AFP - The appetite-curbing hormone leptin influences brain circuits that tell us when we are hungry and when we are full, according to a study released Monday that could help in the fight against obesity.
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.
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.
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.
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.
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.
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.
AFP - Some 1,800 researchers will gather in New Orleans this weekend to discuss efforts to treat and contain the worldwide obesity epidemic.
AFP - Individuals cannot take all the blame if they are obese — modern society adds pressure to put on weight, a report said Wednesday.
The Eternal Quilters Quilt Guild will once again join forces this weekend with the Friendship Quilt Guild to present their ninth biennial quilt show, A Quilter’s Harvest.