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In the past year, nearly half of the 50 US states saw obesity ...

(AFP/File) — Wed, 01 Jul 2009 21:53:11 GMT

(AFP/File) - In the past year, nearly half of the 50 US states saw obesity rates rise and no state saw a fall in the number of people who were obese, according to the sixth annual "F as in Fat" report by the Trust for America's Health and the Robert Wood Johnson Foundation.(AFP/File)

The United States is losing its battle against bulging waistlines, ...

(AFP/File) — Wed, 01 Jul 2009 21:53:11 GMT

(AFP/File) - The United States is losing its battle against bulging waistlines, with two-thirds of Americans now overweight or obese, according to an annual report(AFP/File/Greg Wood)

U.S. map shows adult obesity prevalence by state ...

(AP) — Wed, 01 Jul 2009 18:23:14 GMT

(AP) - U.S. map shows adult obesity prevalence by state

FILE - In this Oct. 24, 2007 file photo, Amin Chakma puts up ...

(AP) — Tue, 30 Jun 2009 01:56:32 GMT

(AP) - FILE - In this Oct. 24, 2007 file photo, Amin Chakma puts up new menus featuring calorie counts at a Subway restaurant in New York. California will step up its campaign against obesity when three new laws dealing with restaurant and school food take effect July 1, 2009. The new calorie-count requirements are modeled after a New York City ordinance and affect 123 chains with at least 20 restaurants in California. (AP Photo/Dima Gavrysh, File)

An overweight Brazilian boy plays with his mother on Copacabana ...

(Reuters) — Mon, 29 Jun 2009 22:16:51 GMT

(Reuters) - An overweight Brazilian boy plays with his mother on Copacabana beach in Rio de Janeiro, December 16, 2004. REUTERS/Sergio Moraes

Shadows of patients at a weight reduction clinic. Weight-loss ...

(AFP/File) — Wed, 24 Jun 2009 13:31:53 GMT

(AFP/File) - Shadows of patients at a weight reduction clinic. Weight-loss surgery that curbs food intake by stitching up parts of the stomach or small intestine reduces the risk of cancer in obese women by more than 40 percent, according to a study.(AFP/File/Frederic J. Brown)

OPTIFAST Program Launches New Meal Replacement Bars for Those ...

(AP) — Tue, 23 Jun 2009 21:28:33 GMT

(AP) - OPTIFAST Program Launches New Meal Replacement Bars for Those Battling Obesity. (PRNewsFoto/OPTIFAST Program)

Obesity during early adulthood raises the chances that a person ...

(AFP/File) — Tue, 23 Jun 2009 20:13:29 GMT

(AFP/File) - Obesity during early adulthood raises the chances that a person will be diagnosed with pancreatic cancer, according to a study released Tuesday.(AFP/File)

Health experts have long warned of the risk of obesity, but ...

(AFP/Getty Images/File) — Fri, 19 Jun 2009 10:14:10 GMT

(AFP/Getty Images/File) - Health experts have long warned of the risk of obesity, but a new Japanese study warns that being very skinny is even more dangerous, and that slightly chubby people live longer.(AFP/Getty Images/File/Tim Boyle)

Yang Chen-ning, a professor and chairman of the Shaw Prize board ...

(AFP) — Tue, 16 Jun 2009 10:52:24 GMT

(AFP) - Yang Chen-ning, a professor and chairman of the Shaw Prize board announces the winners in Hong Kong. Two scientists whose work challenges the assumption that obesity is caused by a lack of willpower were Tuesday announced as the winners of the Shaw Prize, known as the Nobel Prize of the east.(AFP/Mike Clarke)

A man competes in a hot dog eating contest in Fort Worth, Texas ...

(AFP/Getty Images/File) — Tue, 16 Jun 2009 10:52:24 GMT

(AFP/Getty Images/File) - A man competes in a hot dog eating contest in Fort Worth, Texas in 2008. Two scientists whose work challenges the assumption that obesity is caused by a lack of willpower have won the Shaw Prize, known as the Nobel Prize of the east.(AFP/Getty Images/File/Streeter Lecka)

A man and child receive a hot meal at the Los Angeles Mission ...

(AFP/Getty Images/File) — Thu, 04 Jun 2009 15:20:26 GMT

(AFP/Getty Images/File) - A man and child receive a hot meal at the Los Angeles Mission in April 2009 in Los Angeles, California. The recession has put US children at greater risk of everything from obesity, as parents substitute cheap fast food for healthy meals; to poverty, as adults lose jobs; to crime and instability, a report has found.(AFP/Getty Images/File/David Mcnew)

Job seekers searching online for new opportunities at the East ...

(AFP/Getty Images/File) — Thu, 04 Jun 2009 15:20:26 GMT

(AFP/Getty Images/File) - Job seekers searching online for new opportunities at the East Bay Works One-Stop Career Center in Oakland, California, in January 2009. The recession has put US children at greater risk of everything from obesity, as parents substitute cheap fast food for healthy meals; to poverty, as adults lose jobs; to crime and instability, a report has found.(AFP/Getty Images/File)

Donuts, French fries and fried chicken. Children in the United ...

(AFP/File) — Thu, 04 Jun 2009 15:20:26 GMT

(AFP/File) - Donuts, French fries and fried chicken. Children in the United States are at risk of "recession obesity" as parents substitute cheap, fast food for healthy meals to try to weather the economic slump, a report published Wednesday showed.(AFP/File/Robert Sullivan)

Liliana Gomez, an administrative coordinator at Cedars-Sinai ...

(AP) — Wed, 03 Jun 2009 20:00:43 GMT

(AP) - Liliana Gomez, an administrative coordinator at Cedars-Sinai Medical Center in Los Angeles, poses in an examination room at the hospital Tuesday, June 2, 2009. Gomez was one of the first Americans to undergo scarless obesity surgery, an experimental procedure where doctors snake thick tubing down the throat of a sedated patient, from which they staple portions of the upper stomach from inside. (AP Photo/Reed Saxon)

Liliana Gomez, an administrative coordinator at Cedars-Sinai ...

(AP) — Wed, 03 Jun 2009 20:00:21 GMT

Graphic shows process of the TOGA scarless obesity surgery ...

(AP) — Wed, 03 Jun 2009 15:37:49 GMT

(AP) - Graphic shows process of the TOGA scarless obesity surgery