2009

August

• Healthy Eating – and Associated Weight Loss – Improves Cardiac Risk Factors -

• Considering Weight Loss Surgery? What You Need to Know -

• Food stamp users risk weight gain: study -

• Meal Replacements Aid Weight Loss -

July

• Weight loss improves mood in depressed people -

• Obesity costs US health system $147 billion: study -

• Weight loss surgery may cut cancer risk -

• Probiotics help gastric-bypass patients lose weight more quickly, Stanford study shows -

• Weight loss surgery no cure for sleep apnea -

June

• New Program Offers Personalized Physician-assisted Approach to Losing Weight -

• Obesity surgery safe and effective for seniors -

• Weight-loss surgery cuts cancer risks in women -

• Being Overweight, Obese During Early Adulthood Associated With Greater Risk of Pancreatic Cancer -

• Underweight and extremely obese die earlier than people of normal weight, study finds -

• Bypass surgery has long-term benefits for children with Kawasaki disease -

• Trying to lose weight? Be sure to eat breakfast -

• Overweight children eat more later in the day -

• Successful Weight Loss with Dieting is Linked to Vitamin D Levels -

• Association between obstructive sleep apnea and weight gain found -

• Obesity linked with sleep disordered breathing -

• Race and short sleep duration increase the risk for obesity -

• Waiting times too long for bariatric surgery -

• Study Suggests Obese Women Should Not Gain Weight During Pregnancy -

• Regular weigh-ins can be healthy for teens -

May

• Quick pep talks help with weight maintenance -

• New direction needed for obesity research, Deakin health expert claims -

• Perceptions key for obesity counseling in blacks -

• Sleep May be Factor in Weight Control -

• ISU study finds link between individual stress and teens being overweight or obese -

• Does mom know when enough is enough? -

• Overeating to blame for U.S. obesity epidemic -

• Probiotics may help ward off postpartum obesity -

• Study in pregnant women suggests probiotics may help ward off obesity -

April

• Surgery effective for moderate obesity -

• Complications and Costs for Obesity Surgery Declining -

• Obesity Associated with Higher Risk for Urinary Tract Infections -

• Vegetable juice may help with weight loss -

• Report warns on herbal weight-loss products -

• Specialized centers don’t improve weight loss -

• Keeping slim is good for the planet, say scientists -

• Research suggests vegetable juice may help people with metabolic syndrome lose weight -

• Racial bias seen in obesity measurement -

• Weight-Loss Surgery Works Even for Moderately Obese -

• Top Five Medical Reasons To Consider Weight-Loss Surgery -

• “Brown fat” may help adults lose weight -

• Desk jobs making more people obese, study finds -

• Weight-loss surgery worthwhile for diabetes -

• Very obese adults almost completely sedentary -

• Obesity rates differ among racial/ethnic groups in kids as young as four -

• Weight gain early in life leads to physical disabilities in older adults -

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