Archive for November 2nd, 2007

Brain’s ‘Reward Chemical’ May Help Spur Obesity (HealthDay)

Friday, November 2nd, 2007

HealthDay - THURSDAY, Oct. 25 (HealthDay News) — A new study provides more
evidence that dopamine — a brain chemical associated with reward,
pleasure, movement and motivation — plays a role in obesity.

US schools wage war against obesity (AFP)

Friday, November 2nd, 2007

File photo shows a student at McLean High School in Virginia, buying soft drinks from a vending machine. Educators and health officials have stepped up their fight against obesity in US schools by trying to replace greasy fast food with healthy meals, and are seeing small but encouraging results.(AFP/File/Paul J Richards)AFP - Educators and health officials have stepped up their fight against obesity in US schools by trying to replace greasy fast food with healthy meals, and are seeing small but encouraging results.


Obesity Can Hurt Kids’ Hearts (HealthDay)

Friday, November 2nd, 2007

HealthDay - WEDNESDAY, Oct. 24 (HealthDay News) — Obese children and those at risk
for obesity show early signs of heart disease — similar to that seen in
obese adults, U.S. researchers say.

More obese US kids ending up in the hospital: study (AFP)

Friday, November 2nd, 2007

The number of children hospitalized in the United States for health problems linked to obesity tripled from 1998 to 2004, according to a study presented here Wednesday.(AFP/File/Jeane-Charles Sexe)AFP - The number of children hospitalized in the United States for health problems linked to obesity tripled from 1998 to 2004, according to a study presented here Wednesday.


Overweight Now a Global Problem (HealthDay)

Friday, November 2nd, 2007

HealthDay - MONDAY, Oct. 22 (HealthDay News) — Worldwide, 40 percent of men
and 30 percent of women are now overweight, and 24 percent of men and 27
percent of women are obese, say researchers who looked at data from 63
countries.

Obesity ads too soft on fat, critics say (AP)

Friday, November 2nd, 2007

Fast food french fries are photographed in Southfield, Mich., in this Feb. 4, 2007 file photo. (AP Photo/Carlos Osorio, file)AP - Drunks swimming in gin, smokers in body bags and dopers living with their parents deep into adulthood. Those are among the public service ads shown in the past. But the government’s new batch of obesity spots declines even to show a fat person, let alone wag a finger for gluttony or sloth.


Obesity becoming a global problem (Reuters)

Friday, November 2nd, 2007

An overweight Brazilian woman walks on Copacabana beach in Rio de Janeiro, in this file photo from December 16, 2004. (Sergio Moraes/Reuters)Reuters - People are getting fatter in all
parts of the world, with the possible exception of east Asia,
doctors found in a one-day global snapshot of obesity.


Conference to examine world obesity epidemic (AFP)

Friday, November 2nd, 2007

An obese woman leaves a cookie store in Los Angeles. Some 1,800 researchers will gather in New Orleans this weekend to discuss efforts to treat and contain the worldwide obesity epidemic.(AFP/File/Robyn Beck)AFP - Some 1,800 researchers will gather in New Orleans this weekend to discuss efforts to treat and contain the worldwide obesity epidemic.


Society adds pressure to be obese: report (AFP)

Friday, November 2nd, 2007

An obese woman walks in a street in Caen, western France. A study by British government think-tank Foresight called for greater help to counter the AFP - Individuals cannot take all the blame if they are obese — modern society adds pressure to put on weight, a report said Wednesday.


Obesity a result of modern life (Reuters)

Friday, November 2nd, 2007

An overweight pedestrian sits on a wall outside the Houses of Parliament in London in this March 31, 2004 file photo.. Obesity does not result simply from over-eating and a lack of exercise, but is a consequence of modern life, a government think-tank said on Wednesday. (Toby Melville/Files/Reuters)Reuters - Obesity does not result simply from
over-eating and a lack of exercise, but is a consequence of
modern life, a British government think-tank said on Wednesday.