Archive for January, 2010
HealthDay - THURSDAY, Jan. 28 (HealthDay News) — Despite the warnings that
being overweight will kill you, a new Australian study finds that
overweight adults over the age of 70 are less likely to die over a 10-year
period than their normal-weight peers.
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Reuters - People with high blood pressure who want to drop some pounds may want to choose a low-carb diet, a new study shows.
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AP - First lady Michelle Obama framed her national campaign against childhood obesity in intensely personal terms Thursday, relating that her own daughters were starting to get off-track before the family’s pediatrician gave her a wake-up call and warned her to watch it.
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AFP - Overweight septuagenarians are less likely to die within 10 years than people of normal weight in the same age group, an Australian study said Thursday.
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If you like this post, please buy me a beer for $3 8-)HealthDay - MONDAY, Jan. 25 (HealthDay News) — A low-carbohydrate diet helps
people shed as many pounds as a low-fat diet plus the weight-loss drug
orlistat does, and the low-carb plan may be better at helping lower blood
pressure, researchers report.
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If you like this post, please buy me a beer for $3 8-)HealthDay - FRIDAY, Jan. 22 (HealthDay News) — Obesity increases the risk of
developing a common and virulent form of kidney cancer, a new study
finds.
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If you like this post, please buy me a beer for $3 8-)Reuters - Fake versions of GlaxoSmithKline’s over-the-counter diet pill were contaminated with dangerously high levels of a prescription weight loss ingredient, U.S. officials warned on Saturday.
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If you like this post, please buy me a beer for $3 8-)HealthDay - THURSDAY, Jan. 21 (HealthDay News) — The more overweight you
are, the more likely you are to have a stroke, a new study reports.
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Meridia should not be used by people with a history of heart problems
because the drug can increase the risk of heart attack and stroke in such
people, U.S. drug regulators said Thursday.
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Reuters - Doctors should screen children and teens between 6 and 18 years for extra pounds, a federal task force recommends.
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If you like this post, please buy me a beer for $3 8-)HealthDay - MONDAY, Jan. 18 (HealthDay News) — Gastric bypass surgery could
have life-extending benefits for most of the five percent of Americans who
are very obese, a new study suggests.
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Reuters - Weight Watchers International Inc sued Jenny Craig Inc for allegedly lying in advertising about a supposedly superior weight-loss program to capitalize on consumers’ New Year’s resolutions to shed extra pounds.
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If you like this post, please buy me a beer for $3 8-)Reuters - Obese people are more likely to develop kidney stones than normal weight individuals, but severe obesity doesn’t seem to further increase risk, research in the Journal of Urology shows.
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If you like this post, please buy me a beer for $3 8-)AP - An influential advisory panel says school-aged youngsters and teens should be screened for obesity and sent to intensive behavior treatment if they need to lose weight mdash; a move that could transform how doctors deal with overweight children.
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If you like this post, please buy me a beer for $3 8-)Reuters - Waiting longer to start infants on solid food could make for slimmer adults, new research shows.
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If you like this post, please buy me a beer for $3 8-)HealthDay - MONDAY, Jan. 18 (HealthDay News) — A federal panel of health experts
has issued new recommendations encouraging U.S. doctors to screen children
aged 6 and older for obesity, and to offer them a referral to intensive
weight management programs when necessary.
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If you like this post, please buy me a beer for $3 8-)HealthDay - TUESDAY, Jan. 19 (HealthDay News) — The more complex a person’s
diet plan, the sooner the person will abandon it, a new study finds.
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Time.com - The steady rise in the percentage of overweight and obese adults and children appears to have finally leveled off
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If you like this post, please buy me a beer for $3 8-)Reuters - Having weight-loss surgery? Shedding a few pounds before the surgery might reduce your risk of having surgical complications, a new study hints.
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AP - Raise a glass of diet soda: The nation’s obesity rate appears to have stalled. But the latest numbers still show that more than two-thirds of adults and almost a third of kids are overweight, with no sign of improvement.
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