HealthDay - FRIDAY, Aug. 21 (HealthDay News) — Obesity increases the risk of
prostate cancer recurrence in both black and white men, says a U.S. study
that challenges previous research suggesting obesity may be more
significant for black men.

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LiveScience.com - A new study finds obese people have 8 percent less brain tissue than
normal-weight individuals. Their brains look 16 years older than the
brains of lean individuals, researchers said today.

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Reuters - Teens aren’t the only ones glued to the video game console. According to a new survey, the average video gamer in the U.S. today is 35 years old — and not all that healthy physically or emotionally.

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Reuters - Overweight children and teenagers may eat more when they have a snack with an overweight friend rather than a thinner peer, a new study suggests.

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Reuters - Caring for obese people is eating up an ever-bigger slice of the US health care spending pie, a new government report shows.

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Reuters - The rate of severe obesity among U.S. children and teenagers more than tripled over the past three decades, a new study finds.

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AP - An obese inmate in Texas has been charged after officials learned he had a gun hidden under flabs of his own flesh.

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AFP - An obese prisoner in Harris County, Texas has been charged with illegal possession of a firearm after he was discovered to be hiding a 9mm pistol in between his rolls of fat, local media reported Saturday.

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HealthDay - FRIDAY, July 31 (HealthDay News) — In the last 25 years, rates
of severe childhood obesity in the United States have tripled, putting
increasing numbers of children at risk for diabetes and heart disease,
says a new study.

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