News: Weight Loss & Nutrition


Study: Banning fast-food TV ads could dent obesity      (AP)
================================================================================
by team on 19 November, 2008 10:28:59
 
AP - A little less "I'm Lovin' It" could put a significant dent in the problem
of childhood obesity, suggests a new study that attempts

Despite failures, search for obesity drugs still looks golden      (AFP)
================================================================================
by team on 15 November, 2008 10:57:23
 
AFP - Designers of anti-obesity drugs have suffered three major setbacks, but
the potential reward from treating the world's fat epidemic is so great that

U.S. menu labeling may be gaining steam      (Reuters)
================================================================================
by team on 14 November, 2008 12:11:48
 
Reuters - A nationwide system requiring fast-food chains to list calories on
their menus could be gaining support in Congress as more states adopt the

Waist, hip size key to predicting health risk      (Reuters)
================================================================================
by team on 12 November, 2008 12:09:23
 
Reuters - A large European study has confirmed that simple measurements of the
waist and hips may offer a better way of predicting obesity-related death

Obese kids' arteries look like middle-aged adults'      (Reuters)
================================================================================
by team on 11 November, 2008 11:29:44
 
Reuters - An obese child's arteries may be just as clogged as the arteries of
someone who is middle-aged, researchers said on Tuesday.

Weight-loss surgery may improve IVF outcomes      (Reuters)
================================================================================
by team on 11 November, 2008 10:20:11
 
Reuters - Preliminary findings from patients who underwent obesity surgery, also
known as bariatric surgery, at Washington University in St. Louis, indicate that
this procedure

Despite failures, search for anti-obesity drugs still looks golden      (AFP)
================================================================================
by team on 08 November, 2008 08:50:05
 
AFP - Designers of anti-obesity drugs have suffered three major setbacks, but
the potential reward from treating the world's fat epidemic is so great that

Banned Obesity Drug Tied to Heart Risks Long After Use      (HealthDay)
================================================================================
by team on 07 November, 2008 06:47:39
 
HealthDay - FRIDAY, Nov. 7 (HealthDay News) -- One of the "fen/phen" drugs once 
widely prescribed to help fight obesity has been tied to heart

Smoking Coupled With Obesity Raises Death Risk      (HealthDay)
================================================================================
by team on 07 November, 2008 06:47:41
 
HealthDay - FRIDAY, Nov. 7 (HealthDay News) -- Everyone knows smoking and  being
obese is not healthy for you, but now a new study shows

Banned Obesity Drug Tied to Heart Risks Long After Use      (HealthDay)
================================================================================
by team on 07 November, 2008 07:03:31
 
HealthDay - FRIDAY, Nov. 7 (HealthDay News) -- One of the "fen/phen" drugs  once
widely prescribed to help fight obesity has been tied to heart