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.
[Tue, 25 Jan 2011 22:27:35 GMT]
Read more »
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.
[Tue, 25 Jan 2011 22:02:53 GMT]
Read more »
[Tue, 25 Jan 2011 22:02:53 GMT]
Read more »
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.
[Tue, 25 Jan 2011 22:02:51 GMT]
Read more »
[Tue, 25 Jan 2011 22:02:51 GMT]
Read more »
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.
[Tue, 25 Jan 2011 22:02:48 GMT]
Read more »
[Tue, 25 Jan 2011 22:02:48 GMT]
Read more »
AP - The U.S. spends more on health care than any other nation yet has worse life expectancy than many — and a new report blames smoking and obesity.
[Tue, 25 Jan 2011 18:08:04 GMT]
Read more »
[Tue, 25 Jan 2011 18:08:04 GMT]
Read more »
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.
[Tue, 25 Jan 2011 17:02:02 GMT]
Read more »
[Tue, 25 Jan 2011 17:02:02 GMT]
Read more »
AP - Before there was Dr. Atkins, there was William Banting. He invented the low-carb diet of 1863. Even then Americans were trying out advice that urged fish, mutton or "any meat except pork" for breakfast, lunch and dinner — hold the potatoes, please.
[Tue, 25 Jan 2011 08:02:36 GMT]
Read more »
HealthDay - MONDAY, Jan. 24 (HealthDay News) -- Sleeping in on the weekend may help
children fight obesity, a new study suggests.
[Tue, 25 Jan 2011 04:48:35 GMT]
Read more »
[Tue, 25 Jan 2011 04:48:35 GMT]
Read more »
HealthDay - SUNDAY, Jan. 23 (HealthDay News) -- By this point, New Year's
resolutions might be a dim memory -- which makes it a good time for
fine-tuning, especially for those who resolved to lose weight.
[Mon, 24 Jan 2011 04:47:39 GMT]
Read more »
[Mon, 24 Jan 2011 04:47:39 GMT]
Read more »
Reuters - Governments must work with industry to restrict advertising of foods high in salt, sugar and dangerous fats targeted at children to tackle an epidemic of obesity and other diseases, health officials said on Friday.
[Fri, 21 Jan 2011 23:40:31 GMT]
Read more »
[Fri, 21 Jan 2011 23:40:31 GMT]
Read more »
AFP - First Lady Michelle Obama enlisted the help of supermarket giant Wal-Mart on Thursday as she ramped up her fight against the scourge of childhood obesity in the United States.
[Thu, 20 Jan 2011 21:38:08 GMT]
Read more »
Time.com - New study confirms that the notion of a big breakfast as a weight loss tool may be, well, propaganda for Big Breakfast Food
[Wed, 19 Jan 2011 10:30:00 GMT]
Read more »
[Wed, 19 Jan 2011 10:30:00 GMT]
Read more »
HealthDay - FRIDAY, Jan. 14 (HealthDay News) -- Obese black patients receive
less weight reduction and exercise advice from doctors than obese white
patients, a new study finds.
[Sat, 15 Jan 2011 04:47:46 GMT]
Read more »
[Sat, 15 Jan 2011 04:47:46 GMT]
Read more »
HealthDay - FRIDAY, Jan. 14 (HealthDay News) -- Young adults who are
overweight or obese tend to befriend and date people who are also
overweight or obese, new research indicates.
[Sat, 15 Jan 2011 04:47:45 GMT]
Read more »
[Sat, 15 Jan 2011 04:47:45 GMT]
Read more »
HealthDay - THURSDAY, Jan. 13 (HealthDay News) -- In an encouraging sign for
severely obese women who suffer from incontinence, a new Australian study
says that many gain control over urination after undergoing gastric-band
weight-loss surgery.
[Fri, 14 Jan 2011 04:47:54 GMT]
Read more »
[Fri, 14 Jan 2011 04:47:54 GMT]
Read more »
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.
[Wed, 12 Jan 2011 04:47:48 GMT]
Read more »
[Wed, 12 Jan 2011 04:47:48 GMT]
Read more »
Reuters - Boston emergency services debuted a specialized ambulance designed to carry obese patients on Tuesday, and the retrofitted vehicle was promptly needed on two calls, authorities said.
[Tue, 11 Jan 2011 21:16:59 GMT]
Read more »
[Tue, 11 Jan 2011 21:16:59 GMT]
Read more »
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.
[Tue, 11 Jan 2011 04:47:22 GMT]
Read more »
[Tue, 11 Jan 2011 04:47:22 GMT]
Read more »
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.
[Fri, 07 Jan 2011 04:48:16 GMT]
Read more »
[Fri, 07 Jan 2011 04:48:16 GMT]
Read more »
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.
[Thu, 06 Jan 2011 20:24:16 GMT]
Read more »
[Thu, 06 Jan 2011 20:24:16 GMT]
Read more »
: