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Fri, 20 Nov 2009 16:15:23 GMT
Reuters - A woman's risk of developing multiple sclerosis (MS) during her lifetime is doubled if she was obese at age 18, new research shows.
Fri, 20 Nov 2009 02:31:04 GMT
AP - The first county-by-county survey of obesity reflects past studies that show the rate of obesity is highest in the Southeast and Appalachia. High rates of obesity and diabetes were reported in more than 80 percent of counties in the Appalachian region that includes Kentucky, Tennessee and West Virginia, according to the new research from the U.S. Centers for Disease Control and Prevention.
Fri, 20 Nov 2009 00:25:34 GMT
HealthDay - THURSDAY, Nov. 19 (HealthDay News) -- While rates of obesity are
climbing across America, they are especially high in sections of
Appalachia and the Southeast, the U.S. Centers for Disease Control and
Prevention reports in its first county-by-county survey.
Thu, 19 Nov 2009 23:51:36 GMT
AP - When an ambulance brought Daniel Webb home from the hospital after he hurt his knee in March, paramedics warned the then 550-pound man he probably wouldn't be able to get up from his recliner if they put him there, his wife said.
Thu, 19 Nov 2009 19:57:32 GMT
Reuters - Low-carb and high-carb diets work equally well for maintaining weight loss, Australian researchers report.
Thu, 19 Nov 2009 04:48:44 GMT
HealthDay - WEDNESDAY, Nov. 18 (HealthDay News) -- Secondhand smoke harms the
cardiovascular health of children, especially toddlers and obese
youngsters, U.S. researchers say.
Wed, 18 Nov 2009 17:30:36 GMT
Reuters - Toddlers and obese children suffer far greater blood-vessel damage and other harm from secondhand smoke than other children, which could put them on the path to heart disease later in life, according to a new study.
Wed, 18 Nov 2009 04:48:50 GMT
HealthDay - TUESDAY, Nov. 17 (HealthDay News) -- Surging obesity rates,
especially among children, may be putting the brakes on progress made in
the past few decades against heart disease, researchers report.
Tue, 17 Nov 2009 21:06:11 GMT
LiveScience.com - Some obese individuals don't realize they have a weight problem, a new study finds. That could be an unhealthy attitude as these same people tend not to exercise and have many risk factors for cardiovascular disease.
Thu, 12 Nov 2009 19:09:11 GMT
Reuters - Fasting every other day can help obese people lose weight, a small study hints.
Thu, 12 Nov 2009 15:15:00 GMT
Time.com - New data from a long-term survey suggests that U.S. teens are no less active today than they were in 1991. Yet they've gotten increasingly heavier over the same period
Thu, 12 Nov 2009 04:48:42 GMT
HealthDay - WEDNESDAY, Nov. 11 (HealthDay News) -- Eating a Westernized diet
with lots of sugar and carbohydrates caused almost instantaneous changes
in the gut flora of mice -- changes that caused the mice to become obese,
researchers have found.
Wed, 11 Nov 2009 04:48:45 GMT
HealthDay - TUESDAY, Nov. 10 (HealthDay News) -- While there are plenty of good
reasons to avoid obesity in your teens, a new study now suggests that
extra weight in adolescence may increase your risk of multiple sclerosis
(MS) later.
Tue, 10 Nov 2009 20:56:39 GMT
Reuters - Most U.S. teenagers are not as active as they should be, but a lack of exercise does not seem to account for rising rates of teen obesity, a new study finds.
Tue, 10 Nov 2009 04:49:52 GMT
HealthDay - MONDAY, Nov. 9 (HealthDay News) -- Both a high-fat,
low-carbohydrate diet such as the popular Atkins program and a low-fat,
high-carb diet appear to help people lose pounds over the course of a
year.
Tue, 10 Nov 2009 04:49:50 GMT
HealthDay - MONDAY, Nov. 9 (HealthDay News) -- Obesity is a major risk factor
for left atrial enlargement, which increases the risk of atrial
fibrillation, stroke and death, a new study shows.
Fri, 06 Nov 2009 22:17:30 GMT
AFP - Obesity causes more than 100,000 incidents of cancer in the US every year, the American Institute for Cancer Research said in estimates published Friday.
Fri, 06 Nov 2009 12:52:53 GMT
Reuters - Obesity causes more than 100,000 cases of cancer in the United States each year -- and the number will likely rise as Americans get fatter, researchers said on Thursday.
Mon, 02 Nov 2009 00:53:22 GMT
Reuters - Japan's Takeda Pharmaceutical and U.S. Amylin Pharmaceuticals said on Monday they will co-develop and commercialize drugs to treat obesity, including two Amylin drugs in mid-stage trials.
Mon, 26 Oct 2009 19:57:52 GMT
Reuters - New York's mandate that fast-food restaurants post calorie information on their menus has changed consumer habits, the city said on Monday, contradicting a recent independent study showing no effect.
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