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Mar 13th, 2009
With obesity reaching epidemic levels, researchers are studying a potentially long-term treatment that involves injecting a gene directly into one of the critical feeding and weight control centers of the brain.
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Mar 11th, 2009
Nearly seven out of 10 women who died from natural causes within a year after pregnancy were either obese or overweight, according to a new study of 64 such deaths in Virginia between 1999 and 2002.
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Mar 10th, 2009
Nearly half of overweight and obese African Americans who completed a 12-week, faith-based program lost 5 percent or more of their body weight and most kept it off for at least six months.
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Mar 9th, 2009
A team of specialists at UCSF Medical Center has treated its first patients as part of a multi-center clinical study to evaluate an incision-free procedure for the treatment of obesity.
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Mar 6th, 2009
Increased waist size is now shown to be linked to poorer lung function. The findings of a new study show that fat around the middle causes decreased lung function, despite gender, smoking history or body mass index (BMI).
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Mar 5th, 2009
Harley Pasternak is the author of the best-selling books 5-Factor Fitness (Putnam, 2005) and 5-Factor Diet (Meredith, 2006). After working with many celebrities, he is now taking on the global issue of obesity using the principles of his 5-factor plan.
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Feb 27th, 2009
We all can learn a lot from Utah Asians about the advantages of maintaining a healthy weight, because Utah reported to have the lowest obesity rates.
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Feb 27th, 2009
Obesity and smoking ten cigarettes a day have the same risk. The risks of obesity and smoking are the same. A study published in today's BMJ shows that obese adolescents have the same risk of premature death in adulthood as people who smoke more than 10 cigarettes a day, while those who are overweight have the same risk as less heavy smokers.
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Feb 23rd, 2009
Fit for Residents program will transform the future primary care workforce to be more effective practitioners in the prevention and management of pediatric obesity.
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Feb 23rd, 2009
There may be a reason teenagers are obese and eat more burgers and fries than fruits and vegetables: their parents.
