Friday, October 16, 2009

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Smog Tougher on the Obese (HealthDay)

Posted: 15 Oct 2009 08:49 PM PDT

HealthDay - THURSDAY, Oct. 15 (HealthDay News) -- Air pollution appears to hit the obese hardest, causing significant increases in blood pressure, a new study finds.
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Tuesday, October 13, 2009

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Day care next frontier in fighting kids' obesity (AP)

Posted: 12 Oct 2009 09:57 AM PDT

In this photograph taken Friday, Oct. 2, 2009, Jean Carlos Rubell, 3, helps himself to grapes during preschool lunch at the Latin American Community Center in Wilmington, Del. (AP Photo/ Steve Ruark)AP - Grilled chicken replaced the hot dogs. Strawberries instead of cookies at snack time. No more fruit juice — water or low-fat milk only. This is the new menu at a Delaware day care center, part of a fledgling movement to take the fight against obesity to pudgy preschoolers.
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Saturday, October 10, 2009

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Are obese people less likely to commit suicide? (Reuters)

Posted: 09 Oct 2009 11:50 AM PDT

Reuters - Obesity may lead to numerous health problems, but it may actually be linked to fewer successful suicides, according to a new study.
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Tuesday, October 6, 2009

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U.S. schools do a little better trimming junk food (Reuters)

Posted: 05 Oct 2009 01:19 PM PDT

Reuters - U.S. schools are doing a little better to limit the amount of junk food students can buy in vending machines or elsewhere, the U.S. Centers for Disease Control and Prevention said on Monday.
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Saturday, October 3, 2009

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Delaying Weight-Loss Surgery May Leave Teens at Risk (HealthDay)

Posted: 02 Oct 2009 08:49 PM PDT

HealthDay - FRIDAY, Oct. 2 (HealthDay News) -- The time frame in which gastric bypass surgery can be used to reverse morbid obesity in teens could be much shorter than previously believed, U.S. researchers say.
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Friday, October 2, 2009

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Overweight mothers linked to infant heart defects (Reuters)

Posted: 01 Oct 2009 01:42 PM PDT

Reuters - Women who are overweight or obese when they get pregnant are more likely to give birth to children with congenital heart defects, according to a U.S. government study released on Thursday.

Obese mothers more likely to have babies with heart defects (AFP)

Posted: 01 Oct 2009 09:30 AM PDT

A pregnant woman receives a prenatal screening.The risk of having a baby with congenital heart defects was around 18 percent greater if a woman was overweight or obese when she became pregnant than it was among normal-weight women, the study conducted by the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) found.(AFP/File/Joel Robine)AFP - Women who were overweight or obese before they became pregnant are significantly more likely to give birth to a baby with a heart defect, a study published Thursday showed.
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Thursday, October 1, 2009

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Obese Middle-Aged Women Face Unhealthy Future (HealthDay)

Posted: 30 Sep 2009 08:48 PM PDT

HealthDay - TUESDAY, Sept. 29 (HealthDay News) -- If excess weight doesn't kill you by old age, it could make your life miserable in the form of chronic health problems and impaired mental fitness.

Mom's obesity tied to daughters' early puberty (Reuters)

Posted: 30 Sep 2009 09:38 AM PDT

Reuters - Consequences of obesity in women may extend years into their daughters' lives, study findings hint.
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