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obese feature articles



Young children more likely to be obese if given antibiotics as babies, study shows
Published August 29 2012
Concepts: antibiotics, study, children, body, exposure

Study finds new weapon in the fight against diabetes
Published July 18 2012
Concepts: insulin, sterculic oil, study, blood, raw

Anti-obesity vaccine shot offers false promise of staying slim even on a junk food diet
Published July 10 2012
Concepts: obesity, food, junk food, vaccine, weight

Weight-loss pharmaceutical that caused tumors in animal studies approved for Lazy America
Published July 4 2012
Concepts: drug, FDA, men, tumors, studies

Change your gut flora and lose weight
Published June 29 2012
Concepts: gut, gut flora, weight, obesity, weight loss

Obesity is bankrupting America, disease costs soar
Published May 6 2012
Concepts: obesity, costs, cost, health, obese


Obesity - the epidemic Big Medical loves to hate
Published May 4 2012
Concepts: epidemic, obesity, medical, men, obese

Study vilifying 'fat' as cause of low sperm count in men flawed
Published March 24 2012
Concepts: study, sperm, fat, men, sperm count

Just one soda per day can cause heart attacks in men
Published March 16 2012
Concepts: heart, soda, sugar, heart attacks, men

British women the most obese in Europe
Published February 7 2012
Concepts: obesity, obese, women, British women, 5

Low vitamin D in children behind current explosion of new diabetes cases
Published December 15 2011
Concepts: children, Vitamin D, diabetes, health, weight

New research finds possible reason for obesity and type 2 diabetes epidemics in kids: lack of vitamin D
Published December 6 2011
Concepts: Vitamin D, diabetes, obesity, Type 2 diabetes, research

Every other American obese by 2030?
Published September 14 2011
Concepts: food, obese, foods, body, healthy

Starvation and Obesity
Published August 20 2011
Concepts: magnesium, leptin, insulin, obesity, body

US pediatrician suggests government should take obese children away from their parents
Published July 19 2011
Concepts: children, child, obese, parents, food

US pediatrician suggests government should take obese children away from their parents
Published July 18 2011
Concepts: children, child, obese, food, parents

Obese and trying to get pregnant? Fertility treatments might not work for you, suggests study
Published July 7 2011
Concepts: women, obese, treatments, weight, fertility

Doctors refusing to treat overweight patients?
Published June 25 2011
Concepts: doctors, patients, overweight, WHO, obese

Babies in the womb to be administered with anti-obesity drug
Published May 23 2011
Concepts: babies, anti-obesity, health, drug, obese

Vitamin D deficiency linked to childhood obesity
Published May 2 2011
Concepts: Vitamin D, deficiency, vitamin D deficiency, childhood, health

Overweight and obese individuals at higher risk for vitamin D deficiency
Published February 15 2011
Concepts: Vitamin D, overweight, obese, risk, health

McDonald's ordered to pay obese employee thousands in settlement
Published November 6 2010
Concepts: McDonald's, obese, food, gain, obesity

Three-fourths of Americans obese or overweight by 2020, says alarming report
Published October 10 2010
Concepts: America, health, food, americans, people

Mainstream media claims cold virus causes obesity; food choice and exercise make no difference
Published September 20 2010
Concepts: virus, obesity, food, exercise, causes

Overweight Emergency Recruits Threaten Public Safety
Published March 12 2010
Concepts: emergency, overweight, obesity, health, study

Majority of Obese People Fail to Recognize Their Own Obesity
Published March 6 2010
Concepts: obese, people, BMI, adults, obesity

Obesity Causes Increased Risk of Kidney Cancer, Kidney Stones, and Stroke
Published January 29 2010
Concepts: obesity, kidney stones, cancer, risk, kidney cancer

As if we're not obese enough, authorities want to raise the daily calorie recommendations
Published December 14 2009
Concepts: health, obesity, obese, calories, weight

One in Six Children Clinically Obese Before Starting Primary School
Published December 1 2009
Concepts: children, obese, obesity, weight, risk

Obese People Create an Extra Billion Tons of CO2 Each Year, Warn Experts
Published October 27 2009
Concepts: people, obese, CO2, world, food

Obesity Linked To Brain Degeneration
Published September 17 2009
Concepts: brain, weight, people, obesity, overweight

Brains are Shrinking in the Overweight: A Look at Why
Published September 7 2009
Concepts: chemical, food, chemicals, brains, foods

Swine Flu Kills Obese People: Is U.S. Primed for a Pandemic Catastrophe?
Published July 12 2009
Concepts: obese, pandemic, flu, swine flu, patients

Just Being Overweight Shortens Life: Effects of Excess Weight may Match Smoking
Published March 26 2009
Concepts: weight, overweight, study, health, smoking

Two Important Ways to Lower Risk of Heart Failure
Published February 3 2009
Concepts: heart, risk, failure, heart failure, men

Statins Raise Prostate Cancer Risk of Obese Men
Published January 3 2009
Concepts: cancer, risk, prostate cancer, Prostate, cancer risk

How Media Drives Obesity in Children and Simple Counter Tactics
Published November 28 2008
Concepts: child, children, obesity, media, health

Five Ways One Has To Pay the Price for Obesity
Published November 3 2008
Concepts: health, cost, obese, costs, weight

Diabetes 101: Obesity and Its Relation to Insulin Resistance (Part 3 of 4)
Published September 3 2008
Concepts: insulin, resistance, insulin resistance, diabetes, obesity

Obese People to Blame for Accelerating Global Warming?
Published August 30 2008
Concepts: obese, people, food, weight, BMI

Obese Air Passengers May be Charged Fees Based on Body Weight Due to Skyrocketing Fuel Prices
Published August 29 2008
Concepts: weight, fuel, obese, body, body weight

Being Obese Accelerates Growth of Cancers
Published August 27 2008
Concepts: cancer, obese, risk, increase, men

Too Much TV Makes Your Kids Obese, Researchers Find
Published August 21 2008
Concepts: researchers, child, children, kids, obese

High-Fat, High-Carb Meals Cause More Oxidative Stress in Obese People
Published August 5 2008
Concepts: stress, obese, oxidative stress, meals, inflammation

Overfeeding Your Child May be Considered a Crime
Published July 29 2008
Concepts: child, weight, obese, overweight, health

Chemical Causes of Diabetes: Overeating Is Not the Only Problem
Published July 25 2008
Concepts: diabetes, men, 5, food, chemical

Landmark Study Finds Obesity to be More Dangerous to Health than Smoking
Published March 11 2008
Concepts: obesity, dangerous, study, King, health

The Link Between Obesity, Cancer, and Toxicity (Part 1)
Published March 10 2008
Concepts: cancer, obesity, fat, risk, toxicity

Obese Children Often Suffer From Iron Deficiency, Causing Behavioral Problems
Published February 20 2008
Concepts: iron, iron deficiency, children, obese children, child

Seventy-Five Percent of U.S. Adults to be Overweight by 2015
Published December 13 2007
Concepts: overweight, adults, obese, obesity, researchers

To Combat Obesity, Find Thinner Friends
Published November 18 2007
Concepts: obesity, combat, weight, overweight, obese

Obesity found to turn off appetite suppressant hormone
Published April 4 2007
Concepts: obesity, appetite, appetite suppressant, research, obese

Pomegranate leaf extract shows promise as appetite suppressant in animal experiments
Published March 19 2007
Concepts: pomegranate leaf, pomegranate, extract, appetite, shows

Study: Being overweight can increase risk of death from existing prostate cancer condition
Published January 17 2007
Concepts: cancer, Prostate, prostate cancer, overweight, risk

Animal study links yet another health problem with trans fats: an increase in stubborn belly fat
Published January 11 2007
Concepts: fat, health, weight, trans fat, belly fat

Obese diabetics misjudge calorie intake, study finds
Published December 15 2006
Concepts: obese, study, caloric intake, men, diabetics

Exercise boosts health of obese women even without dieting
Published December 7 2006
Concepts: women, exercise, health, study, obese

Double jeopardy: Obese smokers at higher risk of death (press release)
Published November 20 2006
Concepts: risk, death, obese, smokers, cancer

Disease of Older Adults Now Seen in Young, Obese Adults (press release)
Published November 14 2006
Concepts: disease, obese, patients, adults, younger

Study shows link between morbid obesity, low IQ in toddlers (press release)
Published October 19 2006
Concepts: IQ, child, study, research, children

Fitness level affects bariatric surgery outcomes (press release)
Published October 4 2006
Concepts: surgery, fitness, bariatric surgery, patients, complications

Focus on weight undermines motivation for healthy lifestyle changes among people of all sizes (press release)
Published October 2 2006
Concepts: weight, overweight, men, lifestyle, healthy

Prepregnancy weight is increasing, bringing greater risk (press release)
Published September 12 2006
Concepts: weight, risk, women, 5, increase

Baby fat not so harmless: Overweight infants lead to obese adults
Published September 6 2006
Concepts: overweight, baby, fat, lead, infants

Study shows strong link between obesity and depression (press release)
Published September 6 2006
Concepts: health, obesity, depression, study, men

Higher death rates associated with increasing degrees of obesity, PITT researchers report (press release)
Published September 5 2006
Concepts: obesity, death, women, weight, 5

Obesity in Middle Age Linked to Higher Risk of Hospitalization, Death (press release)
Published September 5 2006
Concepts: risk, obesity, death, blood pressure, blood

Obesity in prostate cancer patients predicts cancer recurrence and progression (press release)
Published August 29 2006
Concepts: cancer, Prostate, prostate cancer, obese, obesity

Obesity in Middle Age Linked to Higher Risk of Hospitalization, Death (press release)
Published August 28 2006
Concepts: risk, obesity, death, blood pressure, blood

One in three British adults to be obese by 2010 - predictions
Published August 25 2006
Concepts: obese, health, 2010, adults, men

Obesity May Influence Response to Asthma Medications (press release)
Published August 22 2006
Concepts: asthma, medications, people, influence, medication

Obese Americans are poisoned by food supply, concludes UC researcher
Published August 14 2006
Concepts: food, obese, food supply, americans, weight

Reality gap? Obese Americans claim to follow healthy eating and exercise habits
Published August 2 2006
Concepts: healthy, obese, exercise, health, americans

Physical education is key to improving a child's confidence, brainpower and long-term health
Published August 2 2006
Concepts: child, physical, children, physical education, sports

Perception of Self Motivates Obese Children To Make Changes (press release)
Published July 24 2006
Concepts: children, changes, obese, obese children, child

Study of obesity in prostate cancer screening uncovers new predictor of disease for overweight men (press release)
Published July 21 2006
Concepts: Prostate, men, cancer, prostate cancer, PSA

Obesity in puberty linked to hormone disorder (press release)
Published July 14 2006
Concepts: hormone, obesity, puberty, girls, disorder

Obesity Makes Labor Tougher on Women (press release)
Published July 10 2006
Concepts: women, labor, obesity, obese, medicine

Health news roundup: Kraft shrinks, drugs in the drinking water, and obese chickens (satire)
Published January 31 2006
Concepts: chickens, water, drugs, Kraft, health

Sugar, high-fructose corn syrup and type II diabetes
Published July 7 2005
Concepts: sugar, diabetes, fat, high-fructose corn syrup, blood

DHEA for weight loss: miracle drug or unproven experiment?
Published June 27 2005
Concepts: DHEA, men, hormone, weight, body

Diabetes and Hispanic Americans: more than just genetics
Published June 27 2005
Concepts: diabetes, America, americans, hispanics, risk

Every person needs sunlight exposure to create vitamin D, obesity impairs vitamin D absorption
Published January 1 2005
Concepts: Vitamin D, sun, sunlight, obesity, exposure

Anti-Obesity Activists Fight For Fat Acceptance; Here's Where They're Right and Wrong On Issues of Obesity
Published August 6 2004
Concepts: obesity, anti-obesity, discrimination, disease, body

Growing band of obesity deniers claim that being obese isn't bad for your health
Published July 25 2004
Concepts: obesity deniers, obesity, obese, health, health outcome

One-third of American diet is junk food and soft drinks: we're malnourished and obese at the same time
Published June 2 2004
Concepts: food, junk food, foods, diet, SAMe


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