Friday, September 4, 2009

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Doctors' Efforts to Fight Childhood Obesity Not Working (HealthDay)

Posted: 04 Sep 2009 06:02 AM PDT

HealthDay - FRIDAY, Sept. 4 (HealthDay News) -- Researchers are recommending that officials in the United States, United Kingdom and Australia rethink their efforts to combat obesity in children because the current strategies -- emphasizing healthy diets and exercise -- aren't working.

Scientists find gene that can stop mice from becoming obese (AFP)

Posted: 03 Sep 2009 01:14 PM PDT

Lab mice. Researchers have found a gene that when blocked can keep mice from becoming obese, even if they consume a high-fat diet, new research released Thursday found.(AFP/File/Mauricio Lima)AFP - Researchers have found a gene that when blocked can keep mice from becoming obese, even if they consume a high-fat diet, new research released Thursday found.
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Thursday, September 3, 2009

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The Social Side of Obesity: You Are Who You Eat With (Time.com)

Posted: 02 Sep 2009 08:55 PM PDT

An obese child steps on a scale.The Bulgarian government on Thursday banned potato crisps, soft drinks, instant soups and high sugar-content cakes from school canteens to fight obesity.(AFP/File/Francois Guillot)Time.com - Studies increasingly show that our weight is influenced by whom we hang out with
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Wednesday, September 2, 2009

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Key Protein May Link Obesity, Diabetes, Heart Woes (HealthDay)

Posted: 01 Sep 2009 08:48 PM PDT

HealthDay - TUESDAY, Sept. 1 (HealthDay News) -- Researchers say they know why obesity leads to diabetes and cardiovascular disease, a finding that may help experts target therapies to limit the health impact of being very overweight.
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Tuesday, September 1, 2009

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Report: Tips on creating fat-fighting communities (AP)

Posted: 01 Sep 2009 04:43 AM PDT

An obese child steps on a scale.The Bulgarian government on Thursday banned potato crisps, soft drinks, instant soups and high sugar-content cakes from school canteens to fight obesity.(AFP/File/Francois Guillot)AP - Where you live matters when it comes to children's waistlines, says a report that finds lots of options localities could and should use to fight child obesity — from easy bike paths, to luring healthier stores, to taxes on junk food.

Tax junk food, drinks to fight child obesity: report (Reuters)

Posted: 31 Aug 2009 09:21 PM PDT

Reuters - A strongly worded report on child obesity released on Tuesday recommends that state and local governments tax junk food and soft drinks, give tax breaks to grocery stores that open in blighted neighborhoods and build bike trails.

Mediterranean diet tops low-fat diet for diabetics (Reuters)

Posted: 31 Aug 2009 02:25 PM PDT

A man pours olive oil on a Dakos dish at Dakos fast food restaurant in Athens March 13, 2007. REUTERS/Yiorgos KarahalisReuters - A low-carbohydrate, Mediterranean-style diet is more effective than a typical low-fat, calorie-restricted diet for diabetes management, according to a study released Monday.
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Monday, August 31, 2009

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Carrot-toting tourists making Arizona burros obese (AP)

Posted: 31 Aug 2009 03:30 AM PDT

In this October 2008, Burros lined up outside a store front in Oatman, Ariz. are fed carrots by a passer-by. The U.S. Bureau of Land Management is asking tourists to stop feeding the burros because they are overweight. The agency has launched a campaign it hopes will eventually steer the burros back into the desert to forage for grass and shrubs and get them back into shape. (AP Photo/Felicia Fonseca)AP - There is an epidemic in an old gold mining town in western Arizona: The wild burros that roam the town's single street are overweight, with rolls of fat on their necks and big, full bellies. But don't blame them. They'll eat anything.
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Saturday, August 29, 2009

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In serious debt? You're also more likely obese (Reuters)

Posted: 28 Aug 2009 12:51 PM PDT

A man walks past the New York Stock Exchange after trading hours in New York August 17, 2009. People who are heavily in debt are more likely to be heavy themselves, too, according to new research from Germany. REUTERS/Lucas JacksonReuters - People who are heavily in debt are more likely to be heavy themselves, too, according to new research from Germany.

New fat-fighting drug has anti-diabetes action too (Reuters)

Posted: 27 Aug 2009 02:44 PM PDT

Reuters - Researchers searching for a cure for obesity said on Thursday they have developed a drug that not only makes mice lose weight, but reverses diabetes and lowers their cholesterol, too.
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Tuesday, August 25, 2009

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Obese People Have 'Severe Brain Degeneration' (LiveScience.com)

Posted: 25 Aug 2009 07:35 AM PDT

An undated image of the human brain taken through scanning technology. REUTERS/Sage Center for the Study of the Mind, University of California, Santa Barbara/HandoutLiveScience.com - A new study finds obese people have 8 percent less brain tissue than normal-weight individuals. Their brains look 16 years older than the brains of lean individuals, researchers said today.
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