Friday, February 4, 2011

Yahoo! News: Weight Loss News

Yahoo! News: Weight Loss News


Child obesity 'linked to working mothers' (AFP)

Posted: 04 Feb 2011 06:55 AM PST

A child takes a plate of healthy snacks during a weightloss program for overweight adolescents and children in Aurora, Colorado. The more mothers work during their children's lifetimes, the more likely their kids are to be overweight or obese, according to a US study published in the journal 'Child Development'.(AFP/Getty Images/File/John Moore)AFP - The more mothers work during their children's lifetimes, the more likely their kids are to be overweight or obese, according to a US study published on Friday.


Global obesity rate doubles since 1980: study (AFP)

Posted: 04 Feb 2011 02:03 AM PST

A doctor treats an obese patient at a Shanghai hospital in 2004. More than half a billion adults are clinically obese in a near-doubling of the numbers of dangerously overweight adults since 1980, doctors have warned.(AFP/File/Liu Jin)AFP - More than half a billion adults are clinically obese in a near-doubling of the numbers of dangerously overweight adults since 1980, doctors warned on Friday.


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

Posted: 03 Feb 2011 08:47 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.

Weight-Loss Surgery May 'Remodel' Heart (HealthDay)

Posted: 03 Feb 2011 08:47 PM PST

HealthDay - THURSDAY, Feb. 3 (HealthDay News) -- Besides enabling severely obese people to lose weight, gastric bypass surgery seems to help their overly stressed hearts return to more normal function and appearance, a new study suggests.

Obesity epidemic risks heart disease "tsunami" (Reuters)

Posted: 03 Feb 2011 04:09 PM PST

Reuters - More than half a billion people, or one in 10 adults worldwide, are obese -- more than double the number in 1980 -- as the obesity epidemic spills over from wealthy into poorer nations, researchers said on Thursday.

Study: Global obesity rates double since 1980 (AP)

Posted: 03 Feb 2011 04:02 PM PST

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

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