2006

February

• Cortisol’s role in obesity not clearcut -

• Lifetime calorie restraint to prevent obesity is the most powerful way to reduce age-related health -

• The pros and cons of new anti-obesity drug -

• Very Low Or High Weights Increase Risk of Early Death -

• Anti-obesity pill reduces weight, improves lipids -

• Medication Shows Modest Benefit in Reducing Weight, Improving HDL Levels -

• Bill Clinton details plan to fight obesity in kids -

• Weight Gain: Natural History and prognosis -

• Weight Gain: Managment and Treatment -

• Weight Gain: Clinical Manifestations, Assessment and diagnosis -

• Weight Gain: Etiology and pathogenesis -

• Weight Gain: Overeating to Obesity -

• Pregnancy and Obesity -

• Treatment of obesity -

• Morbidity and mortality associated with obesity -

• Obesity Definitions -

• Obesity Introduction -

• Evaluation and Management of Obesity -

• Consequences of Childhood Obesity -

• The Biology of Obesity -

• Definition and Incidence of Obesity -

• Food “insecurity” not tied to kids’ obesity risk -

• Physician counseling and computer assessment may improve teen health behaviors -

• French may be headed for similar obesity and heart problems as U.S. -

• European weight gains linked to fast food - study -

• Don’t Give Up on Low-Fat Food Choices for Overall Health, Protection from Disease -

• Weight-loss surgery linked to hormone changes -

• Obesity may accelerate the onset of type 1 diabetes in some -

• Why anti-obesity cortisol reducing supplements do not work -

• More Japanese overweight, exercising less -

January

• Virus could mean obesity is contagious -

• Weight loss and exercise reduces urinary incontinence in women with prediabetes -

• Program for defining individualized treatments for each type of obesity -

• W. Virginia uses dance video game to fight obesity -

• Birth Control Pills Do Not Lead to Major Weight Gain -

• Obesity-related disease “huge” health burden -

• Depot contraceptives boost weight in obese teens -

• US FDA staff questions Glaxo’s weight-loss drug -

• Obesity Lawsuits - Lessons Learned from Tobacco Litigation -

• Bariatric Surgery on the Rise, Especially Among Youth -

• New study gives insight into the dairy and weight loss link -

• Dutch clinics under strain from obese patients -

• Calcium supplements don’t help girls lose fat -

• Obesity in middle age linked to heart disease later -

• Obesity in middle age raises heart disease and diabetes risk -

• Obesity linked to Alzheimer’s disease protein -

• Higher body weight linked with lower suicide risk -

• Binge eating worse than cheating for Italians -

• Many obese people in denial on weight issues -

• Low-fat, high-carb diet does not cause weight gain -

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