 | States push online fitness programs [March 19, 2007] |
| INDIANAPOLIS - Arleen East started the year in a rut — overweight, sedentary and plagued by bouts of depression only deepened by her unflattering extra bulk. Since those dark days of winter, the 47-year-old single mother has dropped 16 pounds from her 5-foot-7 frame. She's down to 192 and is pressing ahead with her goal to slim down to 145.
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| Resistance to Hormone Leptin Called Key to Obesity [March 17, 2007] |
| WEDNESDAY, March 7 (HealthDay News) -- Researchers may have uncovered the biochemical defect that underlies food-induced obesity in mice. |
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Source: Analysis and discussion on alternative health and medical news. |
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| Are Common Chemicals Feeding Obesity Epidemic? [March 15, 2007] |
| THURSDAY, March 15 (HealthDay News) -- Exposure to a class of chemicals commonly found in soap and plastics could be fueling the obesity epidemic by contributing to abdominal obesity and insulin resistance in men, a new study suggests.
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| Health Tip: Prevent Obesity in Your Child [March 14, 2007] |
| (HealthDay News) -- The incidence of childhood obesity has more than doubled in the past two decades, according to the U.S. Centers for Disease Control and Prevention. |
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Source: Analysis and discussion on alternative health and medical news. |
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| Obesity, illness speed testosterone decline [March 14, 2007] |
| NEW YORK (Reuters Health) - Gaining too much weight can accelerate the decline in testosterone levels that accompanies aging, a new study shows.
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Source: Analysis and discussion on alternative health and medical news. |
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| Obesity surgery complication studied [March 14, 2007] |
| RALEIGH, N.C. - Doctors warn that a few obesity surgery patients have developed a serious neurological condition, with symptoms of confusion and poor coordination, linked to a lack of vitamin B1. |
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Source: Analysis and discussion on alternative health and medical news. |
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| Obese More Likely to Be Kept in the Hospital After Stroke [March 13, 2007] |
| TUESDAY, March 13 (HealthDay News) -- Obese people are much less likely than lean patients to be discharged directly home from a hospital after being treated for ischemic stroke (reduced or blocked blood flow to the brain), a U.S. study finds. |
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Source: Analysis and discussion on alternative health and medical news. |
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| Neurological condition linked to obesity surgery [March 12, 2007] |
| WASHINGTON (Reuters) - Some obese people who have weight-loss surgery, particularly younger women, develop a neurological condition most often seen in severe alcoholics and linked to a vitamin deficiency, researchers said on Monday.
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| Congress steers spending to aliens, obese GIs [March 7, 2007] |
| WASHINGTON (Reuters) - Taxpayers are funding a telescope to search for space aliens and research devoted to improving the shelf-life of vegetables, part of $13.2 billion in special-interest projects the U.S. Congress approved last year, a private watchdog group said on Wednesday. |
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| Obesity doubles in Sweden in 25 years [March 7, 2007] |
| STOCKHOLM (AFP) - The number of obese people in Sweden has doubled in the past 25 years, with one in 10 Swedes now considered largely overweight, a Statistics Sweden study showed. |
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| Obesity Surgery Triples Among U.S. Teens [March 6, 2007] |
| CHICAGO - The number of U.S. children having obesity surgery has tripled in recent years, surging at a pace that could mean more than 1,000 such operations this year, new research suggests. While the procedure is still far more common in adults, it appears to be slightly less risky in teens, according to an analysis of data on 12- to 19-year-olds who had obesity surgery from 1996 through 2003.
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| Obese couples have tougher time having babies [March 6, 2007] |
| WASHINGTON (Reuters) - Obese couples have a more difficult time conceiving a baby than couples of normal weight, according to a study published on Tuesday identifying another consequence of putting on too much weight. |
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Source: Analysis and discussion on alternative health and medical news. |
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| Atkins low-carb diet is best weight-loss friend for women: study [March 6, 2007] |
| WASHINGTON (AFP) - The carbohydrate-slashing Atkins diet gained new scientific support Tuesday after a controlled test of four popular regimes showed Atkins followers losing nearly twice the weight of the closest competitor. |
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Source: Analysis and discussion on alternative health and medical news. |
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| Researchers Investigate Weight-Puberty Link [March 5, 2007] |
| Girls who were overweight as children might be reaching puberty earlier. But which comes first? Researchers are trying to figure out whether increased body fat causes early puberty, or puberty causes weight gain. |
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| Childhood obesity triggers early puberty: study [March 5, 2007] |
| CHICAGO (Reuters) - Childhood obesity in the United States appears to be causing girls to reach puberty at an earlier age, for reasons that are not clear, a study said on Monday. |
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