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| Researchers Uncover Best (and Worst) Weight-Loss Apps (LiveScience.com) Posted: 30 Sep 2011 05:05 AM PDT LiveScience.com - People looking to lose weight might try picking up a smartphone. |
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| Body contouring rare after weight-loss surgery (Reuters) Posted: 28 Sep 2011 12:53 AM PDT Reuters - Patients who have had weight loss surgery rarely have excess skin removed, although it can be such a bother for people who have shed a lot of weight that it has a negative impact on their quality of life, a poll said. |
| Body contouring rare after weight loss surgery (Reuters) Posted: 27 Sep 2011 02:42 PM PDT Reuters - Patients rarely have excess skin removed after weight loss surgery, although it can be a bother for people who've shed a lot of pounds, a new poll suggests. |
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| Is Breast Reduction After Weight Loss Surgery Best? (HealthDay) Posted: 02 Sep 2011 08:48 PM PDT HealthDay - FRIDAY, Sept. 2 (HealthDay News) -- Having weight loss surgery before breast reduction surgery is best for severely obese women who have both procedures, according to a small new study. |
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| EU regulator to review anti-obesity medicines (Reuters) Posted: 22 Sep 2011 01:29 PM PDT Reuters - The European Medicines Agency said it would look into anti-obesity medicines that contain orlistat, including Roche's Xenical and GlaxoSmithKline's Alli. |
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| Many Unaware of Plastic Surgery Options After Weight Loss Procedures (HealthDay) Posted: 21 Sep 2011 08:52 PM PDT HealthDay - WEDNESDAY, Sept. 21 (HealthDay News) -- Most of the 220,000 people who undergo weight loss surgery every year are not aware of the follow-up procedures they could have to remove any loose skin they may have, according to a new study by plastic surgeons. |
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| Many Unaware of Plastic Surgery Options After Weight Loss Procedures (HealthDay) Posted: 21 Sep 2011 09:03 AM PDT HealthDay - WEDNESDAY, Sept. 21 (HealthDay News) -- Most of the 220,000 people who undergo weight loss surgery every year are not aware of the follow-up procedures they could have to remove any loose skin they may have, according to a new study by plastic surgeons. |
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| Obese Kids May Face Social, Emotional Woes (HealthDay) Posted: 19 Sep 2011 08:49 PM PDT HealthDay - MONDAY, Sept. 19 (HealthDay News) -- Obese 8- and 9-year-olds are more likely to suffer socially and emotionally than their normal-weight peers, a new study finds. |
| Brains of Obese May Crave High-Calorie Foods More: Study (HealthDay) Posted: 19 Sep 2011 08:49 PM PDT HealthDay - MONDAY, Sept. 19 (HealthDay News) -- A new study links low blood sugar in obese people to a greater desire within the brain for high-calorie foods, a finding that offers insight into why people who become overweight tend to stay that way. |
| Obese may be less able to control food impulses: study (Reuters) Posted: 19 Sep 2011 03:01 PM PDT Reuters - Thin people may be able to summon more mental defenses to resist tempting, high-calorie foods than obese people, researchers said on Monday. |
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| Why Obese People's Brains Cave to Cravings (LiveScience.com) Posted: 19 Sep 2011 09:15 AM PDT LiveScience.com - For normal-weight people, an empty tummy triggers the brain to tell the body to get some food. When the tummy gets filled, the tummy gets happy; and that's the end of that for about five hours or more. |
| Obese Kids May Face Social, Emotional Woes (HealthDay) Posted: 19 Sep 2011 09:05 AM PDT HealthDay - MONDAY, Sept. 19 (HealthDay News) -- Obese 8- and 9-year-olds are more likely to suffer socially and emotionally than their normal-weight peers, a new study finds. |
| Brains of Obese May Crave High-Calorie Foods More: Study (HealthDay) Posted: 19 Sep 2011 09:05 AM PDT HealthDay - MONDAY, Sept. 19 (HealthDay News) -- A new study links low blood sugar in obese people to a greater desire within the brain for high-calorie foods, a finding that offers insight into why people who become overweight tend to stay that way. |
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| In health push, Michigan to track childhood obesity (Reuters) Posted: 14 Sep 2011 02:51 PM PDT Reuters - Michigan's Republican governor said on Wednesday he will ask doctors to report the body fat levels of children under the age of 18 to a government registry in a bid to fight rampant obesity. |
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| APNewsBreak: Mich. to require BMI reports on kids (AP) Posted: 13 Sep 2011 04:47 PM PDT AP - Gov. Rick Snyder plans to direct doctors in Michigan to begin monitoring the body weight of their young patients and provide the data to a state registry in one of the most extensive government efforts to address the growing problem of pediatric obesity, the Associated Press has learned. |
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| Obese Man Sues White Castle, Launches Latest Frivolous Lawsuit (ContributorNetwork) Posted: 12 Sep 2011 02:40 PM PDT ContributorNetwork - COMMENTARY | Can a man be sued for stupidity? If so, Martin Kessman of New York should have a class action lawsuit against him. Kessman is suing the fast food chain White Castle because he's unable to squeeze his large body into their seats. Kessman says he wrote several complaints to corporate headquarters, and only received coupons for three free hamburgers, and they didn't even include the cheese. White Castle allegedly sent him a letter stating it had plans to expand their booth size, but in Kessman's eyes the chain did not act quickly enough. |
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| Smoking marijuana not linked to obesity: study (Reuters) Posted: 11 Sep 2011 07:22 PM PDT Reuters - Anybody who's smoked marijuana knows about "the munchies," that desire to eat everything within reach. But a study from France has found that, surprisingly, pot smokers are actually less likely than non-smokers to pack on weight. |
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| Missing 'Exercise Gene' Just Another Excuse for Obesity, Sedentary Lifestyle (ContributorNetwork) Posted: 10 Sep 2011 02:34 PM PDT ContributorNetwork - The celebrated "fat gene" is making news. Scientists in Scotland found that genes in fat tissue cause the body to retain excess weight unnecessarily. Canadian researchers found that missing "exercise genes" prevent people from exercising. |
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| Smoking marijuana not linked to obesity: study (Reuters) Posted: 09 Sep 2011 02:16 PM PDT Reuters - People who smoke marijuana may be prone to "the munchies," but surprisingly, they are less likely than non-smokers to pack on the pounds, suggests a recent study from France. |
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| Weight Watchers Produces Bigger 'Losers' Than Standard Weight-Loss Care (HealthDay) Posted: 08 Sep 2011 08:52 PM PDT HealthDay - WEDNESDAY, Sept. 7 (HealthDay News) -- Dieters may be more likely to slim down if they are referred to a commercial program such as Weight Watchers than if they battle the bulge with primary health care providers alone, a new study finds. |
| Commercial Weight Loss More Effective than Doctor-Directed Plan (ContributorNetwork) Posted: 08 Sep 2011 08:45 PM PDT ContributorNetwork - A commercial weight loss plan has demonstrated twice the success rate in achieving weight loss over physician-directed weight loss treatment alone, so says a study published today in the British medical journal, The Lancet. |
| Can Oklahoma Stop Obesity Through Commercial Weight Loss Programs? (ContributorNetwork) Posted: 08 Sep 2011 08:45 PM PDT ContributorNetwork - By all accounts, health care in Oklahoma is not up to par with much of the rest of the nation and Oklahomans' rank higher than the national average for rates of obesity and smoking. Results of a study published in the British medical journal, The Lancet, may provide some insight into tackling the issue of obesity and overweight in the state. |
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| Weight Watchers Produces Bigger 'Losers' Than Standard Weight-Loss Care (HealthDay) Posted: 08 Sep 2011 09:03 AM PDT HealthDay - WEDNESDAY, Sept. 7 (HealthDay News) -- Dieters may be more likely to slim down if they are referred to a commercial program such as Weight Watchers than if they battle the bulge with primary health care providers alone, a new study finds. |
| Weight Watchers works, scientific study finds (Reuters) Posted: 08 Sep 2011 07:29 AM PDT Reuters - Overweight patients told by their doctors to go to Weight Watchers lose around twice as much weight as people receiving standard weight loss care over 12 months, according to the findings of a study published on Thursday. |
| Pot Smokers May Have Lower Risk of Obesity (LiveScience.com) Posted: 07 Sep 2011 11:15 AM PDT LiveScience.com - Despite the tendency of marijuana users to experience the "munchies," pot smokers may have a lower risk of obesity that those who don't use the drug, a new study finds. |
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| Free Chick-fil-A Breakfast -- Would You like Obesity with that Meal? (ContributorNetwork) Posted: 06 Sep 2011 07:17 PM PDT ContributorNetwork - COMMENTARY | Chick-fil-A is giving free breakfasts to customers who make online reservations on Sept. 6-10. With obesity rates at 33 percent nationwide and 17 percent of kids obese, let's do the nutrition math on that free meal. |
| Rare surgery brings more weight loss, more risks (Reuters) Posted: 06 Sep 2011 12:45 PM PDT Reuters - A less common form of obesity surgery may spur more weight loss than its far more popular cousin, gastric bypass -- but at the price of greater long-term risks, researchers reported Tuesday. |
| FDA Wants to Change Nutritional Labels to Help Fight Obesity (ContributorNetwork) Posted: 06 Sep 2011 10:28 AM PDT ContributorNetwork - In the wake of a study showing obesity rates across the globe have soared over the last three decades, the FDA has announced it is closer to unveiling proposed changes to the nutritional labels found on America's food. The study found America is the most obese nation among developed countries. |
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| UK officials may take 4 obese kids into custody (AP) Posted: 05 Sep 2011 07:57 AM PDT AP - Scottish officials say they may take four heavy children away from their parents after warnings to help their kids trim down have apparently failed. |
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| Is Breast Reduction After Weight Loss Surgery Best? (HealthDay) Posted: 02 Sep 2011 08:48 PM PDT HealthDay - FRIDAY, Sept. 2 (HealthDay News) -- Having weight loss surgery before breast reduction surgery is best for severely obese women who have both procedures, according to a small new study. |
| Obese kids have more asthma flare-ups (Reuters) Posted: 02 Sep 2011 01:16 PM PDT Reuters - Shaving off extra pounds might help asthmatic kids prevent flare-ups of the disease, according to a study that found obese children have a harder time controlling their symptoms. |
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| Obesity not behind kidney stones in kids: study (Reuters) Posted: 01 Sep 2011 01:14 PM PDT Reuters - While heavier adults are more likely to get kidney stones than slimmer ones, that doesn't seem to be the case in kids, according to a new study. |
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| Parents May Underestimate Risks of Childhood Obesity (LiveScience.com) Posted: 01 Sep 2011 08:40 AM PDT LiveScience.com - More than one in six American children and teens are obese, but a new poll suggests that parents and doctors don't always see eye-to-eye on the seriousness of the obesity epidemic. According to the new report, only about half of parents believe it is "very important" to seek medical care for an overweight child. |
| Czechs order obese soldiers to tighten belts (Reuters) Posted: 31 Aug 2011 11:31 AM PDT Reuters - The Czech army has shrunk to just a quarter of its size since Prague shrugged off the yoke of Communism two decades ago, but a new report has prompted it to pursue a different type of downsizing. |
| More Americans developing gout; obesity blamed (Reuters) Posted: 31 Aug 2011 11:20 AM PDT Reuters - A growing number of Americans are being diagnosed with the painful form of arthritis known as gout -- thanks in large part, researchers say, to the national obesity epidemic. |
| Experimental obesity drug beats placebo again (Reuters) Posted: 31 Aug 2011 10:38 AM PDT Reuters - The experimental weight-loss drug lorcaserin may spur modest weight loss without the heart risks of some older drugs, a new clinical trial confirms -- though whether the medication will ever reach the market remains up in the air. |
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