Monday, February 28, 2011

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Michelle Obama gets a Republican boost on obesity (AFP)

Posted: 27 Feb 2011 05:12 PM PST

Two prominent Republicans came to the defense of First Lady Michelle Obama, breaking ranks with some of their party's top stars who have taken jabs at her campaign against obesity.(AFP/File/Jewel Samad)AFP - Two prominent Republicans came to the defense of First Lady Michelle Obama, breaking ranks with some of their party's top stars who have taken jabs at her campaign against obesity.
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Saturday, February 26, 2011

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Breast-Feeding May Cut Obesity Risk in Kids of Diabetic Moms (HealthDay)

Posted: 25 Feb 2011 08:47 PM PST

HealthDay - FRIDAY, Feb. 25 (HealthDay News) -- Infants whose mothers had diabetes during pregnancy are at increased risk for childhood obesity, but breast-feeding lowers that risk, a new study suggests.
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Friday, February 25, 2011

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Taking after master: US pets obese, too, study finds (AFP)

Posted: 24 Feb 2011 04:05 PM PST

A woman walks her dog following a blizzard in Manhattan's Greenwich Village neighborhood in 2010. Just like their human masters, a majority of American pets have a weight problem, a study released Thursday says.(AFP/Getty Images/File/Chris Hondros)AFP - Just like their human masters, a majority of American pets have a weight problem, a study released Thursday says.
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Thursday, February 24, 2011

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Gastric Bypass or Lap Band Surgery? (ContributorNetwork)

Posted: 23 Feb 2011 06:00 PM PST

ContributorNetwork - If you're one of the millions of overweight Americans and has been considering weight-loss surgery, the results of a new study comparing the safety and effectiveness of gastric bypass surgery and lap-band surgery may interest you. The study, titled "Better Weight Loss, Resolution of Diabetes, and Quality of Life for Laparoscopic Gastric Bypass vs. Banding," written by Guilherme M. Campos, M.D., et al. appeared in the February publication "Archives of Surgery."

Childhood Obesity Is Destruction From Within (ContributorNetwork)

Posted: 23 Feb 2011 04:47 PM PST

ContributorNetwork - COMMENTARY | One of the most serious threats to the welfare and well-being of American youth may not be a terrorist attack, for example. Rather, it's succumbing to the effects of astutely targeted food advertisement, fast food restaurants marketers, and the video game industry. How so? All of the aforementioned contribute to the ongoing epidemic of childhood obesity. Let's examine some of the facts related to the growing numbers of overweight and obese children.

Ex-convict sisters too overweight to share kidney (AP)

Posted: 23 Feb 2011 01:40 PM PST

In this Jan. 7, 2011 photograph Jamie Scott, right, and her sister Gladys Scott wait for a news conference to commence in Jackson, Miss., following their release from prison. The two sisters life sentences were suspended on the condition that one donate a kidney to the other after serving 16 years for an armed robbery. They must lose at least 160 pounds between them and Gladys must quit smoking before the operation. (AP Photo/Rogelio V. Solis)AP - A proposed kidney transplant that won two Mississippi sisters their freedom from prison can't take place until one quits smoking and they lose a combined 160 pounds.

Home temperature, sleep loss tied to obesity (Reuters)

Posted: 23 Feb 2011 10:41 AM PST

Reuters - Could we all help rein in the obesity epidemic by turning down our thermostats this winter? Maybe or maybe not -- but a new study suggests that environmental factors ranging from diet, to sleep to home temperature are related to the risk of becoming obese.
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Tuesday, February 22, 2011

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Gastric Bypass Best for Weight Loss, Study Finds (HealthDay)

Posted: 21 Feb 2011 08:47 PM PST

HealthDay - MONDAY, Feb. 21 (HealthDay News) -- When it comes to shedding pounds and improving or eliminating type 2 diabetes, gastric bypass surgery may be better than other surgical weight-loss procedures, two new studies find.

Gastric bypass better than Lap-Band: study (Reuters)

Posted: 21 Feb 2011 01:02 PM PST

Reuters - A study of the two most popular weight-loss surgeries found obese diabetics who had gastric bypass surgery lost 64 percent of their excess weight after a year, compared with 36 percent in those treated with Allergan Inc's Lap-Band device, researchers said on Monday.
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Monday, February 21, 2011

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Weight Loss Surgery May Cut Knee Osteoarthritis Pain (HealthDay)

Posted: 20 Feb 2011 08:47 PM PST

HealthDay - SATURDAY, Feb. 19 (HealthDay News) -- Losing weight can help reduce the amount of pain experienced by obese people with knee osteoarthritis, researchers say.
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Sunday, February 20, 2011

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Weight Loss Surgery May Cut Knee Osteoarthritis Pain (HealthDay)

Posted: 19 Feb 2011 08:47 PM PST

HealthDay - SATURDAY, Feb. 19 (HealthDay News) -- Losing weight can help reduce the amount of pain experienced by obese people with knee osteoarthritis, researchers say.
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Saturday, February 19, 2011

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Weight Loss Surgery May Cut Knee Osteoarthritis Pain (HealthDay)

Posted: 19 Feb 2011 09:01 AM PST

HealthDay - SATURDAY, Feb. 19 (HealthDay News) -- Losing weight can help reduce the amount of pain experienced by obese people with knee osteoarthritis, researchers say.
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Wednesday, February 16, 2011

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Obesity Alone Raises Risk of Fatal Heart Attack, Study Finds (HealthDay)

Posted: 15 Feb 2011 08:48 PM PST

HealthDay - MONDAY, Feb. 14 (HealthDay News) -- Obese men face a dramatically higher risk of dying from a heart attack, regardless of whether or not they have other known risk factors for cardiovascular disease, a new study reveals.

Campbell Soup Co. plans to fight hunger, obesity (AP)

Posted: 15 Feb 2011 02:11 PM PST

AP - The Campbell Soup Co. is planning to spend $10 million over the next decade on a new initiative to reduce obesity and hunger among children in Camden, the company's impoverished hometown.
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Tuesday, February 15, 2011

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Obesity Alone Raises Risk of Fatal Heart Attack, Study Finds (HealthDay)

Posted: 15 Feb 2011 09:02 AM PST

HealthDay - MONDAY, Feb. 14 (HealthDay News) -- Obese men face a dramatically higher risk of dying from a heart attack, regardless of whether or not they have other known risk factors for cardiovascular disease, a new study reveals.

Calories on menus don't affect kids' food choices (Reuters)

Posted: 15 Feb 2011 06:34 AM PST

Reuters - Requiring fast-food restaurants in New York City to post calorie counts on menus did little to cut the number of calories children and teens consumed, U.S. researchers said on Tuesday.

Weight Guidelines May Be High for Severely Obese Moms-to-Be (HealthDay)

Posted: 14 Feb 2011 08:48 PM PST

HealthDay - FRIDAY, Feb. 11 (HealthDay News) -- Current U.S. guidelines may overestimate the amount of weight that severely obese women need to gain during pregnancy, according to a new study.

Obesity Seems to Cut Women's Risk of Open-Angle Glaucoma (HealthDay)

Posted: 14 Feb 2011 08:48 PM PST

HealthDay - MONDAY, Feb. 14 (HealthDay News) -- Obesity may be associated with reduced risk of the eye disease open-angle glaucoma in women, but not in men, a new study suggests.

Obesity, Bum Knees Robbing Seniors of Good Years: Study (HealthDay)

Posted: 14 Feb 2011 08:48 PM PST

HealthDay - MONDAY, Feb. 14 (HealthDay News) -- Obesity and osteoarthritis of the knee are robbing millions of older Americans of an average of 3.5 years of life in which they might otherwise be feeling healthy and free of chronic pain, new research finds.

Why are 34 percent of Americans obese? (ContributorNetwork)

Posted: 14 Feb 2011 03:06 PM PST

ContributorNetwork - Is America getting fatter or fitter?

Overweight women show lower glaucoma risk (Reuters)

Posted: 14 Feb 2011 01:18 PM PST

Reuters - Overweight older women may be less likely than their thinner peers to develop the potentially blinding eye disease glaucoma, a study published Monday suggests.
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Monday, February 14, 2011

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Weight Guidelines May Be High for Severely Obese Moms-to-Be (HealthDay)

Posted: 14 Feb 2011 09:03 AM PST

HealthDay - FRIDAY, Feb. 11 (HealthDay News) -- Current U.S. guidelines may overestimate the amount of weight that severely obese women need to gain during pregnancy, according to a new study.
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Sunday, February 13, 2011

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Weight Guidelines May Be High for Severely Obese Moms-to-Be (HealthDay)

Posted: 13 Feb 2011 09:01 AM PST

HealthDay - FRIDAY, Feb. 11 (HealthDay News) -- Current U.S. guidelines may overestimate the amount of weight that severely obese women need to gain during pregnancy, according to a new study.
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Saturday, February 12, 2011

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Weight Guidelines May Be High for Severely Obese Moms-to-Be (HealthDay)

Posted: 12 Feb 2011 09:02 AM PST

HealthDay - FRIDAY, Feb. 11 (HealthDay News) -- Current U.S. guidelines may overestimate the amount of weight that severely obese women need to gain during pregnancy, according to a new study.

Overweight Kids Who Exercise Improve Thinking, Math Skills: Study (HealthDay)

Posted: 11 Feb 2011 08:48 PM PST

HealthDay - FRIDAY, Feb. 11 (HealthDay News) -- When overweight, sedentary kids start to exercise regularly, their ability to think, to plan and even to do math improves, a new study suggests.
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Friday, February 11, 2011

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Obesity Tied to Education, Income, but Not Suburbia: Study (HealthDay)

Posted: 10 Feb 2011 08:48 PM PST

HealthDay - THURSDAY, Feb. 10 (HealthDay News) -- Low levels of education and income, but not suburban sprawl, are associated with higher rates of obesity, researchers report.
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Thursday, February 10, 2011

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Obesity Tied to Education, Income, but Not Suburbia: Study (HealthDay)

Posted: 10 Feb 2011 09:03 AM PST

HealthDay - THURSDAY, Feb. 10 (HealthDay News) -- Low levels of education and income, but not suburban sprawl, are associated with higher rates of obesity, researchers report.
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Wednesday, February 9, 2011

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College Students Struggle with Obesity (ContributorNetwork)

Posted: 09 Feb 2011 08:54 AM PST

ContributorNetwork - Ask a college student what they had for dinner and they're bound to say pizza and beer. The two have always been synonymous with college students, but studies show their fast food diets are causing health problems.

Teen obesity could shrink Australian lifespans (AFP)

Posted: 08 Feb 2011 09:11 PM PST

Australia is one of the world's fattest nations, with the most recent National Health Survey classifying 25 percent of people aged 18 or older as obese, and 37 percent as overweight. The total cost of obesity, including health and productivity costs, was estimated to be around Aus$58 billion ($58 billion) a year in 2008, the most recent available figures.(AFP/File)AFP - Health experts warned that Australia's life expectancy could be sent into reverse after a new study found alarming levels of obesity among teenagers.

Can money motivate weight loss? Perhaps at first (Reuters)

Posted: 08 Feb 2011 06:19 PM PST

Reuters - Obese people may be more likely to slim down if they have money riding on their success through financial incentives -- but the weight might creep back once the monetary carrot is gone, according to a U.S. study.

Study: Global obesity rates double since 1980 (AP)

Posted: 08 Feb 2011 06:01 PM PST

AP - The world is becoming a heavier place, especially in the West.

First Lady to visit Atlanta for health campaign (AP)

Posted: 09 Feb 2011 05:09 AM PST

FILE - In this Jan. 27, 2011 file photo, U.S. First Lady Michelle Obama discusses nutrition at Fort Jackson in Columbia, S.C. Obama will visit Burgess-Peterson Academy, a public elementary school in Atlanta on Wednesday Feb. 9, 2011 to tout the school's work on promoting healthy eating. She also will give a speech at North Point Community Church in Alpharetta just north of the city about the work of her 'Let's Move!' campaign. (AP Photo/Virginia Postic, File)AP - First lady Michelle Obama is coming to Atlanta to celebrate the first anniversary of her campaign to reduce childhood obesity.

Pounds for dollars: Can money motivate weight loss? (Reuters)

Posted: 08 Feb 2011 11:15 AM PST

Reuters - Obese people might be more likely to lose weight if they have money riding on their success -- but the pounds may creep back once the financial carrot is gone, a small study finds.

Program helps obese kids keep weight off long-term (Reuters)

Posted: 08 Feb 2011 10:30 AM PST

Reuters - Kids in an intensive obesity program were able to slim down and maintain a healthier weight a year after it ended, according to a new study.
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Tuesday, February 8, 2011

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Charting anti-obesity progress (AP)

Posted: 08 Feb 2011 07:48 AM PST

FILE - In this Sept. 8, 2010 file photo, first lady Michelle Obama runs a 40-yard sprint as she participates in the Let's Move! Campaign and the NFL's Play 60 Campaign festivities with area youth, to promote exercise and fight childhood obesity, in New Orleans. Michelle Obama had doubts about making a campaign against childhood obesity one of her signature issues.“I wondered to myself whether we could really make a difference, because when you take on a problem this big and this complicated, at times it can be a little overwhelming,” she said in a recent speech. The anti-obesity campaign Mrs. Obama calls “Let’s Move!” celebrates its first anniversary Wednesday. Is it making a difference? (AP Photo/Gerald Herbert, File)AP - Michelle Obama had doubts about making a campaign against childhood obesity one of her signature issues.

Giving Baby Solid Foods Too Early Linked to Obesity Later (HealthDay)

Posted: 07 Feb 2011 08:48 PM PST

HealthDay - MONDAY, Feb. 7 (HealthDay News) -- Babies who were formula-fed and introduced to solid foods before they were 4 months old were more likely to be obese when they were 3, researchers report.

Kids' Rising Obesity Rates Due to Bad Habits, Not Genes: Study (HealthDay)

Posted: 07 Feb 2011 08:48 PM PST

HealthDay - THURSDAY, Feb. 3 (HealthDay News) -- Poor eating and activity habits, not genetics, are the underlying causes for most cases of adolescent obesity, new research suggests.
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Monday, February 7, 2011

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Giving Baby Solid Foods Too Early Linked to Obesity Later (HealthDay)

Posted: 07 Feb 2011 09:03 AM PST

HealthDay - MONDAY, Feb. 7 (HealthDay News) -- Babies who were formula-fed and introduced to solid foods before they were 4 months old were more likely to be obese when they were 3, researchers report.

Kids' Rising Obesity Rates Due to Bad Habits, Not Genes: Study (HealthDay)

Posted: 07 Feb 2011 09:03 AM PST

HealthDay - THURSDAY, Feb. 3 (HealthDay News) -- Poor eating and activity habits, not genetics, are the underlying causes for most cases of adolescent obesity, new research suggests.

Starting solid foods earlier linked to obesity risk (Reuters)

Posted: 07 Feb 2011 12:33 AM PST

A two-week-old is held by his mother at The Children's Hospital in Aurora, Colorado August 23, 2010 during a research study on obesity in infants. REUTERS/Rick WilkingReuters - Babies raised on formula who start eating solid foods before they are 4 months old may be more likely to become obese than those who start later, suggests a new study.
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Saturday, February 5, 2011

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Obesity Has Nearly Doubled Worldwide Since 1980: Report (HealthDay)

Posted: 04 Feb 2011 08:48 PM PST

HealthDay - FRIDAY, Feb. 4 (HealthDay News) -- New research shows that obesity is on the rise worldwide -- it's doubled since 1980 -- but people in the wealthiest nations are managing to reduce their blood pressure and cholesterol levels.
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