obesity bill's passage (AFP) Posted: 02 Dec 2010 02:37 PM PST AFP - First Lady Michelle Obama, a champion of measures to fight childhood obesity in the United States, welcomed passage in Congress Thursday of a law aimed at improving the quality of school meals.

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