Thursday, January 14, 2010

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Obese Pregnant Women Should Gain Less, Experts Say (LiveScience.com)

Posted: 14 Jan 2010 06:10 AM PST

Nanthakan Boonsuwan, 30, who is 6 months pregnant, receives a H1N1 influenza vaccine shot from a medical staff at a hospital in Nonthaburi province, on the outskirts of Bangkok January 11, 2010. Thailand started the H1N1 vaccination programme on Monday to combat the deadly virus which killed 192 people in the country. Some two million doses of the vaccine were imported from France to be handed out to high-risk groups during the programme, health officials said. REUTERS/Chaiwat Subprasom (THAILAND - Tags: HEALTH)LiveScience.com - Obese women in the United States may benefit from gaining less weight during pregnancy than new recommendations suggest, say some doctors, curbing the gain to as little as 10 pounds.

U.S. Obesity Rates Leveling Off, But Still High (HealthDay)

Posted: 13 Jan 2010 08:48 PM PST

HealthDay - WEDNESDAY, Jan. 13 (HealthDay News) -- Some good news in the war on weight: Obesity in the United States may finally be stabilizing instead of increasing, two new studies show.

Study: Obesity Rates Leveling Off for Adults, Children (Time.com)

Posted: 13 Jan 2010 12:40 PM PST

The nation's obesity rate seems to have leveled off. But a vast majority of U.S. adults are still overweight. Chart shows prevalence of obese men and women since 1999.Time.com - The steady rise in the percentage of overweight and obese adults and children appears to have finally leveled off
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Wednesday, January 13, 2010

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Data: US obesity rate high, but not rising (AP)

Posted: 13 Jan 2010 08:58 AM PST

Darrell Pender, whose participation with a nutrition and wellness group has brought his weight down from 406 lbs to 354 lbs, works at his home office in Brooklyn, New York, Wednesday Jan. 13, 2010. (AP Photos/Bebeto Matthews)AP - Raise a glass of diet soda, the nation's obesity rate seems to have leveled off. But more than two-thirds of adults and almost a third of children are overweight, and there are no signs of improvement.

U.S. obesity rate appears to be slowing: study (Reuters)

Posted: 13 Jan 2010 08:10 AM PST

Reuters - Americans are still too fat, but the obesity epidemic in the United States appears to be waning a bit, U.S. researchers said on Wednesday.
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Sunday, January 10, 2010

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Psychotherapy May Help Teen Girls Avoid Obesity (HealthDay)

Posted: 09 Jan 2010 08:48 PM PST

HealthDay - SATURDAY, Jan. 9 (HealthDay News) -- A psychotherapy program may work better than traditional health classes in preventing teenage girls at risk of obesity from becoming excessively fatter, researchers report.
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Saturday, January 9, 2010

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Psychotherapy May Help Teen Girls Avoid Obesity (HealthDay)

Posted: 09 Jan 2010 09:02 AM PST

HealthDay - SATURDAY, Jan. 9 (HealthDay News) -- A psychotherapy program may work better than traditional health classes in preventing teenage girls at risk of obesity from becoming excessively fatter, researchers report.
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Thursday, January 7, 2010

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Dieters Beware: Food Calorie Counts Are Frequently Off (Time.com)

Posted: 06 Jan 2010 02:20 AM PST

FILE-This July 18, 2008 file photo shows a McDonalds drive-thru menu in New York printed with calorie counts for each food item. (AP Photo/Ed Ou, File)Time.com - A new study find that calories are often understated in both restaurants and in supermarkets' prepared foods

Cash for Weight Loss: Website Pays People to Slim Down (Time.com)

Posted: 05 Jan 2010 01:40 AM PST

Health coaching is one way to help you keep your New Year's weight loss resolution. (Photo: Business Wire)Time.com - The website HealthyWage will pay obese members $100 if they slim down and up to $1,000 if they put some of their own money on the line

Psychotherapy, guided self-help best for binge eating (Reuters)

Posted: 04 Jan 2010 02:13 PM PST

Reuters - Certain kinds of talk therapy and guided self-help are both more likely than behavioral weight loss treatment to keep people free from binge eating disorder, according to a new study.

Might Surgical Weight Loss Put Bones at Risk? (HealthDay)

Posted: 01 Jan 2010 08:47 PM PST

HealthDay - FRIDAY, Jan. 1 (HealthDay News) -- When diet and exercise attempts haven't worked, increasing numbers of overweight people have turned to bariatric, or weight-loss, surgery to shed pounds.

Timing of weight-loss surgery in teens important (Reuters)

Posted: 29 Dec 2009 01:20 PM PST

Reuters - When it comes to weight-loss surgery for very obese adolescents, having the surgery sooner rather than later may yield a better long-term outcome, new study findings hint.
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Wednesday, January 6, 2010

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Fight against fat goes high-tech with new devices (AP)

Posted: 06 Jan 2010 04:42 AM PST

In this photo taken Wednesday, Dec. 16, 2009, after being fitted with a wireless sensor to gather vital signs and bluetooth cell phone for gathering data, fifteen-year-old Amorette Castillo, right, plays a video game while Eric Carles, 13, sits still at a University of Southern California lab in Alhambra, Calif. Scientists across the country are playing with miniature gadgets and fitting them on the overweight and obese to get an unbiased glimpse into their exercise and eating habits. (AP Photo/Kim Johnson Flodin)AP - The fight against fat is going high-tech. To get an inside look at eating and exercise habits, scientists are developing wearable wireless sensors to monitor overweight and obese people as they go about their daily lives.

'Plate weighing scales' to help tackle child obesity (AFP)

Posted: 06 Jan 2010 03:43 AM PST

An obese child steps on a scale. A new device aimed at discouraging eaters from bolting their food is a useful tool in combatting childhood obesity, according to a study published by the British Medical Journal (BMJ).(AFP/File/Francois Guillot)AFP - A new device aimed at discouraging eaters from bolting their food is a useful tool in combatting childhood obesity, according to a study published online on Wednesday by the British Medical Journal (BMJ).

Young, Overweight Fall Prey to Weight-Loss Spam (HealthDay)

Posted: 05 Jan 2010 08:49 PM PST

HealthDay - TUESDAY, Jan. 5 (HealthDay News) -- Many computer users lunge for the delete key when they get unsolicited e-mails about weight-loss products. But some respond, and new research suggests that almost one in five young, overweight people have fallen prey to the hard sell that shows up in their spam.

Hazards of Obesity Now Rival Smoking in U.S. (HealthDay)

Posted: 05 Jan 2010 08:49 PM PST

HealthDay - TUESDAY, Jan. 5 (HealthDay News) -- Obesity now poses as great a threat to Americans' quality of life as smoking, a new study shows.

US team may have found key to fight obesity: study (AFP)

Posted: 05 Jan 2010 03:38 PM PST

Shutting down an energy-controlling mechanism in mice left them leaner than normal mice and could be a new way to fight obesity in humans, US researchers said in a study published Tuesday.(AFP/File/Paul Ellis)AFP - Shutting down an energy-controlling mechanism in mice left them leaner than normal mice and could be a new way to fight obesity in humans, US researchers said in a study published Tuesday.
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Tuesday, January 5, 2010

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Young, Overweight Fall Prey to Weight-Loss Spam (HealthDay)

Posted: 05 Jan 2010 06:03 AM PST

HealthDay - TUESDAY, Jan. 5 (HealthDay News) -- Many computer users lunge for the delete key when they get unsolicited e-mails about weight-loss products. But some respond, and new research suggests that almost one in five young, overweight people have fallen prey to the hard sell that shows up in their spam.

How Childhood Trauma Can Cause Adult Obesity (Time.com)

Posted: 05 Jan 2010 01:20 AM PST

Time.com - Scientists are gaining new insight into how the psychological experience of childhood neglect causes physical effects like obesity, heart attack and stroke
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