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Do video games lead to obesity
• Obesity • Feb 07 10
Obesity is a serious epidemic in the United States. More than 66% of adults and nearly 33% of young children are considered overweight.
In…
Toronto hospital offers surgery for obese teens
• Obesity • • Surgery • Feb 07 10
Canadian teenagers suffering from severe obesity, due to an accompanying medical condition, can now seek surgery to help them shed pounds.
Toronto’s Hospital for…
Obesity remains a problem for some county students
• Obesity • • Public Health • Feb 07 10
The number of obese and overweight third, fifth and eighth grade students in the Beaufort County School District has remained generally unchanged since…
If you’re 70 and overweight, you may live longer
• Fat, Dietary • • Aging and Gerontology • • Obesity • Feb 03 10
A few extra pounds might help you live longer if you’re past your prime but otherwise healthy, a new study finds.
“Perhaps we…
Childhood Obesity May Contribute to Later Onset of Puberty for Boys
• Children's Health • • Obesity • Feb 02 10
Increasing rates of obese and overweight children in the United States may be contributing to a later onset of puberty in boys, say…
Mexico tackles record child obesity
• Children's Health • • Obesity • Feb 01 10
Mexico’s rich diet of tacos, tortillas and tortas (large sandwiches), which is jokingly nicknamed “Vitamin T,” has steered its children to the top of…
U.S. first lady leads charge against obesity
• Obesity • • Public Health • Feb 01 10
U.S. health officials have leveraged the star power of first lady Michelle Obama to roll out a new campaign against obesity, a preventable condition…
Most travellers say obese passengers should pay more
• Obesity • • Public Health • Feb 01 10
Should airlines charge overweight passengers more if they need an extra seat? Yes, according to more than three-quarters of travellers in a poll.
A…
The Health Risks Of Obesity
• Obesity • Feb 01 10
While almost everyone knows that being obese is not good for us, many people who are obese do not know exactly how dangerous the…
FLOTUS Promises “Ambitious” Childhood Obesity Program To Come
• Obesity • • Public Health • Jan 29 10
Taking one more step toward the expected formal launch of what her aides describe as a “major program” aimed at targeting childhood obesity, First…
Obesity Treatment Works for Kids
• Children's Health • • Obesity • Jan 29 10
An influential advisory panel says school-aged youngsters and teens should be screened for obesity and sent to intensive behavior treatment if they need to…
Task force: Screen kids, obesity treatment works
• Children's Health • • Obesity • Jan 28 10
An influential advisory panel says school-aged youngsters and teens should be screened for obesity and sent to intensive behavior treatment if they need to…
Primary Docs Can Successfully Treat Obesity
• Obesity • Jan 28 10
Despite a general belief among physicians that extreme obesity is too difficult to treat, except with bariatric surgery, researchers at the Pennington Biomedical Research…
What is normal weight obesity?
• Obesity • Jan 28 10
Most of us judge our health by our appearance. If we look good in certain outfits and our clothes are still fitting, we consider…
Medical Therapy Delivered by Primary Care Doctors Is Successful in Severe Obesity
• Obesity • Jan 26 10
Despite a general belief among physicians that extreme obesity is too difficult to treat, except with bariatric surgery, researchers at the Pennington Biomedical Research…
Obesity linked to increased risk of stroke: Study
• Obesity • • Stroke • Jan 26 10
According to a new study, obesity is a significant risk factor for stroke irrespective of race, gender and how it is measured.
Lead author…
Warning over fake obesity drug for sale online
• Drug Abuse • • Obesity • Jan 26 10
The drug, Alli, which is available over the counter in Britain, was found not to contain orlistat which it should have done.
Instead it…
New Tools and Systems May Help Patients, Primary Care Clinicians Manage Obesity
• Children's Health • • Obesity • Jan 26 10
Using combined and intensive treatments and restructuring care to treat obesity like other chronic diseases may help primary care clinicians and patients better address…
How bad is childhood obesity in the United States?
• Children's Health • • Obesity • • Public Health • Jan 26 10
The problem of childhood obesity in the United States has held fast during the past decade, according to research published in the January 20…
First Lady Michelle Obama Confronts Childhood Obesity
• Children's Health • • Obesity • Jan 26 10
Saying childhood obesity has tripled in the last 30 years, first lady Michelle Obama asked the nation’s mayors to help her battle an epidemic…
Obesity rates stabilize but remain high
• Obesity • Jan 26 10
Obesity rates in the United States are still sky-high, but for the moment they appear to have stopped climbing higher, according to new data…
New Tools and Systems May Help Patients, Primary Care Clinicians Manage Obesity
• Obesity • Jan 26 10
Using combined and intensive treatments and restructuring care to treat obesity like other chronic diseases may help primary care clinicians and patients better address…
LaDonna Redmond pushes obesity battle on Chicago’s West Side
• Obesity • Jan 25 10
In her late 20s, LaDonna Redmond, who’s now 45, had bariatric surgery that dropped her weight from 340 pounds to 210 pounds.
When she…
Grant targets obesity, health in border towns
• Obesity • • Public Health • Jan 25 10
More than $3.9 million from the federal government will help the UA research obesity. It will also go toward promoting community health advocacy in…
No surgery: A 15-min cure for diabetes, obesity
• Diabetes • • Obesity • Jan 25 10
LONDON: In what could revolutionise healthcare for the rising diabetes population worldwide, scientists claimed to have developed a 15-minute non-surgical treatment that could lead…