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All rights reserved. http://news.yahoo.com/i/1419 health Weight Loss News en-us Fri, 20 Nov 2009 16:15:23 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/nm/20091120/hl_nm/us_obesity_adolescence nm/20091120/us_obesity_adolescence Reuters health Fri, 20 Nov 2009 16:15:23 GMT Reuters - A woman's risk of developing multiple sclerosis (MS) during her lifetime is doubled if she was obese at age 18, new research shows. http://us.rd.yahoo.com/dailynews/rss/weightloss/*http://news.yahoo.com/s/ap/20091120/ap_on_he_me/us_med_obesity_counties ap/20091120/us_med_obesity_counties AP health Fri, 20 Nov 2009 02:31:04 GMT <p><a href="http://us.rd.yahoo.com/dailynews/rss/weightloss/*http://news.yahoo.com/s/ap/20091120/ap_on_he_me/us_med_obesity_counties"><img src="http://d.yimg.com/a/p/ap/20091119/capt.225e82a7edd44121a49a1bfd5ccc8c69.obesity_counties_msrs103.jpg?x=86&y=130&q=85&sig=xEegYgzNTK_VdSPojIN3kg--" align="left" height="130" width="86" alt="A resident is photographed Thursday, Nov. 19, 2009 walking around downtown Lexington, Miss., in Holmes County. The first national statistics that look at obesity on the county level show that Mississippi has three counties among the worst in the nation, Humphreys, Jefferson and Holmes. High rates of obesity and diabetes were reported in more than in about 75 percent of counties in Alabama, Mississippi, Louisiana, Georgia and South Carolina. (AP Photo/Rogelio V. Solis)" border="0" /></a>AP - The first county-by-county survey of obesity reflects past studies that show the rate of obesity is highest in the Southeast and Appalachia. High rates of obesity and diabetes were reported in more than 80 percent of counties in the Appalachian region that includes Kentucky, Tennessee and West Virginia, according to the new research from the U.S. Centers for Disease Control and Prevention.</p><br clear="all"/> <p><a href="http://us.rd.yahoo.com/dailynews/rss/weightloss/*http://news.yahoo.com/s/ap/20091120/ap_on_he_me/us_med_obesity_counties"><img src="http://d.yimg.com/a/p/ap/20091119/capt.225e82a7edd44121a49a1bfd5ccc8c69.obesity_counties_msrs103.jpg?x=86&y=130&q=85&sig=xEegYgzNTK_VdSPojIN3kg--" align="left" height="130" width="86" alt="photo" title="A resident is photographed Thursday, Nov. 19, 2009 walking around downtown Lexington, Miss., in Holmes County. The first national statistics that look at obesity on the county level show that Mississippi has three counties among the worst in the nation, Humphreys, Jefferson and Holmes. High rates of obesity and diabetes were reported in more than in about 75 percent of counties in Alabama, Mississippi, Louisiana, Georgia and South Carolina. (AP Photo/Rogelio V. Solis)" border="0"/></a></p><br clear="all"/> (AP) http://us.rd.yahoo.com/dailynews/rss/weightloss/*http://news.yahoo.com/s/hsn/20091120/hl_hsn/appalachiasoutheasthithardestbyobesityanddiabetes hsn/20091120/appalachiasoutheasthithardestbyobesityanddiabetes HealthDay health Fri, 20 Nov 2009 00:25:34 GMT HealthDay - THURSDAY, Nov. 19 (HealthDay News) -- While rates of obesity are climbing across America, they are especially high in sections of Appalachia and the Southeast, the U.S. Centers for Disease Control and Prevention reports in its first county-by-county survey. http://us.rd.yahoo.com/dailynews/rss/weightloss/*http://news.yahoo.com/s/ap/20091119/ap_on_re_us/us_stuck_in_chair ap/20091119/us_stuck_in_chair AP health Thu, 19 Nov 2009 23:51:36 GMT AP - When an ambulance brought Daniel Webb home from the hospital after he hurt his knee in March, paramedics warned the then 550-pound man he probably wouldn't be able to get up from his recliner if they put him there, his wife said. http://us.rd.yahoo.com/dailynews/rss/weightloss/*http://news.yahoo.com/s/nm/20091119/hl_nm/us_carb_diet nm/20091119/us_carb_diet Reuters health Thu, 19 Nov 2009 19:57:32 GMT Reuters - Low-carb and high-carb diets work equally well for maintaining weight loss, Australian researchers report. http://us.rd.yahoo.com/dailynews/rss/weightloss/*http://news.yahoo.com/s/hsn/20091119/hl_hsn/toddlersobesekidssuffermostfromsmoke hsn/20091119/toddlersobesekidssuffermostfromsmoke HealthDay health Thu, 19 Nov 2009 04:48:44 GMT HealthDay - WEDNESDAY, Nov. 18 (HealthDay News) -- Secondhand smoke harms the cardiovascular health of children, especially toddlers and obese youngsters, U.S. researchers say. http://us.rd.yahoo.com/dailynews/rss/weightloss/*http://news.yahoo.com/s/nm/20091118/hl_nm/us_heart_smoke nm/20091118/us_heart_smoke Reuters health Wed, 18 Nov 2009 17:30:36 GMT Reuters - Toddlers and obese children suffer far greater blood-vessel damage and other harm from secondhand smoke than other children, which could put them on the path to heart disease later in life, according to a new study. http://us.rd.yahoo.com/dailynews/rss/weightloss/*http://news.yahoo.com/s/hsn/20091118/hl_hsn/obesityrollingbackgainsinhearthealth hsn/20091118/obesityrollingbackgainsinhearthealth HealthDay health Wed, 18 Nov 2009 04:48:50 GMT HealthDay - TUESDAY, Nov. 17 (HealthDay News) -- Surging obesity rates, especially among children, may be putting the brakes on progress made in the past few decades against heart disease, researchers report. http://us.rd.yahoo.com/dailynews/rss/weightloss/*http://news.yahoo.com/s/livescience/20091117/sc_livescience/theobesedontalwaysknowit livescience/20091117/theobesedontalwaysknowit LiveScience.com health Tue, 17 Nov 2009 21:06:11 GMT LiveScience.com - Some obese individuals don't realize they have a weight problem, a new study finds. That could be an unhealthy attitude as these same people tend not to exercise and have many risk factors for cardiovascular disease. http://us.rd.yahoo.com/dailynews/rss/weightloss/*http://news.yahoo.com/s/nm/20091112/hl_nm/us_fasting_obese nm/20091112/us_fasting_obese Reuters health Thu, 12 Nov 2009 19:09:11 GMT Reuters - Fasting every other day can help obese people lose weight, a small study hints. http://us.rd.yahoo.com/dailynews/rss/weightloss/*http://news.yahoo.com/s/time/20091112/hl_time/08599193677700 time/20091112/08599193677700 Time.com health Thu, 12 Nov 2009 15:15:00 GMT <p><a href="http://us.rd.yahoo.com/dailynews/rss/weightloss/*http://news.yahoo.com/s/time/20091112/hl_time/08599193677700"><img src="http://d.yimg.com/a/p/ap/20091119/capt.ad7a20d8135d45bead7c7340bd590958.obama_ad_football_ny190.jpg?x=130&y=98&q=85&sig=fTAJYf6ebPJqt1.yLGHQWA--" align="left" height="98" width="130" alt="In this photo released by the NFL, President Barack Obama, along with Dallas Cowboys linebacker DeMarcus Ware, left, New Orleans Saints quarterback Drew Brees, second from right, and Pittsburgh Steelers safety Troy Polamalu, right, greet children at the White House during the filming of a public service announcement recently in Washington. The 90-second spot shows Obama and the NFL stars playing touch football with local children on the White House lawn. The PSA promotes the league's Play 60 campaign, which encourages physical activity to combat childhood obesity, and the president's community service initiative United We Serve. (AP Photo/NFL, Mike Brown)" border="0" /></a>Time.com - New data from a long-term survey suggests that U.S. teens are no less active today than they were in 1991. Yet they've gotten increasingly heavier over the same period</p><br clear="all"/> <p><a href="http://us.rd.yahoo.com/dailynews/rss/weightloss/*http://news.yahoo.com/s/time/20091112/hl_time/08599193677700"><img src="http://d.yimg.com/a/p/ap/20091119/capt.ad7a20d8135d45bead7c7340bd590958.obama_ad_football_ny190.jpg?x=130&y=98&q=85&sig=fTAJYf6ebPJqt1.yLGHQWA--" align="left" height="98" width="130" alt="photo" title="In this photo released by the NFL, President Barack Obama, along with Dallas Cowboys linebacker DeMarcus Ware, left, New Orleans Saints quarterback Drew Brees, second from right, and Pittsburgh Steelers safety Troy Polamalu, right, greet children at the White House during the filming of a public service announcement recently in Washington. The 90-second spot shows Obama and the NFL stars playing touch football with local children on the White House lawn. The PSA promotes the league's Play 60 campaign, which encourages physical activity to combat childhood obesity, and the president's community service initiative United We Serve. (AP Photo/NFL, Mike Brown)" border="0"/></a></p><br clear="all"/> (Time.com) http://us.rd.yahoo.com/dailynews/rss/weightloss/*http://news.yahoo.com/s/hsn/20091112/hl_hsn/gutbacteriamightbemakingpeoplefat hsn/20091112/gutbacteriamightbemakingpeoplefat HealthDay health Thu, 12 Nov 2009 04:48:42 GMT HealthDay - WEDNESDAY, Nov. 11 (HealthDay News) -- Eating a Westernized diet with lots of sugar and carbohydrates caused almost instantaneous changes in the gut flora of mice -- changes that caused the mice to become obese, researchers have found. http://us.rd.yahoo.com/dailynews/rss/weightloss/*http://news.yahoo.com/s/hsn/20091111/hl_hsn/teenobesityupsmsriskinwomen hsn/20091111/teenobesityupsmsriskinwomen HealthDay health Wed, 11 Nov 2009 04:48:45 GMT HealthDay - TUESDAY, Nov. 10 (HealthDay News) -- While there are plenty of good reasons to avoid obesity in your teens, a new study now suggests that extra weight in adolescence may increase your risk of multiple sclerosis (MS) later. http://us.rd.yahoo.com/dailynews/rss/weightloss/*http://news.yahoo.com/s/nm/20091110/hl_nm/us_teen_obesity nm/20091110/us_teen_obesity Reuters health Tue, 10 Nov 2009 20:56:39 GMT Reuters - Most U.S. teenagers are not as active as they should be, but a lack of exercise does not seem to account for rising rates of teen obesity, a new study finds. http://us.rd.yahoo.com/dailynews/rss/weightloss/*http://news.yahoo.com/s/hsn/20091110/hl_hsn/tofeelbetterlowfatdietmaybebest hsn/20091110/tofeelbetterlowfatdietmaybebest HealthDay health Tue, 10 Nov 2009 04:49:52 GMT HealthDay - MONDAY, Nov. 9 (HealthDay News) -- Both a high-fat, low-carbohydrate diet such as the popular Atkins program and a low-fat, high-carb diet appear to help people lose pounds over the course of a year. http://us.rd.yahoo.com/dailynews/rss/weightloss/*http://news.yahoo.com/s/hsn/20091110/hl_hsn/obesityseemstoalterheartstructure hsn/20091110/obesityseemstoalterheartstructure HealthDay health Tue, 10 Nov 2009 04:49:50 GMT HealthDay - MONDAY, Nov. 9 (HealthDay News) -- Obesity is a major risk factor for left atrial enlargement, which increases the risk of atrial fibrillation, stroke and death, a new study shows. http://us.rd.yahoo.com/dailynews/rss/weightloss/*http://news.yahoo.com/s/afp/20091106/ts_alt_afp/healthussciencecancer afp/20091106/healthussciencecancer AFP health Fri, 06 Nov 2009 22:17:30 GMT <p><a href="http://us.rd.yahoo.com/dailynews/rss/weightloss/*http://news.yahoo.com/s/afp/20091106/ts_alt_afp/healthussciencecancer"><img src="http://d.yimg.com/a/p/afp/20091106/capt.photo_1257545804407-1-0.jpg?x=90&y=130&q=85&sig=r2j4MvJBqaViXpoQU4PmnA--" align="left" height="130" width="90" alt="Obesity causes more than 100,000 incidents of cancer in the US every year, the American Institute for Cancer Research said in estimates published Friday.(AFP/File)" border="0" /></a>AFP - Obesity causes more than 100,000 incidents of cancer in the US every year, the American Institute for Cancer Research said in estimates published Friday.</p><br clear="all"/> <p><a href="http://us.rd.yahoo.com/dailynews/rss/weightloss/*http://news.yahoo.com/s/afp/20091106/ts_alt_afp/healthussciencecancer"><img src="http://d.yimg.com/a/p/afp/20091106/capt.photo_1257545804407-1-0.jpg?x=90&y=130&q=85&sig=r2j4MvJBqaViXpoQU4PmnA--" align="left" height="130" width="90" alt="photo" title="Obesity causes more than 100,000 incidents of cancer in the US every year, the American Institute for Cancer Research said in estimates published Friday.(AFP/File)" border="0"/></a></p><br clear="all"/> (AFP) http://us.rd.yahoo.com/dailynews/rss/weightloss/*http://news.yahoo.com/s/nm/20091106/hl_nm/us_cancer_obesity nm/20091106/us_cancer_obesity Reuters health Fri, 06 Nov 2009 12:52:53 GMT <p><a href="http://us.rd.yahoo.com/dailynews/rss/weightloss/*http://news.yahoo.com/s/nm/20091106/hl_nm/us_cancer_obesity"><img src="http://d.yimg.com/a/p/rids/20091106/i/r3927443627.jpg?x=130&y=84&q=85&sig=3UzDgjeg8S1QLXzI422Mag--" align="left" height="84" width="130" alt="A woman walks along the boardwalk while leaving the U.S. Open tennis tournament in New York September 4, 2007. REUTERS/Lucas Jackson" border="0" /></a>Reuters - Obesity causes more than 100,000 cases of cancer in the United States each year -- and the number will likely rise as Americans get fatter, researchers said on Thursday.</p><br clear="all"/> <p><a href="http://us.rd.yahoo.com/dailynews/rss/weightloss/*http://news.yahoo.com/s/nm/20091106/hl_nm/us_cancer_obesity"><img src="http://d.yimg.com/a/p/rids/20091106/i/r3927443627.jpg?x=130&y=84&q=85&sig=3UzDgjeg8S1QLXzI422Mag--" align="left" height="84" width="130" alt="photo" title="A woman walks along the boardwalk while leaving the U.S. Open tennis tournament in New York September 4, 2007. REUTERS/Lucas Jackson" border="0"/></a></p><br clear="all"/> (Reuters) http://us.rd.yahoo.com/dailynews/rss/weightloss/*http://news.yahoo.com/s/nm/20091102/hl_nm/us_takeda_amylin nm/20091102/us_takeda_amylin Reuters health Mon, 02 Nov 2009 00:53:22 GMT Reuters - Japan's Takeda Pharmaceutical and U.S. Amylin Pharmaceuticals said on Monday they will co-develop and commercialize drugs to treat obesity, including two Amylin drugs in mid-stage trials. http://us.rd.yahoo.com/dailynews/rss/weightloss/*http://news.yahoo.com/s/nm/20091026/hl_nm/us_obesity_newyork nm/20091026/us_obesity_newyork Reuters health Mon, 26 Oct 2009 19:57:52 GMT Reuters - New York's mandate that fast-food restaurants post calorie information on their menus has changed consumer habits, the city said on Monday, contradicting a recent independent study showing no effect.