Saturday, December 24, 2011

Yahoo! News: Weight Loss News

Yahoo! News: Weight Loss News


Overweight 7-Year-Olds Face Higher Risk of Asthma (HealthDay)

Posted: 23 Dec 2011 08:47 PM PST

HealthDay - FRIDAY, Dec. 23 (HealthDay News) -- Children who are overweight or obese during early childhood have a greater risk of having asthma at age 8 than normal-weight kids, a new study finds.

Obesity Linked to Higher Esophageal Cancer Death Rates (HealthDay)

Posted: 23 Dec 2011 08:47 PM PST

HealthDay - FRIDAY, Dec. 23 (HealthDay News) -- Obese people who have had surgery to treat esophageal cancer are twice as likely to have a recurrence of the disease or die from cancer within five years as patients of normal weight, according to a new study.

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