Weight Loss and Nutrition
Childhood Obesity May Be Leveling Off (HealthDay)
HealthDay - TUESDAY, May 27 (HealthDay News) -- In what may be the first good news in the battle against obesity among America's children, federal researchers report that the latest data suggest that the number of overweight kids may be leveling off. More »
Obese Patients at Greater Infection Risk After Hip Replacement (HealthDay)
HealthDay - FRIDAY, May 23 (HealthDay News) -- Obese patients are at increased risk for infection and dislocation following revision (second) hip replacement surgery, according to a study by researchers at Geneva University Hospitals in Switzerland. More »
Obese Patients at Greater Infection Risk After Hip Replacement (HealthDay)
HealthDay - FRIDAY, May 23 (HealthDay News) -- Obese patients are at increased risk for infection and dislocation following revision (second) hip replacement surgery, according to a study by researchers at Geneva University Hospitals in Switzerland. More »
Probiotics Help Adult Weight Loss After Bariatric Surgery (HealthDay)
HealthDay - THURSDAY, May 22 (HealthDay News) -- A hefty dose of probiotics -- the "good" bacteria found in yogurts and supplements -- helps adult gastric-bypass patients lose even more weight, researchers are reporting. More »
China's child obesity problem 'ballooning' (AFP)
AFP - Child obesity is ballooning into a big problem in China as 'little emperors' are increasingly getting an appetite for the Western couch-potato way of life, according to a study presented in Geneva. More »
Obesity tied to risk of psychiatric disorders (Reuters)
Reuters - Obesity is a well known risk factor for certain physical health problems, but a new study suggests that heavy adults also have higher rates of psychiatric disorders. More »
Unilever says new milkshake helps control appetite (Reuters)
Reuters - A new weight loss drink that tastes like a milkshake significantly reduces appetite and could soon join Unilever's $400 million Slim-Fast weight-loss brand, the company's researchers said on Wednesday. More »
Research links common chemicals to obesity (Reuters)
Reuters - Exposure in the womb to common chemicals used to make everything from plastic bottles to pizza box liners may program a person to become obese later in life, U.S. researchers said on Wednesday. More »
Tackle obesity like smoking: researcher (Reuters)
Reuters - Tackling the global obesity epidemic will require governments to take similar action to that many used to curb smoking, a top researcher said on Wednesday. More »
U.S. obesity rates alarmingly high (Reuters)
Reuters - New research shows "alarming levels" of obesity in most ethnic groups in the United States, principal investigator Dr. Gregory L. Burke, of Wake Forest University, Winston-Salem, North Carolina told Reuters Health. The study also confirms the potentially deadly toll obesity exacts on the heart and blood vessels. More »