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Cost of Obesity Approaching $300 Billion a Year (HealthDay) Posted: 11 Jan 2011 09:02 AM PST HealthDay - TUESDAY, Jan. 11 (HealthDay News) -- The total economic cost of overweight and obesity in the United States is $270 billion per year while the cost in Canada is about $30 billion a year, a new study shows.

For the Very Obese, H1N1 Was More Apt to Be Fatal (HealthDay) Posted: 10 Jan 2011 08:47 PM PST HealthDay - MONDAY, Jan. 10 (HealthDay News) -- Extremely obese people had a significantly greater chance of dying than did others infected with the H1N1 swine flu virus that became a pandemic last winter, a new study reports.

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• Study Links Obesity to Greater Pain, Weakness in Fibromyalgia Patients (HealthDay)
• REFILE: Drugs may level fertility playing field for obese (Reuters)
• Drugs may level fertility playing field for obese (Reuters)

Study Links Obesity to Greater Pain, Weakness in Fibromyalgia Patients (HealthDay) Posted: 06 Jan 2011 08:48 PM PST HealthDay - THURSDAY, Jan. 6 (HealthDay News) -- Obese fibromyalgia patients suffer more severe symptoms such as pain, reduced flexibility and sleep disturbances than those of normal weight, a new study indicates.

REFILE: Drugs may level fertility playing field for obese (Reuters) Posted: 06 Jan 2011 12:24 PM PST Reuters - Heavy women often have a harder time getting pregnant than their slimmer peers, but new findings suggest weight may cease to matter when women take fertility drugs.

Drugs may level fertility playing field for obese (Reuters) Posted: 06 Jan 2011 11:41 AM PST Reuters - Heavy women often have a harder time getting pregnant than their slimmer peers, but new findings suggest weight may cease to matter when women take fertility drugs.

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Study Links Obesity to Greater Pain, Weakness in Fibromyalgia Patients (HealthDay) Posted: 06 Jan 2011 06:01 AM PST HealthDay - THURSDAY, Jan. 6 (HealthDay News) -- Obese fibromyalgia patients suffer more severe symptoms such as pain, reduced flexibility and sleep disturbances than those of normal weight, a new study indicates.

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Weight Loss Triggered by Blocking 1 Fat-Absorption Gene (LiveScience.com) Posted: 05 Jan 2011 06:50 AM PST LiveScience.com - Scientists have identified a chain of chemical reactions that begins with one gene and prompts the body to absorb fat.

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• In U.S., Obesity Afflicts Even Some of the Tiniest Tots (HealthDay)
• Family History of Alcoholism May Raise Obesity Risk (HealthDay)
• Weight Loss, Dietary Supplements, Energy Booster, Sexual Enhancement Products Recalled (ContributorNetwork)
• Family history of alcoholism raises obesity risk (Reuters)

In U.S., Obesity Afflicts Even Some of the Tiniest Tots (HealthDay) Posted: 03 Jan 2011 08:48 PM PST HealthDay - FRIDAY, Dec. 31 (HealthDay News) -- American kids are becoming obese, or nearly so, at an increasingly young age, with about one-third of them falling into that category by the time they're 9 months old, researchers have found.

Family History of Alcoholism May Raise Obesity Risk (HealthDay) Posted: 03 Jan 2011 08:48 PM PST HealthDay - MONDAY, Jan. 3 (HealthDay News) People at higher risk for alcoholism might also face higher odds of becoming obese, new study findings show.

Weight Loss, Dietary Supplements, Energy Booster, Sexual Enhancement Products Recalled (ContributorNetwork) Posted: 03 Jan 2011 12:18 PM PST ContributorNetwork - Fruta Planta, Passion Coffee and Rock Hard Extreme, marketed as dietary supplements, weight loss products, energy boosters and sexual enhancement products have been recalled for unlisted Sulfoaildenafil (steroid) and Food and Drug Administration unapproved sibutramine.

Family history of alcoholism raises obesity risk (Reuters) Posted: 03 Jan 2011 10:27 AM PST Reuters - People with a family history of alcoholism may be turning to high-calorie treats instead of booze to satisfy their addiction, researchers say, a change that could be fueling the obesity epidemic.

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In U.S., Obesity Afflicts Even Some of the Tiniest Tots (HealthDay) Posted: 03 Jan 2011 09:03 AM PST HealthDay - FRIDAY, Dec. 31 (HealthDay News) -- American kids are becoming obese, or nearly so, at an increasingly young age, with about one-third of them falling into that category by the time they're 9 months old, researchers have found.

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• In U.S., Obesity Afflicts Even Some of the Tiniest Tots (HealthDay)
• Craving for Alcohol May Be Linked to Obesity (LiveScience.com)
• Family history of alcoholism raises obesity risk (Reuters)

In U.S., Obesity Afflicts Even Some of the Tiniest Tots (HealthDay) Posted: 31 Dec 2010 08:48 PM PST HealthDay - FRIDAY, Dec. 31 (HealthDay News) -- American kids are becoming obese, or nearly so, at an increasingly young age, with about one-third of them falling into that category by the time they're 9 months old, researchers have found.

Craving for Alcohol May Be Linked to Obesity (LiveScience.com) Posted: 31 Dec 2010 04:05 PM PST LiveScience.com - People with a family history of alcoholism, especially women, have an elevated risk of also becoming obese, according to a new study. And the link between the two appears to be strengthening - the risk of becoming obese, for people with alcoholics in their family, is higher now than in the past, the researchers said.

Family history of alcoholism raises obesity risk (Reuters) Posted: 31 Dec 2010 02:20 PM PST Reuters - People with a family history of alcoholism may be turning to high-calorie treats instead of booze to satisfy their addiction, U.S. researchers say, a change that could be fueling the obesity epidemic.

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