2008

January

• Mom’s Obesity at Conception May Set Stage for Offspring’s Obesity Risk -

2007

December

• More Than One-Third of Americans Cannot Separate Help from Hype -

• Overeating and obesity triggered by lack of BDNF -

• Sibutramine may help some kids with obesity -

• Italian children getting fatter, doctors say -

• Obesity Carries High Costs in Worker Absenteeism -

• Obese Patients Wait Longer for Kidney Transplants, Research Suggests -

• BMI Criteria for Obesity Surgery Should be Lowered -

• Obesity and Diabetes in Vulnerable Populations -

• Budgeting Calories Might Help Take Off Unwanted Pounds -

• Obesity Leads to More Hospital Admissions, Longer Stays -

• Poll: Kids’ Obesity Not Weighing on Parents’ Minds -

• Obesity and metabolism: Weight gain and the growing risk of cancer -

• Overweight adolescents projected to have more heart disease in young adulthood -

• Overweight and obesity from childhood to adulthood: study -

November

• Obesity Prevention -

• Strategic Plan for Overweight and Obesity Prevention -

• Preventing Childhood Obesity: Tips for Child Care Professionals -

• Obesity as a Major Public Health Threat -

• Another complication for gastric bypass patients -

• America’s Most Obese Cities -

• Larger Than Life: The Root Causes of Obesity -

• Doubled Calorie Intake from Beverages Likely Contributes to Adult Obesity -

• Taking Anti-obesity Drugs Results in Only ‘Modest’ Weight Loss -

• Taking Anti-obesity Drugs Results in Only ‘Modest’ Weight Loss -

• A higher risk of obesity for children neglected by parents -

• Obesity and overweight linked to higher prostate cancer mortality -

• Weight Loss: Not One Size Fits All -

• Obesity Research Boosted By Watching Hunger In The Brain -

• Weight loss—not one size fits all -

• Study examines association between weight amount and cause of death -

• Risk of disability increasing among older obese individuals -

• Australian researchers develop treatment to treat obesity -

• New potential obesity target is identified -

October

• Link between obesity and cancer stressed by report -

• Government restrictions on weight loss surgeries limit access for poor, underinsured patients -

• Animal models with altered genetic expression - The Genetics of Human Obesity -

• Summary and conclusions -The Genetics of Human Obesity -

• Association studies - The Genetics of Human Obesity -

• Quantitative trait loci (QTL) - The Genetics of Human Obesity -

• Linkage disequilibrium - The Genetics of Human Obesity -

• Linkage studies - The Genetics of Human Obesity -

• Gene interactions - The Genetics of Human Obesity -

• Single gene defects - The Genetics of Human Obesity -

• How much of obesity is genetic? -

• Why has the genetics of obesity been difficult to study? -

• Positional approaches - The Genetics of Human Obesity -

• Syndromic obesity - The Genetics of Human Obesity -

• How to identify obesity genes -

• Is there a major gene for obesity? -

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