Saturday, December 3, 2011

Yahoo! News: Weight Loss News

Yahoo! News: Weight Loss News


Colon Cancer Prognosis Worse for the Obese, Type 2 Diabetics (HealthDay)

Posted: 02 Dec 2011 08:47 PM PST

HealthDay - FRIDAY, Dec. 2 (HealthDay News) -- People who have been diagnosed with colon cancer have a poorer prognosis if they're obese or have type 2 diabetes, new research suggests.

219-pound boy shows growing problem of extreme obesity (Reuters)

Posted: 02 Dec 2011 05:01 PM PST

Reuters - The case of a 219-pound 8-year-old boy taken from his mother for health reasons spotlights a problem that has almost tripled in the U.S. in the last 30 years -- cases of extreme child obesity.

Obese people use more meds: study (Reuters)

Posted: 02 Dec 2011 11:16 AM PST

Reuters - Obese adults in the United States use a number of prescription drug types more frequently than normal-weight adults, says a new study from researchers at the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention.

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