Parents don’t realize kids are fat (AP)
Monday, December 24th, 2007AP - A startling number of parents may be in denial about their youngsters' weight.
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AP - A startling number of parents may be in denial about their youngsters' weight.
Weight Loss Surgery May Help Less Severely Obese (HealthDay)
Saturday, December 22nd, 2007HealthDay - FRIDAY, Dec. 21 (HealthDay News) --The morbidly obese may not be the only people who should be eligible for bariatric surgery to lose weight, U.S. researchers report.
698-pound man dies after stomach surgery (AP)
Friday, December 21st, 2007AP - A man who weighed 698 pounds died Friday of heart failure after undergoing an operation to remove 80 percent of his stomach in a desperate effort to reduce his weight.
Very obese wait longer for transplant (AP)
Thursday, December 20th, 2007AP - Very obese people who need a kidney transplant are far less likely to get one than normal weight people, and when they do, their wait is an average of a year to 18 months longer, a new study found.
Adoptive Mo. dad’s obesity tale trashed (AP)
Tuesday, December 18th, 2007AP - A man who gained national media attention by claiming he was not allowed to adopt a baby because of his weight was awarded temporary custody of the child, but the judge chided him and his wife, saying they knew the primary reason the boy had been removed from ...
Obesity Weakens Immune Response (HealthDay)
Thursday, December 13th, 2007HealthDay - WEDNESDAY, Dec. 12 (HealthDay News) -- Obese people find it harder to fight infections, and a weakened immune response may be to blame, suggests a new study from Boston University researchers.
TV can raise blood pressure in obese children (Reuters)
Wednesday, December 12th, 2007Reuters - Obese children who watch a lot of television are more likely to have high blood pressure than heavy children who don't spend as much time in front of the tube, the results of a new study shows.
Obesity hurts a woman’s chances of conception (Reuters)
Tuesday, December 11th, 2007Reuters - Obesity decreases the chances that a woman will get pregnant, and the more obese she is, the worse her prospects of conception, Dutch researchers said on Tuesday.
Obesity linked to weaker immunity in animals: study (AFP)
Monday, December 10th, 2007AFP - Obese mice are less able to fight off bacterial infection than lean mice, according to a study released Monday that supports emerging evidence of a link between obesity and a dysfunctional immune system.
Obesity, Diabetes Linked to Cancers (HealthDay)
Saturday, December 8th, 2007HealthDay - FRIDAY, Dec. 7 (HealthDay News) -- Obesity and diabetes -- risk factors so often linked to heart disease -- can also affect the incidence and severity of cancer, a collection of four new studies suggests.