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Secondhand smoke worst for toddlers, obese kids (Reuters)
Reuters - Toddlers and obese children suffer far greater blood-vessel damage and other harm from secondhand smoke than other children, which could put them on the path to heart disease later in life, according to a new study.
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Obesity Rolling Back Gains in Heart Health (HealthDay)
HealthDay - TUESDAY, Nov. 17 (HealthDay News) -- Surging obesity rates, especially among children, may be putting the brakes on progress made in the past few decades against heart disease, researchers report.
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The Obese Don't Always Know It (LiveScience.com)
LiveScience.com - Some obese individuals don't realize they have a weight problem, a new study finds. That could be an unhealthy attitude as these same people tend not to exercise and have many risk factors for cardiovascular disease.
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On-off fasting helps obese adults shed pounds (Reuters)
Reuters - Fasting every other day can help obese people lose weight, a small study hints. Read more Weight reduction story.
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Teen Obesity: Lack of Exercise May Not Be to Blame (Time.com)
Time.com - New data from a long-term survey suggests that U.S. teens are no less active today than they were in 1991. Yet they've gotten increasingly heavier over the same period
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Gut Bacteria Might Be Making People Fat (HealthDay)
HealthDay - WEDNESDAY, Nov. 11 (HealthDay News) -- Eating a Westernized diet with lots of sugar and carbohydrates caused almost instantaneous changes in the gut flora of mice -- changes that caused the mice to become obese, researchers have found.
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Teen Obesity Ups MS Risk in Women (HealthDay)
HealthDay - TUESDAY, Nov. 10 (HealthDay News) -- While there are plenty of good reasons to avoid obesity in your teens, a new study now suggests that extra weight in adolescence may increase your risk of multiple sclerosis (MS) later.
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Lack of exercise may not explain teen obesity (Reuters)
Reuters - Most U.S. teenagers are not as active as they should be, but a lack of exercise does not seem to account for rising rates of teen obesity, a new study finds.
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To Feel Better, Low-Fat Diet May Be Best (HealthDay)
HealthDay - MONDAY, Nov. 9 (HealthDay News) -- Both a high-fat, low-carbohydrate diet such as the popular Atkins program and a low-fat, high-carb diet appear to help people lose pounds over the course of a year.
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Obesity Seems to Alter Heart Structure (HealthDay)
HealthDay - MONDAY, Nov. 9 (HealthDay News) -- Obesity is a major risk factor for left atrial enlargement, which increases the risk of atrial fibrillation, stroke and death, a new study shows.
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Obesity causes 100,000 US cancers every year: study (AFP)
AFP - Obesity causes more than 100,000 incidents of cancer in the US every year, the American Institute for Cancer Research said in estimates published Friday.
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Obesity causes 100,000 U.S. cancer cases, group says (Reuters)
Reuters - Obesity causes more than 100,000 cases of cancer in the United States each year -- and the number will likely rise as Americans get fatter, researchers said on Thursday.
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Takeda, Amylin to co-develop obesity drugs (Reuters)
Reuters - Japan's Takeda Pharmaceutical and U.S. Amylin Pharmaceuticals said on Monday they will co-develop and commercialize drugs to treat obesity, including two Amylin drugs in mid-stage trials.
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New York study says menu labeling affects behavior (Reuters)
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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Obese women often gain too many pregnancy pounds (Reuters)
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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Orexigen obesity drug shows added benefits: studies (Reuters)
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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Diabetes Drug May Boost Weight Loss in Obese Patients (HealthDay)
HealthDay - FRIDAY, Oct. 23 (HealthDay News) -- The diabetes drug liraglutide helps obese people without diabetes lose weight, researchers have found.
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Diabetes drug helps obese adults loss weight (Reuters)
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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Scientists seek origins of obesity in the womb (AP)
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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Diabetes drug also helps weight loss for obese: study (AFP)
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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