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Middle-aged obesity threatens Medicare
Men and women who are obese in middle age will be up to twice as expensive to cover…
Alcohol reduces occurrence of ‘metabolic syndrome’
Metabolic syndrome—the cluster of symptoms such as obesity and high blood pressure that can lead to diabetes…
Topamax Not Effective for Obesity, Diabetes
Johnson & Johnson on Wednesday said its epilepsy drug Topamax was not effective as a treatment for obesity…
Parents see obese children as normal weight
Many parents have no idea that their child could be overweight, according to a study which found that…
Stomach surgery helps obese patients with reflux
For obese patients with gastroesophageal reflux disease (GERD) that persists after standard surgery, relief may come from a…
Fat Americans overwhelm diagnostic machines - study
As Americans get heavier and heavier, medical imaging machines are having a hard time peering inside their bodies,…
Many parents don’t see kids have weight problems
Parents of overweight and obese kids often don’t realize that their children are carrying excess pounds, new…
Obesity linked to unhealthy heartbeat in study
Obesity raises the risk of atrial fibrillation, an abnormal heartbeat that can lead to stroke and early death…
Obesity in women linked with brain tissue loss
Women who are consistently overweight or obese during adulthood may be at increased risk for a decrease…
Carbon County woman admits selling diet pills to nurses
She faces up to five years in prison on each of three charges.
A Carbon County…
Company to test obesity/smoking pill for heart disease
Not content with having a drug that might merely fight obesity and smoking, the company developing this eagerly…
Anorexic girls bond on Web to dismay of doctors
An underground subculture of teenage girls who bond over their eating disorders and glorify bone-thin celebrities has…
Too much belly fat may up later disability risk
Too much abdominal fat in middle age may increase the risk of disability in later years, according to…
Want to lose weight? Eat more, study finds
Losing weight may be as simple as eating more—eating more fruits and vegetables and less food that…
Anti-smoking pill may also fight fat
A new pill created to fight obesity and smoking is now being tested on humans for other…
Women don’t miss absent calories, test shows
Many women may not notice if a few meals contain significantly fewer calories than the meals they are…
Atkins diet slammed as bad-breath fad
THE Atkins diet is more likely to cause bad breath, constipation and headaches than other diets.
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Low-carb diet falls short of good health
PEOPLE who stay on the high-protein Atkins diet for too long could be harming their heart, kidneys and…
Atkins Sees Diet Pickup After New Year
The company behind the Atkins Diet on Friday shrugged off a recent decline in interest in low-carb diets…
Obesity, child mortality slowing US health gains
Rising obesity rates and the number of people without health insurance are placing a drag on health…
Other method used to reduce weight: Spot Reduction
Spot Exercising. Anyone seeking to lose weight must expect that the results may not be as cosmetically satisfying…
U.S. food labels need calorie clarity - FDA chief
How much did that afternoon snack cut into your daily allowance of calories?
The U.S. government…
Fat USA: Tackling the obesity epidemic
Obesity rates in Britain are soaring with one in five adults now classed as clinically obese.
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Diabetes cases ‘to double by 2010’
The number of diabetes sufferers is expected to double in Britain over the next ten years, causing a…
Health fears grow for junk food generation
THE FULL scale of the amount of junk food eaten by children is revealed today.
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