Weight Loss & Nutrition
Fat Cells in Obese People Are 'Sick' (HealthDay)
HealthDay - WEDNESDAY, Aug. 27 (HealthDay News) -- Fat cells in obese people
are "sick" compared to those in lean people, a new study shows.
Study points to brain chemical involved in obesity (Reuters)
Reuters - Researchers studying people with a rare genetic disorder have identified a brain chemical that may play a role in appetite and obesity, a ...
Fat Cells in Obese People Are 'Sick' (HealthDay)
HealthDay - WEDNESDAY, Aug. 27 (HealthDay News) -- Fat cells in obese people are "sick" compared to those in lean people, a new study shows. ...
Attorney: Obese Texas woman didn't strike nephew (AP)
AP - A nearly half-ton Texas woman charged in the death of her toddler nephew couldn't have beaten the boy to death because of her ...
Gastric bypass surgery reverses metabolic syndrome (Reuters)
Reuters - Metabolic syndrome, a cluster of conditions that increases the risk of heart disease, stroke and diabetes, in extremely obese patients can be cured ...
Obese Ohio death row inmate asks state for mercy (AP)
AP - An inmate on Ohio's death row is asking for clemency, saying he's so fat that executioners would have trouble finding his veins for ...
Prosecutors trying to get obese defendant to court (AP)
AP - Prosecutors are trying to decide how to jail and bring to court a nearly half-ton, bedridden woman accused of killing her 2-year-old nephew. ...
Using 'good' fat to fight obesity: study (AFP)
AFP - Scientists have found two genetic triggers for producing healthful "good" fat in mice, pointing the way to a new treatment for obesity, according ...
"Good" fat may be new weapon in obesity fight (Reuters)
Reuters - A new understanding of the origins of brown fat cells -- the "good" kind of fat that burns energy and keeps us warm ...
Obesity Rates Up in 37 States: Report (HealthDay)
HealthDay - TUESDAY, Aug. 19 (HealthDay News) -- The obesity epidemic in America has gotten worse -- not better -- in the last year, despite public service ...
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