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All rights reserved. http://news.yahoo.com/i/1419 health Weight Loss News en-us Thu, 02 Jul 2009 23:04:12 GMT 5 142 18 http://news.yahoo.com/i/1419 http://l.yimg.com/a/i/us/nws/th/main_142b.gif http://us.rd.yahoo.com/dailynews/rss/weightloss/*http://news.yahoo.com/s/hsn/20090702/hl_hsn/kidswithtype1diabetesoftenoverweight hsn/20090702/kidswithtype1diabetesoftenoverweight HealthDay health Thu, 02 Jul 2009 23:04:12 GMT HealthDay - THURSDAY, July 2 (HealthDay News) -- Children with type 1 diabetes are more likely to be overweight than those without the disease, increasing their risk of serious health complications, researchers say. http://us.rd.yahoo.com/dailynews/rss/weightloss/*http://news.yahoo.com/s/hsn/20090702/hl_hsn/obesityratescontinuetoclimbinus hsn/20090702/obesityratescontinuetoclimbinus HealthDay health Thu, 02 Jul 2009 03:49:13 GMT HealthDay - WEDNESDAY, July 1 (HealthDay News) -- The rates of adult obesity in the United States increased in 23 states during the past year and did not decrease in any state. http://us.rd.yahoo.com/dailynews/rss/weightloss/*http://news.yahoo.com/s/ap/20090702/ap_on_re_us/us_med_obesity_rankings ap/20090702/us_med_obesity_rankings AP health Thu, 02 Jul 2009 00:44:27 GMT <p><a href="http://us.rd.yahoo.com/dailynews/rss/weightloss/*http://news.yahoo.com/s/ap/20090702/ap_on_re_us/us_med_obesity_rankings"><img src="http://d.yimg.com/a/p/afp/20090623/capt.photo_1245787955960-1-0.jpg?x=78&y=130&q=85&sig=IWbOVh.qr0tQS9BvGzKEVQ--" align="left" height="130" width="78" alt="Obesity during early adulthood raises the chances that a person will be diagnosed with pancreatic cancer, according to a study released Tuesday.(AFP/File)" border="0" /></a>AP - Mississippi's still king of cellulite, but an ominous tide is rolling toward the Medicare doctors in neighboring Alabama: obese baby boomers.</p><br clear="all"/> <p><a href="http://us.rd.yahoo.com/dailynews/rss/weightloss/*http://news.yahoo.com/s/ap/20090702/ap_on_re_us/us_med_obesity_rankings"><img src="http://d.yimg.com/a/p/afp/20090623/capt.photo_1245787955960-1-0.jpg?x=78&y=130&q=85&sig=IWbOVh.qr0tQS9BvGzKEVQ--" align="left" height="130" width="78" alt="photo" title="Obesity during early adulthood raises the chances that a person will be diagnosed with pancreatic cancer, according to a study released Tuesday.(AFP/File)" border="0"/></a></p><br clear="all"/> (AP) http://us.rd.yahoo.com/dailynews/rss/weightloss/*http://news.yahoo.com/s/nm/20090701/hl_nm/us_obesity_usa nm/20090701/us_obesity_usa Reuters health Wed, 01 Jul 2009 17:21:17 GMT Reuters - Obesity rates continued to climb in the past year with 23 U.S. states reporting adults in their states are fatter now than they were a year ago, two advocacy groups said on Wednesday. http://us.rd.yahoo.com/dailynews/rss/weightloss/*http://news.yahoo.com/s/ap/20090701/ap_on_he_me/us_med_obesity_rankings_states ap/20090701/us_med_obesity_rankings_states AP health Wed, 01 Jul 2009 11:38:30 GMT AP - State-by-state list of obesity rates, rankings http://us.rd.yahoo.com/dailynews/rss/weightloss/*http://news.yahoo.com/s/hsn/20090701/hl_hsn/obesegethigherdosesofradiationforxrays hsn/20090701/obesegethigherdosesofradiationforxrays HealthDay health Wed, 01 Jul 2009 03:48:42 GMT HealthDay - TUESDAY, June 30 (HealthDay News) -- People who are overweight and obese are usually given higher-than-normal doses of radiation in order to obtain usable X-ray images, even though the long-term effects are unknown, new research contends. http://us.rd.yahoo.com/dailynews/rss/weightloss/*http://news.yahoo.com/s/ap/20090629/ap_on_re_us/us_seals_kid_fitness ap/20090629/us_seals_kid_fitness AP health Mon, 29 Jun 2009 18:47:52 GMT <p><a href="http://us.rd.yahoo.com/dailynews/rss/weightloss/*http://news.yahoo.com/s/ap/20090629/ap_on_re_us/us_seals_kid_fitness"><img src="http://d.yimg.com/a/p/ap/20090629/capt.d7d245923dab47edbd339004b0230b08.seals_kid_fitness_maes101.jpg?x=87&y=130&q=85&sig=T2XYoO3gL_eKR.5q2YE4ng--" align="left" height="130" width="87" alt="A Northern Fur Seal stretches his mouth on the trainer's command at the New England Aquarium in Boston on Friday, June 26, 2009. A new program titled 'Move It!' featured in a new exhibit at the aquarium, aims to entice an increasingly obese generation of kids to get moving. (AP Photo/Eric J. Shelton)" border="0" /></a>AP - Yes, he's obsessed with grooming, and he occasionally barks at you, but in most ways Isaac is not your typical fitness instructor. He weighs in at 350, eats 16 pounds of food at a time and he's only 9 years old. And he's a seal.</p><br clear="all"/> <p><a href="http://us.rd.yahoo.com/dailynews/rss/weightloss/*http://news.yahoo.com/s/ap/20090629/ap_on_re_us/us_seals_kid_fitness"><img src="http://d.yimg.com/a/p/ap/20090629/capt.d7d245923dab47edbd339004b0230b08.seals_kid_fitness_maes101.jpg?x=87&y=130&q=85&sig=T2XYoO3gL_eKR.5q2YE4ng--" align="left" height="130" width="87" alt="photo" title="A Northern Fur Seal stretches his mouth on the trainer's command at the New England Aquarium in Boston on Friday, June 26, 2009. A new program titled 'Move It!' featured in a new exhibit at the aquarium, aims to entice an increasingly obese generation of kids to get moving. (AP Photo/Eric J. Shelton)" border="0"/></a></p><br clear="all"/> (AP) http://us.rd.yahoo.com/dailynews/rss/weightloss/*http://news.yahoo.com/s/hsn/20090626/hl_hsn/obesepoorshutoutfromweightlosssurgeries hsn/20090626/obesepoorshutoutfromweightlosssurgeries HealthDay health Fri, 26 Jun 2009 03:49:12 GMT HealthDay - THURSDAY, June 25 (HealthDay News) -- Despite having one of the highest rates of obesity in America, the poor are less likely to undergo weight loss surgery than obese people who are better off financially, new research shows. http://us.rd.yahoo.com/dailynews/rss/weightloss/*http://news.yahoo.com/s/afp/20090624/hl_afp/healthobesitycancersurgery afp/20090624/healthobesitycancersurgery AFP health Wed, 24 Jun 2009 13:31:53 GMT <p><a href="http://us.rd.yahoo.com/dailynews/rss/weightloss/*http://news.yahoo.com/s/afp/20090624/hl_afp/healthobesitycancersurgery"><img src="http://d.yimg.com/a/p/afp/20090624/capt.photo_1243470003431-1-0.jpg?x=130&y=82&q=85&sig=MfGKsEjY2MD2.xGcb_LQhw--" align="left" height="82" width="130" alt="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)" border="0" /></a>AFP - 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 released Thursday.</p><br clear="all"/> <p><a href="http://us.rd.yahoo.com/dailynews/rss/weightloss/*http://news.yahoo.com/s/afp/20090624/hl_afp/healthobesitycancersurgery"><img src="http://d.yimg.com/a/p/afp/20090624/capt.photo_1243470003431-1-0.jpg?x=130&y=82&q=85&sig=MfGKsEjY2MD2.xGcb_LQhw--" align="left" height="82" width="130" alt="photo" title="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)" border="0"/></a></p><br clear="all"/> (AFP) http://us.rd.yahoo.com/dailynews/rss/weightloss/*http://news.yahoo.com/s/hsn/20090624/hl_hsn/obesitywhileyoungboostspancreaticcancerrisk hsn/20090624/obesitywhileyoungboostspancreaticcancerrisk HealthDay health Wed, 24 Jun 2009 03:49:51 GMT HealthDay - TUESDAY, June 23 (HealthDay News) -- Being overweight or obese as a young adult increases the risk for pancreatic cancer, and obesity in middle age is linked with poorer survival from the disease, a new study finds. http://us.rd.yahoo.com/dailynews/rss/weightloss/*http://news.yahoo.com/s/ap/20090624/ap_on_he_me/eu_med_obesity_surgery_cancer ap/20090624/eu_med_obesity_surgery_cancer AP health Wed, 24 Jun 2009 00:13:28 GMT AP - Women who have their stomachs stapled not only lose weight, they also may reduce their cancer risk by up to 40 percent, new research says. In a study of more than 2,000 obese people who had surgery to reduce the size of their stomachs, Swedish researchers found women who had the procedure were less likely to get cancer than those who did not. http://us.rd.yahoo.com/dailynews/rss/weightloss/*http://news.yahoo.com/s/nm/20090624/hl_nm/us_obesity nm/20090624/us_obesity Reuters health Wed, 24 Jun 2009 00:10:26 GMT <p><a href="http://us.rd.yahoo.com/dailynews/rss/weightloss/*http://news.yahoo.com/s/nm/20090624/hl_nm/us_obesity"><img src="http://d.yimg.com/a/p/afp/20090701/capt.photo_1246457255795-1-0.jpg?x=78&y=130&q=85&sig=HzqKbroBxWa0P6L8crjtcA--" align="left" height="130" width="78" alt="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)" border="0" /></a>Reuters - Weight-loss surgery may help obese women lower their risk of developing cancer, Swedish researchers said on Tuesday.</p><br clear="all"/> <p><a href="http://us.rd.yahoo.com/dailynews/rss/weightloss/*http://news.yahoo.com/s/nm/20090624/hl_nm/us_obesity"><img src="http://d.yimg.com/a/p/afp/20090701/capt.photo_1246457255795-1-0.jpg?x=78&y=130&q=85&sig=HzqKbroBxWa0P6L8crjtcA--" align="left" height="130" width="78" alt="photo" title="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)" border="0"/></a></p><br clear="all"/> (Reuters) http://us.rd.yahoo.com/dailynews/rss/weightloss/*http://news.yahoo.com/s/nm/20090623/hl_nm/us_many_overweight_youngsters nm/20090623/us_many_overweight_youngsters Reuters health Tue, 23 Jun 2009 22:28:59 GMT Reuters - In a study of urban-living mostly African American adolescents, nearly 40 percent were overweight or obese, and 27 percent of these youngsters underestimated their weight, researchers report. http://us.rd.yahoo.com/dailynews/rss/weightloss/*http://news.yahoo.com/s/afp/20090623/ts_alt_afp/healthuscancer afp/20090623/healthuscancer AFP health Tue, 23 Jun 2009 20:13:29 GMT <p><a href="http://us.rd.yahoo.com/dailynews/rss/weightloss/*http://news.yahoo.com/s/afp/20090623/ts_alt_afp/healthuscancer"><img src="http://d.yimg.com/a/p/afp/20090623/capt.photo_1245787955960-1-0.jpg?x=78&y=130&q=85&sig=IWbOVh.qr0tQS9BvGzKEVQ--" align="left" height="130" width="78" alt="Obesity during early adulthood raises the chances that a person will be diagnosed with pancreatic cancer, according to a study released Tuesday.(AFP/File)" border="0" /></a>AFP - Obesity during early adulthood raises the chances that a person will be diagnosed with pancreatic cancer, according to a study released Tuesday.</p><br clear="all"/> <p><a href="http://us.rd.yahoo.com/dailynews/rss/weightloss/*http://news.yahoo.com/s/afp/20090623/ts_alt_afp/healthuscancer"><img src="http://d.yimg.com/a/p/afp/20090623/capt.photo_1245787955960-1-0.jpg?x=78&y=130&q=85&sig=IWbOVh.qr0tQS9BvGzKEVQ--" align="left" height="130" width="78" alt="photo" title="Obesity during early adulthood raises the chances that a person will be diagnosed with pancreatic cancer, according to a study released Tuesday.(AFP/File)" border="0"/></a></p><br clear="all"/> (AFP) http://us.rd.yahoo.com/dailynews/rss/weightloss/*http://news.yahoo.com/s/hsn/20090623/hl_hsn/obesitygreatlyraisesendometrialcancerrisk hsn/20090623/obesitygreatlyraisesendometrialcancerrisk HealthDay health Tue, 23 Jun 2009 03:49:02 GMT HealthDay - MONDAY, June 22 (HealthDay News) -- Obesity is already linked to heart disease, diabetes and high blood pressure, but new research finds those extra pounds can also significantly increase a woman's risk of developing endometrial cancer, especially if she experiences early menopause. http://us.rd.yahoo.com/dailynews/rss/weightloss/*http://news.yahoo.com/s/ap/20090622/ap_on_re_us/vt_burpless_cows ap/20090622/vt_burpless_cows AP science Mon, 22 Jun 2009 04:01:43 GMT <p><a href="http://us.rd.yahoo.com/dailynews/rss/weightloss/*http://news.yahoo.com/s/ap/20090622/ap_on_re_us/vt_burpless_cows"><img src="http://d.yimg.com/a/p/ap/20090621/capt.c0652a17fcd8409cadc6b4be50bd0442.burpless_cows_mr201.jpg?x=130&y=94&q=85&sig=qaQ8xY79U9WwZ6L_IgnXJQ--" align="left" height="94" width="130" alt="This June 16, 2009 photo shows Tim Maikshilo and his wife, Kristen Dellert, posing with one of their Holsteins in Coventry, Vt. Yogurt maker Stonyfield Farm wants its cows to burp less. It's for a noble cause: cutting down on the gases that contribute to global warming. Working with 15 Vermont farms to change cows' diets so they emit less methane, it has already reduced cow burping by as much as 18 percent. (AP Photo/Toby Talbot)" border="0" /></a>AP - Vermont dairy farmers Tim Maikshilo and Kristen Dellert, mindful of shrinking their carbon footprint, have changed their cows' diet to reduce the amount of gas the animals burp — dairy cows' contribution to global warming.</p><br clear="all"/> <p><a href="http://us.rd.yahoo.com/dailynews/rss/weightloss/*http://news.yahoo.com/s/ap/20090622/ap_on_re_us/vt_burpless_cows"><img src="http://d.yimg.com/a/p/ap/20090621/capt.c0652a17fcd8409cadc6b4be50bd0442.burpless_cows_mr201.jpg?x=130&y=94&q=85&sig=qaQ8xY79U9WwZ6L_IgnXJQ--" align="left" height="94" width="130" alt="photo" title="This June 16, 2009 photo shows Tim Maikshilo and his wife, Kristen Dellert, posing with one of their Holsteins in Coventry, Vt. Yogurt maker Stonyfield Farm wants its cows to burp less. It's for a noble cause: cutting down on the gases that contribute to global warming. Working with 15 Vermont farms to change cows' diets so they emit less methane, it has already reduced cow burping by as much as 18 percent. (AP Photo/Toby Talbot)" border="0"/></a></p><br clear="all"/> (AP) http://us.rd.yahoo.com/dailynews/rss/weightloss/*http://news.yahoo.com/s/ap/20090616/ap_on_he_me/us_med_ama_meeting ap/20090616/us_med_ama_meeting AP health Tue, 16 Jun 2009 23:20:43 GMT AP - The American Medical Association has taken action to support doctors' ability to discuss obesity with their overweight patients. http://us.rd.yahoo.com/dailynews/rss/weightloss/*http://news.yahoo.com/s/afp/20090616/ts_alt_afp/hongkongscienceprizehealthobesity afp/20090616/hongkongscienceprizehealthobesity AFP health Tue, 16 Jun 2009 10:52:24 GMT <p><a href="http://us.rd.yahoo.com/dailynews/rss/weightloss/*http://news.yahoo.com/s/afp/20090616/ts_alt_afp/hongkongscienceprizehealthobesity"><img src="http://d.yimg.com/a/p/afp/20090616/capt.photo_1245148880330-1-0.jpg?x=92&y=130&q=85&sig=RShvbJDkQ3oYVwljt582xA--" align="left" height="130" width="92" alt="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)" border="0" /></a>AFP - Two scientists whose work challenges the assumption that obesity is caused by a lack of willpower were on Tuesday announced as the winners of the Shaw Prize, known as the Nobel Prize of the east.</p><br clear="all"/> <p><a href="http://us.rd.yahoo.com/dailynews/rss/weightloss/*http://news.yahoo.com/s/afp/20090616/ts_alt_afp/hongkongscienceprizehealthobesity"><img src="http://d.yimg.com/a/p/afp/20090616/capt.photo_1245148880330-1-0.jpg?x=92&y=130&q=85&sig=RShvbJDkQ3oYVwljt582xA--" align="left" height="130" width="92" alt="photo" title="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)" border="0"/></a></p><br clear="all"/> (AFP) http://us.rd.yahoo.com/dailynews/rss/weightloss/*http://news.yahoo.com/s/ap/20090616/ap_on_he_me/us_med_healthbeat_fat___bone ap/20090616/us_med_healthbeat_fat___bone AP health Tue, 16 Jun 2009 07:14:48 GMT AP - It isn't just the thunder thighs that shrink after obesity surgery. Melting fat somehow thins bones, too. http://us.rd.yahoo.com/dailynews/rss/weightloss/*http://news.yahoo.com/s/hsn/20090616/hl_hsn/heartassociationwarnsofsurgeryrisksinobese hsn/20090616/heartassociationwarnsofsurgeryrisksinobese HealthDay health Tue, 16 Jun 2009 03:49:08 GMT HealthDay - MONDAY, June 15 (HealthDay News) -- Severely obese people undergoing surgery are at greater risk of heart problems, wound infections, prolonged hospital stays and other complications, according to a Scientific Advisory from the American Heart Association.