AP - When Kathy Perusse had weight-loss surgery and shed 120 pounds, she may have done more than make her own life easier.

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Reuters - New York’s mandate that fast-food restaurants post calorie information on their menus has changed consumer habits, the city said on Monday, contradicting a recent independent study showing no effect.

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Reuters - Obese adults may shed more weight with the diabetes drug liraglutide than with the weight-loss drug orlistat (Xenical, Alli), suggests a study in The Lancet this week.

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HealthDay - FRIDAY, Oct. 23 (HealthDay News) — The diabetes drug liraglutide helps
obese people without diabetes lose weight, researchers have found.

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Reuters - Nearly half of patients who completed 56 weeks of treatment with Orexigen Therapeutics Inc’s experimental obesity treatment, Contrave, lost at least 10 percent of their weight in a late-stage study and the drug also appeared to help cholesterol and blood sugar levels.

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Reuters - Most obese women gain more weight than is recommended during pregnancy, and may find those pounds tough to shed in the long run, a new study suggests.

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AFP - A hormone drug licensed for diabetes also helps obese people lose weight when used in combination with a low-fat diet and physical exercise, according to a trial published online on Friday by The Lancet.

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AP - The memory still bothers Ken Keller: A panicked ambulance crew had a critically ill patient, but the man weighed more than 1,000 pounds and could not fit inside the vehicle. And the stretcher wasn’t sturdy enough to hold him.

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HealthDay - WEDNESDAY, Oct. 21 (HealthDay News) — People who are super obese
and those with the most chronic health problems face an increased risk for
dying within a year after weight-loss surgery, a new U.S. study has
found.

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HealthDay - WEDNESDAY, Oct. 21 (HealthDay News) — Obese women who gain more
than 15 pounds during pregnancy tend to retain much of it long after
delivery, a new U.S. study finds.

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Time.com - Several cases in recent years — in California, New Mexico, Texas and New York, as well as Canada — have garnered attention because a child’s obesity resulted in loss of custody

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HealthDay - FRIDAY, Oct. 16 (HealthDay News) — Women who become obese — a
step above overweight — by the age of 18 are more likely to become
infertile and develop polycystic ovarian syndrome than others, new
research suggests.

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HealthDay - THURSDAY, Oct. 15 (HealthDay News) — Air pollution appears to hit the
obese hardest, causing significant increases in blood pressure, a new
study finds.

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Reuters - Obesity may lead to numerous health problems, but it may actually be linked to fewer successful suicides, according to a new study.

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AP - Grilled chicken replaced the hot dogs. Strawberries instead of cookies at snack time. No more fruit juice mdash; water or low-fat milk only. This is the new menu at a Delaware day care center, part of a fledgling movement to take the fight against obesity to pudgy preschoolers.

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Reuters - Women who are overweight or obese when they get pregnant are more likely to give birth to children with congenital heart defects, according to a U.S. government study released on Thursday.

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HealthDay - FRIDAY, Oct. 2 (HealthDay News) — The time frame in which
gastric bypass surgery can be used to reverse morbid obesity in teens
could be much shorter than previously believed, U.S. researchers say.

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Reuters - U.S. schools are doing a little better to limit the amount of junk food students can buy in vending machines or elsewhere, the U.S. Centers for Disease Control and Prevention said on Monday.

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HealthDay - TUESDAY, Sept. 29 (HealthDay News) — If excess weight doesn’t kill you
by old age, it could make your life miserable in the form of chronic
health problems and impaired mental fitness.

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AP - Being fat in middle age may slash women’s chances of making it to their golden years in good health by almost 80 percent, a new study says. American researchers observed more than 17,000 female nurses with an average age of 50 in the U.S. All of the women were healthy when the study began in 1976. Researchers then monitored the women’s weight, along with other health changes, every two years until 2000.

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