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  • 10 Steps, Obesity, Overcome Your Personal Battle
    Fighting obesity can be difficult not only physically, but psychologically as well. Failed attempt at losing weight can take its toll on your body and mind and it is crucial to prepared mentally and physically in order to successfully lose weight. The ...

  • 4 Steps to Preventing Childhood Obesity
    In the past few years, information on childhood obesity seems to be everywhere. The reason for this is because of the frightening rate at which the number of obese children is growing. Society is consequently trying hard to react to a worsening problem ...

  • 6 Steps to Beating Childhood Obesity
    These days kids would rather spend time on the computer than go outside and kick a ball around or ride their bikes. And with all the junk food advertisements aimed at children by the media, us parents definitely have our jobs cut out for us.The bottom ...

  • 7 Part Plan To Beating Childhood Obesity
    Everyone from politicians to parents is talking about fighting the war against childhood flab. It is odd that in a relatively wealthy countries such as the US and Australia improving children’s health, weight and fitness should be a problem but it appears ...

  • A Cause of Diabetes? ... Obesity
    We all see the "daily" news reports that obesity related illnesses that are a growing killer in the world today. The death totals for obesity related diseases have increased by more than thirty percent in the last decade. Obesity contributes to heart ...

  • A Genuine Effort To Kill Obesity With Diet Pills!
    Diet Pills Many diet pills have been approved by the FDA in order to treat the rising Obesity epidemic. They are appetite suppressants which are helpful in limiting hunger or some diet pills work directly in the body and blocks fat from getting deposited. ...

  • A Look At Obesity
    If you thought being obese is being the target of fun, it only tells the part of the story about dangers and predicaments obesity exposes you to. Obesity is no more a simple result of overeating-lead-to-overweight case. To quote the American Obesity ...

  • A Simple and Permanent Cure for Childhood Obesity
    Scouring the multitude of medical research literature, media releases, and paediatric literature, it is absolutely clear that the cure for childhood obesity is a simple case of ensuring that children’s calorie intake is appropriate for the amount of ...

  • Acomplia Can Be The Deciding Factor In Reducing Obesity
    “How can Acomplia be the deciding factor in reducing obesity?” one may ask. By itself it cannot reduce or burn fats but it helps someone in reducing his or her food intake. It acts as an appetite suppressant. And as the appetite gets suppressed the food ...

  • Adult Obesity Becoming #1 Killer In The US
    Adult Obesity Overtaking Tobacco As #1 U.S. KillerAdult obesity is moving to the top of the list as the nations #1 killer. As Americans continue to eat themselves to death being overweight may soon pass up tobacco the leading cause of death according to ...

  • Alcohol Addiction and Obesity
    People who consume too much alcohol have good chance of making it to the Obesity chart. Pure alcohol contains 7 calories per gram. Endocrine disorders, hypothalamus dysfunction and pineal gland tumors can cause obesity. But many a times the primary ...

  • Approaches to the treatment of obesity and A Free Weight Loss Formula
    The general approach for treatment of obesity is to suggest a low calorie diet and increased physical activity. Ther are many weight loss programmes in the market. Some over-the-counter wellness products are also very popular these days as they claim to ...

  • Are You Eligible For Bariatric Surgery? “Obesity-Related Illness” Defined
    Most obesity centers have very specific eligibility criteria for their surgical patients. Usually, to be eligible for gastric bypass surgery you would need to have a BMI (Body Mass Index) of 40 or more, or a BMI of 35 to 39.9 with obesity related ...

  • Are Your Kids At Risk of Obesity?
    Kids need physical activity. We all know that, but if you are a parent have you stopped to consider how much physical activity your child has had today? It's clear that children in the US and other developed countries such as Australia and the UK are ...

  • Battling Childhood Obesity through Smart Eating
    Finally, a positive solution regarding America’s difficult and costly campaign to stem childhood obesity is emerging. For the thousands of children and their families who are currently battling with childhood obesity, this good news is long awaited. ...

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New York Times

Study Links Obesity to Ovarian Cancer
New York Times, United States - Jan 7, 2009
Earlier studies exploring the link between obesity and ovarian cancer have been inconsistent and contradictory, experts said, and this finding likely is not ...
Obesity may be linked to higher rates of ovarian cancer Los Angeles Times
Obesity Linked with Increased Risk of Ovarian Cancer Cancer Consultants
Obesity Can Be a Risk Factor for Ovarian Cancer HealthNews
Globe and Mail - WHIOtv.com
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Current World News

State readies campaign to curb obesity epidemic
Boston Globe, United States - Jan 7, 2009
Woodward, a former president of the Massachusetts Medical Society, said, "The "obesity epidemic is one of the primary public health threats we face now. ...
State set to launch anti-obesity campaign Boston Herald
Massachusetts, New York Launch Anti-Obesity Campaigns AHN
Mass. To Unveil Ambitious Anti-Obesity Program WBUR
The Associated Press - FOXNews
all 186 news articles

Orexigen says obesity pill works
San Diego Union Tribune, CA - 3 hours ago
The FDA has said obesity drugs need to demonstrate weight loss at least 5 percentage points above that seen with a dummy pill. “They didn't show that,” said ...
Orexigen obesity drug reduces weight in study Forbes
Orexigen Tanks After-Hours on Obesity Data TheStreet.com
BIOTECH: Mixed results for Orexigen obesity drug North County Times
Bloomberg - Reuters
all 42 news articles

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Study raises hope for obesity treatment
Reuters - Jan 6, 2009
By Julie Steenhuysen CHICAGO (Reuters) - US researchers may have found an obesity treatment that unlocks the fat-fighting promise of leptin, ...
New hope for failed obesity drug Boston Globe
Leptin Hormone Could Be Key To Combat Obesity I Really Should Study
Drugs Already Approved By FDA May Help Erase Obesity SmartAboutHealth
dBTechno - HealthJockey.com
all 98 news articles

Telegraph.co.uk

Multi-million pound Change4Life obesity campaign too 'simplistic'
Telegraph.co.uk, United Kingdom - 2 hours ago
The Government's flagship Change4Life anti-obesity campaign is too "simplistic" and partly funded by the companies that cause the problem, a leading medical ...
Sponsorship of campaign criticised The Press Association
Docs' rap for fat firms aid Mirror.co.uk
DoH under fire over Change4Life 'sponsorship' Healthcare Republic (press release)
all 80 news articles

Galapagos enters strategic alliance in diabetes and obesity with ...
FOXBusiness - 1 hour ago
The alliance will make use of Galapagos' proprietary SilenceSelect(R) target discovery platform for identification of novel targets in obesity and diabetes. ...
Galapagos, Merck form alliance to develop therapies in obesity ... RTT News
all 14 news articles

WWLP 22News

"Mass in Motion" aims to curb obesity
NECN, MA - 10 hours ago
The campaign called Mass in Motion comes after obesity rates rose more than 15 percent from 1990 to 2007 in the Bay State. Worcester public health director ...
Mass in Motion WWLP 22News
all 2 news articles

Will Americans put on "recession pounds"?
Reuters - 1 hour ago
The specter of "recession pounds" is a concern weighing on health professionals, who point to numerous studies linking obesity and unhealthy eating habits ...

LIVENEWS.com.au

Childhood obesity has stabilised: expert
Sydney Morning Herald, Australia - 3 hours ago
The food industry can take no credit for any plateau in Australia's rate of childhood obesity, a leading expert says. Professor Boyd Swinburn says new ...
Childhood obesity no myth: health expert ABC Online
Childhood obesity epidemic a myth The Australian
AFGC welcomes obesity findings Food Week
LIVENEWS.com.au - Entertainment and Showbiz!
all 26 news articles

How to fight America's obesity epidemic
Boston Globe, United States - Jan 7, 2009
A sophisticated and aggressive federal approach to obesity is needed. If the trend continues, obesity will account for more than $860 billion, ...
Research grant tackles pediatric obesity in Houston Media Newswire (press release)
all 2 news articles