LiveScience.com - Despite the high-intensity workout that college football linemen get out on the field, they are not protected from developing obesity, heart disease and related ailments later in life, a new study finds.

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LiveScience.com - Anti-hunger aromas that make one feel full could help fight the global obesity epidemic, scientists now suggest.

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AFP - Cardiovascular disease linked to obesity may be worse than thought while health problems associated with being underweight may have been overstated, according to a study published by the British Medical Journal (BMJ) on Wednesday.

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HealthDay - THURSDAY, Dec. 17 (HealthDay News) — While physicians and
surgeons are getting better at treating heart attacks and other
cardiovascular problems, too many Americans are ignoring the basic rules
for preventing them, according to new statistics from the American Heart
Association.

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HealthDay - TUESDAY, Dec. 15 (HealthDay News) — Among teenagers, being
overweight or obese increases the risk of obstructive sleep apnea, but the
same does not appear to be true for younger children, Australian
researchers have found.

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AFP - Obesity rates among Taiwanese children now rival those in the United States with a quarter classed as overweight or morbidly fat, a doctor said Sunday after compiling island-wide figures.

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Reuters - Obesity is becoming more common among poor city dwellers in Africa because of easier access to cheap, high fat, high sugar foods, scientists said on Tuesday.

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AP - Some children get severely obese because they lack particular chunks of DNA, which kicks their hunger into overdrive, researchers report.

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AP - Obese students at a historically black college near Philadelphia won’t have to take a fitness class to graduate after all.

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Reuters - Vigorous exercise may be an especially good way to keep kids lean, but sitting around, in and of itself, doesn’t appear to have a major role in making them fat, new research shows.

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