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• Obesity could become top cancer cause (AP)
• Obese kids with big bellies at greatest heart risk (Reuters)
• ME: Obese 13-year-old died of high blood pressure (AP)

Obesity could become top cancer cause (AP) Posted: 24 Sep 2009 02:28 AM PDT AP - Being fat could become the leading cause of cancer in women in Western countries in the coming years, European researchers said Thursday.

Obese kids with big bellies at greatest heart risk (Reuters) Posted: 23 Sep 2009 01:44 PM PDT Reuters - Big bellies in obese kids mean greater heart disease risks, just as they do for heavy grown-ups, new research shows.

ME: Obese 13-year-old died of high blood pressure (AP) Posted: 23 Sep 2009 09:07 AM PDT AP - A medical examiner has ruled that an obese 13-year-old suburban St. Louis football player who collapsed during practice in August died of high blood pressure.

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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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California lawmaker plans hearings on soda-obesity link (Reuters) Posted: 17 Sep 2009 12:09 AM PDT Reuters - The California lawmaker who spearheaded a high-profile anti-obesity effort across the country's most populous state is now training his sights on sugar-sweetened drinks.

Fight obesity? Add sales tax to soda tab (AP) Posted: 16 Sep 2009 02:09 PM PDT AP - In a bid to ramp up the public health battle against obesity, a group of nutrition and economics experts are pushing for a tax of 1 cent on every of ounce of sodas and other sweetened beverages.

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Anxious Kids at Risk for Obesity in Adulthood (HealthDay) Posted: 15 Sep 2009 08:53 PM PDT HealthDay - TUESDAY, Sept. 15 (HealthDay News) -- Children with emotional difficulties have a greater risk of becoming obese in adulthood, new research has found.

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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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Curbing Obesity Epidemic Key to Health Care Reform: Experts (HealthDay) Posted: 11 Sep 2009 08:49 PM PDT HealthDay - FRIDAY, Sept. 11 (HealthDay News) -- A diverse alliance of payer, provider and consumer organizations, girded by two former U.S. Surgeons General, on Wednesday urged policymakers to address the nation's obesity epidemic as part of federal health care reform legislation.

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Curbing Obesity Epidemic Key to Health Care Reform: Experts (HealthDay) Posted: 11 Sep 2009 09:03 AM PDT HealthDay - FRIDAY, Sept. 11 (HealthDay News) -- A diverse alliance of payer, provider and consumer organizations, girded by two former U.S. Surgeons General, on Wednesday urged policymakers to address the nation's obesity epidemic as part of federal health care reform legislation.

US to unleash "Wild Things" to fight childhood obesity (AFP) Posted: 10 Sep 2009 11:04 AM PDT AFP - The US Department of Health and Human Services is poised to unleash characters from Maurice Sendak's classic "Where the Wild Things Are" to help fight childhood overweight and obesity.

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