2004

December

• Multimedia Program Aims to Tackle Obesity -

• Australian company says fat burning pill effective -

• A holiday plan to keep weight in control -

• Mountain biker draws two-year suspension -

• In mice, low-carb pregnancy diet helps pups -

• Exercise has many benefits in overweight children -

• South Beach diet creator shuns ‘low-carb’ label -

• Middle-aged obesity threatens Medicare -

• Alcohol reduces occurrence of ‘metabolic syndrome’ -

• Topamax Not Effective for Obesity, Diabetes -

• Parents see obese children as normal weight -

• Stomach surgery helps obese patients with reflux -

• Fat Americans overwhelm diagnostic machines - study -

November

• Many parents don’t see kids have weight problems -

• Obesity linked to unhealthy heartbeat in study -

• Childhood obesity leads to enlarged heart -

• Low-carb diet produces faster weight-loss for men -

• Obesity in women linked with brain tissue loss -

• Carbon County woman admits selling diet pills to nurses -

• Company to test obesity/smoking pill for heart disease -

• More than half of adult diabetics in US are obese -

• Anorexic girls bond on Web to dismay of doctors -

• Too much belly fat may up later disability risk -

• Want to lose weight? Eat more, study finds -

• Anti-smoking pill may also fight fat -

• Women don’t miss absent calories, test shows -

• Atkins diet slammed as bad-breath fad -

• Low-carb diet falls short of good health -

• Atkins Sees Diet Pickup After New Year -

• Obesity, child mortality slowing US health gains -

• What are the biologic and medical causes of obesity? -

• What are the cultural and emotional causes of obesity? -

• Who becomes obese or overwight? -

• Obesity in children: special considerations -

• Weight in the Older Adult -

• How serious is obesity and being overweight? -

• Commercial Weight-Loss Programs and Meal Replacements -

• High Protein Diets -

• Low-Fat and High-Fiber Diets -

• What are the drugs used to treat excess weight -

• Experimental Therapies: Weight Loss -

• Other method used to reduce weight:  Spot Reduction -

• Surgical Procedures for Obesity -

• U.S. food labels need calorie clarity - FDA chief -

• Body Mass Index (BMI) -

• Fat USA: Tackling the obesity epidemic -

• Diabetes cases ‘to double by 2010’ -

• Want a good diet? Count to five -

• ‘Fat summit’ to tackle obesity -

• Is your child destined to be fat? -

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