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• Child obesity 'linked to working mothers' (AFP)
• Global obesity rate doubles since 1980: study (AFP)
• Kids' Rising Obesity Rates Due to Bad Habits, Not Genes: Study (HealthDay)
• Weight-Loss Surgery May 'Remodel' Heart (HealthDay)
• Obesity epidemic risks heart disease "tsunami" (Reuters)
• Study: Global obesity rates double since 1980 (AP)

Child obesity 'linked to working mothers' (AFP) Posted: 04 Feb 2011 06:55 AM PST AFP - The more mothers work during their children's lifetimes, the more likely their kids are to be overweight or obese, according to a US study published on Friday.

Global obesity rate doubles since 1980: study (AFP) Posted: 04 Feb 2011 02:03 AM PST AFP - More than half a billion adults are clinically obese in a near-doubling of the numbers of dangerously overweight adults since 1980, doctors warned on Friday.

Kids' Rising Obesity Rates Due to Bad Habits, Not Genes: Study (HealthDay) Posted: 03 Feb 2011 08:47 PM PST HealthDay - THURSDAY, Feb. 3 (HealthDay News) -- Poor eating and activity habits, not genetics, are the underlying causes for most cases of adolescent obesity, new research suggests.

Weight-Loss Surgery May 'Remodel' Heart (HealthDay) Posted: 03 Feb 2011 08:47 PM PST HealthDay - THURSDAY, Feb. 3 (HealthDay News) -- Besides enabling severely obese people to lose weight, gastric bypass surgery seems to help their overly stressed hearts return to more normal function and appearance, a new study suggests.

Obesity epidemic risks heart disease "tsunami" (Reuters) Posted: 03 Feb 2011 04:09 PM PST Reuters - More than half a billion people, or one in 10 adults worldwide, are obese -- more than double the number in 1980 -- as the obesity epidemic spills over from wealthy into poorer nations, researchers said on Thursday.

Study: Global obesity rates double since 1980 (AP) Posted: 03 Feb 2011 04:02 PM PST AP - The world is becoming a heavier place, especially in the West.

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Kids' Rising Obesity Rates Due to Bad Habits, Not Genes: Study (HealthDay) Posted: 03 Feb 2011 09:02 AM PST HealthDay - THURSDAY, Feb. 3 (HealthDay News) -- Poor eating and activity habits, not genetics, are the underlying causes for most cases of adolescent obesity, new research suggests.

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FDA declines to approve Orexigen diet drug (AP) Posted: 01 Feb 2011 03:53 PM PST AP - The government on Tuesday unexpectedly rejected what appeared to be the most promising candidate among a class of new diet drugs, wiping out hopes for a new medication to fight obesity anytime soon.

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• FDA rejects Orexigen's weight-loss drug Contrave (AFP)
• U.S. rejects Orexigen diet drug over heart risks (Reuters)
• Bariatric surgery cuts pounds, adds years (Reuters)

FDA rejects Orexigen's weight-loss drug Contrave (AFP) Posted: 01 Feb 2011 06:51 AM PST AFP - The US Food and Drug Administration on Tuesday declined to approve a weight loss drug by the California pharmaceutical company Orexigen, saying it must conduct more studies to rule out heart risks.

U.S. rejects Orexigen diet drug over heart risks (Reuters) Posted: 01 Feb 2011 04:54 AM PST Reuters - U.S. health regulators rejected Orexigen Therapeutics Inc's weight-loss drug and requested a clinical trial to resolve heart safety concerns, dealing a huge blow to what stood to be the first new diet pill in a decade.

Bariatric surgery cuts pounds, adds years (Reuters) Posted: 31 Jan 2011 01:35 PM PST Reuters - Obese individuals may add years to their lives by drastically cutting pounds with bariatric surgery, according to a new review of clinical trials of popular gastric bypass and banding procedures.

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Study: Resistant Starch Carbs Help Weight Loss (ContributorNetwork) Posted: 28 Jan 2011 01:18 PM PST ContributorNetwork - A decade after "carb" became a four-letter word, scientists unveil a Catch-22 breakthrough for dieters:

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The Science Behind a Resistant Starch Foods Diet (ContributorNetwork) Posted: 27 Jan 2011 02:32 PM PST ContributorNetwork - Resistant starch foods have their own website, a diet foods name ("The Skinny Carbs Diet") and a suddenly devoted following. So what is the science behind resistant starch; are starch foods the latest diet fad, or is there more to them than meets the eye?

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• Smoking, Obesity Slowing U.S. Life Expectancy Gains: Report (HealthDay)
• Changing Parental Behavior May Help Obese Kids Lose Weight (HealthDay)
• Warm Homes in Winter May Contribute to Obesity Epidemic (HealthDay)
• Diet programs may not help dodge disease risk (Reuters)

Smoking, Obesity Slowing U.S. Life Expectancy Gains: Report (HealthDay) Posted: 25 Jan 2011 08:48 PM PST HealthDay - TUESDAY, Jan. 25 (HealthDay News) -- Longevity isn't increasing as fast in the United States as it is in other developed countries, says a new report that points a finger at high rates of smoking and obesity.

Changing Parental Behavior May Help Obese Kids Lose Weight (HealthDay) Posted: 25 Jan 2011 08:48 PM PST HealthDay - TUESDAY, Jan. 25 (HealthDay News) -- It's hard to help overweight children lose weight, and keeping it off over the long-term is even tougher. But obese children whose parents took classes on the importance of healthy eating and exercise lost weight and kept it off for the next two years, according to a new Australian study.

Warm Homes in Winter May Contribute to Obesity Epidemic (HealthDay) Posted: 25 Jan 2011 08:48 PM PST HealthDay - TUESDAY, Jan. 25 (HealthDay News) -- Higher indoor temperatures during the winter may be contributing to rising rates of obesity in the United States and other developed countries, according to a new British study.

Diet programs may not help dodge disease risk (Reuters) Posted: 25 Jan 2011 02:27 PM PST Reuters - Losing weight is often touted as a way to improve health, but many weight-loss programs may not help stave off disease since people tend to gain the weight back, Australian researchers say.

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