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All rights reserved. http://news.yahoo.com/i/1419 Weight Loss News en-us Fri, 31 Aug 2007 09:45:22 GMT 5 142 18 http://news.yahoo.com/i/1419 http://us.i1.yimg.com/us.yimg.com/i/us/nws/th/main_142b.gif http://us.rd.yahoo.com/dailynews/rss/weightloss/*http://news.yahoo.com/s/ap/20070831/ap_on_he_me/new_zealand_obesity ap/20070831/new_zealand_obesity Fri, 31 Aug 2007 09:45:22 GMT AP - The government should impose "traffic light" labeling to warn consumers about obesity-causing food and drink products if New Zealand companies won't do it voluntarily, a parliamentary committee said Friday. http://us.rd.yahoo.com/dailynews/rss/weightloss/*http://news.yahoo.com/s/afp/20070829/hl_afp/ushealthobesity afp/20070829/ushealthobesity Wed, 29 Aug 2007 22:04:03 GMT <p><a href="http://us.rd.yahoo.com/dailynews/rss/weightloss/*http://news.yahoo.com/s/afp/20070829/hl_afp/ushealthobesity"><img src="http://d.yimg.com/us.yimg.com/p/afp/20070829/capt.sge.pdd77.290807220358.photo00.photo.default-329x512.jpg?x=83&y=130&sig=.jaysa7U5k38mk8Dp3wJWw--" align="left" height="130" width="83" alt="An overweight man. People who live in chic neighborhoods with high property values are less likely to be obese than those who live in under-privileged areas, a study published Wednesday showed.(AFP/File/Greg Wood)" border="0" /></a>AFP - People who live in chic neighborhoods with high property values are less likely to be obese than those who live in under-privileged areas, a study published Wednesday showed.</p><br clear="all"/> <p><a href="http://us.rd.yahoo.com/dailynews/rss/weightloss/*http://news.yahoo.com/s/afp/20070829/hl_afp/ushealthobesity"><img src="http://d.yimg.com/us.yimg.com/p/afp/20070829/capt.sge.pdd77.290807220358.photo00.photo.default-329x512.jpg?x=83&y=130&sig=.jaysa7U5k38mk8Dp3wJWw--" align="left" height="130" width="83" alt="photo" title="An overweight man. People who live in chic neighborhoods with high property values are less likely to be obese than those who live in under-privileged areas, a study published Wednesday showed.(AFP/File/Greg Wood)" border="0"/></a></p><br clear="all"/> (AFP) http://us.rd.yahoo.com/dailynews/rss/weightloss/*http://news.yahoo.com/s/ap/20070828/ap_on_re_us/obesity_mississippi ap/20070828/obesity_mississippi Tue, 28 Aug 2007 13:04:13 GMT <p><a href="http://us.rd.yahoo.com/dailynews/rss/weightloss/*http://news.yahoo.com/s/ap/20070828/ap_on_re_us/obesity_mississippi"><img src="http://d.yimg.com/us.yimg.com/p/ap/20070827/capt.1d93bb56bb6147afb3b600b0aad471ef.obesity_new_england_rism107.jpg?x=130&y=86&sig=bmZp5WnOuRTtcfcQc.jFpg--" align="left" height="86" width="130" alt="John Pilarinoh, a chef at Andrea's restaurant in Providence, R.I., prepares a healthy filet mignon and portabella mushroom salad, Monday, Aug. 27, 2007. According to a report by a national health advocacy organization, New England ranks in the bottom states of adult obesity. One reason is that New Englanders dine differently, tending to prefer quality of quantity. (AP Photo/Stew Milne)" border="0" /></a>AP - Mississippians need to skip the gravy, say no to the fried pickles and start taking brisk walks to fight an epidemic of obesity, experts say. According to a new study, this Deep South state is the fattest in the nation.</p><br clear="all"/> <p><a href="http://us.rd.yahoo.com/dailynews/rss/weightloss/*http://news.yahoo.com/s/ap/20070828/ap_on_re_us/obesity_mississippi"><img src="http://d.yimg.com/us.yimg.com/p/ap/20070827/capt.1d93bb56bb6147afb3b600b0aad471ef.obesity_new_england_rism107.jpg?x=130&y=86&sig=bmZp5WnOuRTtcfcQc.jFpg--" align="left" height="86" width="130" alt="photo" title="John Pilarinoh, a chef at Andrea's restaurant in Providence, R.I., prepares a healthy filet mignon and portabella mushroom salad, Monday, Aug. 27, 2007. According to a report by a national health advocacy organization, New England ranks in the bottom states of adult obesity. One reason is that New Englanders dine differently, tending to prefer quality of quantity. (AP Photo/Stew Milne)" border="0"/></a></p><br clear="all"/> (AP) http://us.rd.yahoo.com/dailynews/rss/weightloss/*http://news.yahoo.com/s/hsn/20070828/hl_hsn/obesityrateinusstillclimbing hsn/20070828/obesityrateinusstillclimbing Tue, 28 Aug 2007 03:45:25 GMT HealthDay - MONDAY, Aug. 27 (HealthDay News) -- More and more Americans are sliding into obesity, a clear signal that this national health problem is getting worse. http://us.rd.yahoo.com/dailynews/rss/weightloss/*http://news.yahoo.com/s/afp/20070827/ts_alt_afp/lifestyleushealth afp/20070827/lifestyleushealth Mon, 27 Aug 2007 23:38:35 GMT <p><a href="http://us.rd.yahoo.com/dailynews/rss/weightloss/*http://news.yahoo.com/s/afp/20070827/ts_alt_afp/lifestyleushealth"><img src="http://d.yimg.com/us.yimg.com/p/afp/20070827/capt.sge.oks57.270807233829.photo00.photo.default-512x365.jpg?x=130&y=92&sig=GrJqYtzo.dH_mURR29Fg3w--" align="left" height="92" width="130" alt="A woman leaves a cookie store in Los Angeles. Obesity has reached epidemic proportions in the United States, with two-thirds of adults and some 25 million children obese or overweight, and the fatness of the land threatening US competitiveness, a report published Monday showed.(AFP/File/Robyn Beck)" border="0" /></a>AFP - Two-thirds of US adults and some 25 million children are obese or overweight, and the fatness of the land is harming Americans&#39; health and threatening US competitiveness, a report published Monday showed.</p><br clear="all"/> <p><a href="http://us.rd.yahoo.com/dailynews/rss/weightloss/*http://news.yahoo.com/s/afp/20070827/ts_alt_afp/lifestyleushealth"><img src="http://d.yimg.com/us.yimg.com/p/afp/20070827/capt.sge.oks57.270807233829.photo00.photo.default-512x365.jpg?x=130&y=92&sig=GrJqYtzo.dH_mURR29Fg3w--" align="left" height="92" width="130" alt="photo" title="A woman leaves a cookie store in Los Angeles. Obesity has reached epidemic proportions in the United States, with two-thirds of adults and some 25 million children obese or overweight, and the fatness of the land threatening US competitiveness, a report published Monday showed.(AFP/File/Robyn Beck)" border="0"/></a></p><br clear="all"/> (AFP) http://us.rd.yahoo.com/dailynews/rss/weightloss/*http://news.yahoo.com/s/ap/20070827/ap_on_he_me/obesity_rankings_summary_box ap/20070827/obesity_rankings_summary_box Mon, 27 Aug 2007 21:42:02 GMT AP - MORE POUNDS: Obesity rates climbed in 31 states last year, and no state showed a decline. http://us.rd.yahoo.com/dailynews/rss/weightloss/*http://news.yahoo.com/s/ap/20070827/ap_on_he_me/obesity_rankings ap/20070827/obesity_rankings Mon, 27 Aug 2007 20:34:28 GMT <p><a href="http://us.rd.yahoo.com/dailynews/rss/weightloss/*http://news.yahoo.com/s/ap/20070827/ap_on_he_me/obesity_rankings"><img src="http://d.yimg.com/us.yimg.com/p/ap/20070827/capt.963cebb41da6499b9968ef56e60c005d.obesity_new_england_rism105.jpg?x=130&y=98&sig=rB961hgXzLSDDii561k93A--" align="left" height="98" width="130" alt="Dan Guglielmo, from Barrington, R.I., runs on a popular East Side exercise path in Providence, R.I., Monday, Aug. 27, 2007. Massachusetts, Vermont, Connecticut and Rhode Island rank among the bottom six states in adult obesity. (AP Photo/Stew Milne)" border="0" /></a>AP - Loosen the belt buckle another notch: Obesity rates continued to climb in 31 states last year, and no state showed a decline.</p><br clear="all"/> <p><a href="http://us.rd.yahoo.com/dailynews/rss/weightloss/*http://news.yahoo.com/s/ap/20070827/ap_on_he_me/obesity_rankings"><img src="http://d.yimg.com/us.yimg.com/p/ap/20070827/capt.963cebb41da6499b9968ef56e60c005d.obesity_new_england_rism105.jpg?x=130&y=98&sig=rB961hgXzLSDDii561k93A--" align="left" height="98" width="130" alt="photo" title="Dan Guglielmo, from Barrington, R.I., runs on a popular East Side exercise path in Providence, R.I., Monday, Aug. 27, 2007. Massachusetts, Vermont, Connecticut and Rhode Island rank among the bottom six states in adult obesity. (AP Photo/Stew Milne)" border="0"/></a></p><br clear="all"/> (AP) http://us.rd.yahoo.com/dailynews/rss/weightloss/*http://news.yahoo.com/s/nm/20070827/hl_nm/obesity_usa_dc nm/20070827/obesity_usa_dc Mon, 27 Aug 2007 18:41:01 GMT <p><a href="http://us.rd.yahoo.com/dailynews/rss/weightloss/*http://news.yahoo.com/s/nm/20070827/hl_nm/obesity_usa_dc"><img src="http://d.yimg.com/us.yimg.com/p/nm/20070828/2007_08_27t140437_450x300_us_obesity_usa.jpg?x=130&y=86&sig=bT2CDWksA_AAKkTb40O8pA--" align="left" height="86" width="130" alt="A passenger waits for a delayed flight at Heathrow airport's terminal four in London August 12, 2006. Americans are fatter than ever, with obesity rates up in most states and fewer people exercising, according to a study released on Monday. (Toby Melville/Reuters)" border="0" /></a>Reuters - Americans are fatter than ever, with obesity rates up in most states and fewer people exercising, according to a study released on Monday.</p><br clear="all"/> <p><a href="http://us.rd.yahoo.com/dailynews/rss/weightloss/*http://news.yahoo.com/s/nm/20070827/hl_nm/obesity_usa_dc"><img src="http://d.yimg.com/us.yimg.com/p/nm/20070828/2007_08_27t140437_450x300_us_obesity_usa.jpg?x=130&y=86&sig=bT2CDWksA_AAKkTb40O8pA--" align="left" height="86" width="130" alt="photo" title="A passenger waits for a delayed flight at Heathrow airport's terminal four in London August 12, 2006. Americans are fatter than ever, with obesity rates up in most states and fewer people exercising, according to a study released on Monday. (Toby Melville/Reuters)" border="0"/></a></p><br clear="all"/> (Reuters) http://us.rd.yahoo.com/dailynews/rss/weightloss/*http://news.yahoo.com/s/ap/20070825/ap_on_he_me/obesity_adoption_fight ap/20070825/obesity_adoption_fight Sat, 25 Aug 2007 08:16:13 GMT AP - A man who weighed 558 pounds when a Missouri judge prevented him from adopting a child he and his wife had taken into their home underwent gastric bypass surgery Friday in a bid to win the child back. http://us.rd.yahoo.com/dailynews/rss/weightloss/*http://news.yahoo.com/s/hsn/20070825/hl_hsn/obesechildrenmissmoreschooldays hsn/20070825/obesechildrenmissmoreschooldays Sat, 25 Aug 2007 03:46:13 GMT HealthDay - FRIDAY, Aug. 24 (HealthDay News) -- As children get ready to head back to the classroom, a new study finds school absenteeism is higher among overweight kids. http://us.rd.yahoo.com/dailynews/rss/weightloss/*http://news.yahoo.com/s/hsn/20070825/hl_hsn/obesitydoesntalwaysequaldiabetes hsn/20070825/obesitydoesntalwaysequaldiabetes Sat, 25 Aug 2007 03:46:07 GMT HealthDay - FRIDAY, Aug. 24 (HealthDay News) -- Obesity doesn&#39;t mean a person is destined to develop diabetes, experiments in mice suggest. Instead, it may all depend on where the fat is stored. http://us.rd.yahoo.com/dailynews/rss/weightloss/*http://news.yahoo.com/s/nm/20070824/hl_nm/overweight_breast_feeding_dc nm/20070824/overweight_breast_feeding_dc Fri, 24 Aug 2007 19:14:58 GMT Reuters - The heavier a woman is when she becomes pregnant, the less likely she is to stick with breast-feeding long-term, a new study from Denmark shows. http://us.rd.yahoo.com/dailynews/rss/weightloss/*http://news.yahoo.com/s/afp/20070824/hl_afp/lifestylehealthaustraliaobesity afp/20070824/lifestylehealthaustraliaobesity Fri, 24 Aug 2007 08:36:27 GMT <p><a href="http://us.rd.yahoo.com/dailynews/rss/weightloss/*http://news.yahoo.com/s/afp/20070824/hl_afp/lifestylehealthaustraliaobesity"><img src="http://d.yimg.com/us.yimg.com/p/afp/20070824/capt.sge.nna75.240807083405.photo00.photo.default-317x512.jpg?x=80&y=130&sig=GUKxbxkvul2zbPRvvs7UNg--" align="left" height="130" width="80" alt="A woman (C) walks through Sydney&#39;s Circular Quay precinct, in September 2006. Australian researchers have found a fatty diet damages eggs in the ovaries and prevents them from becoming healthy embryos, a finding they say may explain why obese women are often infertile.(AFP/File/Greg Wood)" border="0" /></a>AFP - Australian researchers have found a fatty diet damages eggs in the ovaries and prevents them from becoming healthy embryos, a finding they say may explain why obese women are often infertile.</p><br clear="all"/> <p><a href="http://us.rd.yahoo.com/dailynews/rss/weightloss/*http://news.yahoo.com/s/afp/20070824/hl_afp/lifestylehealthaustraliaobesity"><img src="http://d.yimg.com/us.yimg.com/p/afp/20070824/capt.sge.nna75.240807083405.photo00.photo.default-317x512.jpg?x=80&y=130&sig=GUKxbxkvul2zbPRvvs7UNg--" align="left" height="130" width="80" alt="photo" title="A woman (C) walks through Sydney&#39;s Circular Quay precinct, in September 2006. Australian researchers have found a fatty diet damages eggs in the ovaries and prevents them from becoming healthy embryos, a finding they say may explain why obese women are often infertile.(AFP/File/Greg Wood)" border="0"/></a></p><br clear="all"/> (AFP) http://us.rd.yahoo.com/dailynews/rss/weightloss/*http://news.yahoo.com/s/afp/20070824/sc_afp/japantechnologyenergyenvironmentcompanysony afp/20070824/japantechnologyenergyenvironmentcompanysony Fri, 24 Aug 2007 06:50:47 GMT <p><a href="http://us.rd.yahoo.com/dailynews/rss/weightloss/*http://news.yahoo.com/s/afp/20070824/sc_afp/japantechnologyenergyenvironmentcompanysony"><img src="http://d.yimg.com/us.yimg.com/p/afp/20070824/capt.sge.nmi57.240807065041.photo00.photo.default-374x512.jpg?x=95&y=130&sig=iF5L711DT.YznsOylVjrBg--" align="left" height="130" width="95" alt="Japan&#39;s electronics giant Sony unveils the new bio battery, four cubic cells that generate enough electricity to drive a Walkman digital music player, at the company&#39;s headquarters in Tokyo. Sony developed a passive type bio battery system of breaking down sugar to generate the world&#39;s highest level electric power of 50mW from a cell as an ecologically-friendly energy.(AFP/Yoshikazu Tsuno)" border="0" /></a>AFP - Bread and potatoes are sources of human energy, and now a carbohydrate diet is also powering up a Walkman.</p><br clear="all"/> <p><a href="http://us.rd.yahoo.com/dailynews/rss/weightloss/*http://news.yahoo.com/s/afp/20070824/sc_afp/japantechnologyenergyenvironmentcompanysony"><img src="http://d.yimg.com/us.yimg.com/p/afp/20070824/capt.sge.nmi57.240807065041.photo00.photo.default-374x512.jpg?x=95&y=130&sig=iF5L711DT.YznsOylVjrBg--" align="left" height="130" width="95" alt="photo" title="Japan&#39;s electronics giant Sony unveils the new bio battery, four cubic cells that generate enough electricity to drive a Walkman digital music player, at the company&#39;s headquarters in Tokyo. Sony developed a passive type bio battery system of breaking down sugar to generate the world&#39;s highest level electric power of 50mW from a cell as an ecologically-friendly energy.(AFP/Yoshikazu Tsuno)" border="0"/></a></p><br clear="all"/> (AFP) http://us.rd.yahoo.com/dailynews/rss/weightloss/*http://news.yahoo.com/s/hsn/20070824/hl_hsn/parentalstresscankeepkidsobese hsn/20070824/parentalstresscankeepkidsobese Fri, 24 Aug 2007 03:47:01 GMT HealthDay - THURSDAY, Aug. 23 (HealthDay News) -- Parental stress or bullying by peers can make it even tougher for overweight or obese children to get healthy, a U.S. study finds. http://us.rd.yahoo.com/dailynews/rss/weightloss/*http://news.yahoo.com/s/ap/20070823/ap_on_he_me/diet_obesity_surgery ap/20070823/diet_obesity_surgery Thu, 23 Aug 2007 00:28:06 GMT <p><a href="http://us.rd.yahoo.com/dailynews/rss/weightloss/*http://news.yahoo.com/s/ap/20070823/ap_on_he_me/diet_obesity_surgery"><img src="http://d.yimg.com/us.yimg.com/p/ap/20070822/capt.03b9ac4c2253436592a5ea55aa2edae9.diet_obesity_surgery_nyrd117.jpg?x=93&y=130&sig=aOsLyFTjN2GxDRfUu79XhA--" align="left" height="130" width="93" alt="Herb Olitsky, a 53-year-old business owner from New York City, walks across Manhattan's 47th Street, Wednesday, Aug. 22, 2007. Olitsky, who stands 5 feet 8 inches tall and underwent stomach-stapling surgery in 1999 and went from 520 pounds to his current weight of 160, credits his improved lifestyle to gastric bypass. The first long-term studies of stomach stapling and other radical obesity treatments show that they not only lead to lasting weight loss but also dramatically improve survival. (AP Photo/Richard Drew)" border="0" /></a>AP - The first long-term studies of stomach stapling and other radical obesity treatments show that they not only lead to lasting weight loss but also dramatically improve survival. The results are expected to lead to more such operations, possibly for less severely obese people, too.</p><br clear="all"/> <p><a href="http://us.rd.yahoo.com/dailynews/rss/weightloss/*http://news.yahoo.com/s/ap/20070823/ap_on_he_me/diet_obesity_surgery"><img src="http://d.yimg.com/us.yimg.com/p/ap/20070822/capt.03b9ac4c2253436592a5ea55aa2edae9.diet_obesity_surgery_nyrd117.jpg?x=93&y=130&sig=aOsLyFTjN2GxDRfUu79XhA--" align="left" height="130" width="93" alt="photo" title="Herb Olitsky, a 53-year-old business owner from New York City, walks across Manhattan's 47th Street, Wednesday, Aug. 22, 2007. Olitsky, who stands 5 feet 8 inches tall and underwent stomach-stapling surgery in 1999 and went from 520 pounds to his current weight of 160, credits his improved lifestyle to gastric bypass. The first long-term studies of stomach stapling and other radical obesity treatments show that they not only lead to lasting weight loss but also dramatically improve survival. (AP Photo/Richard Drew)" border="0"/></a></p><br clear="all"/> (AP) http://us.rd.yahoo.com/dailynews/rss/weightloss/*http://news.yahoo.com/s/nm/20070822/hl_nm/obesity_surgery_dc nm/20070822/obesity_surgery_dc Wed, 22 Aug 2007 21:21:30 GMT <p><a href="http://us.rd.yahoo.com/dailynews/rss/weightloss/*http://news.yahoo.com/s/nm/20070822/hl_nm/obesity_surgery_dc"><img src="http://d.yimg.com/us.yimg.com/p/nm/20070823/2007_08_22t173931_450x284_us_obesity_surgery.jpg?x=130&y=82&sig=U5UA1nvgxMHUOTFyZpYdow--" align="left" height="82" width="130" alt="An overweight pedestrian sits on a wall in London in this March 31, 2004. Gastric bypass surgery not only helps obese people drop weight and look better, it also helps them live significantly longer, according to two reports published on Wednesday. (Toby Melville/Files/Reuters)" border="0" /></a>Reuters - Gastric bypass surgery not only helps obese people drop weight and look better, it also helps them live significantly longer, according to two reports published on Wednesday.</p><br clear="all"/> <p><a href="http://us.rd.yahoo.com/dailynews/rss/weightloss/*http://news.yahoo.com/s/nm/20070822/hl_nm/obesity_surgery_dc"><img src="http://d.yimg.com/us.yimg.com/p/nm/20070823/2007_08_22t173931_450x284_us_obesity_surgery.jpg?x=130&y=82&sig=U5UA1nvgxMHUOTFyZpYdow--" align="left" height="82" width="130" alt="photo" title="An overweight pedestrian sits on a wall in London in this March 31, 2004. Gastric bypass surgery not only helps obese people drop weight and look better, it also helps them live significantly longer, according to two reports published on Wednesday. (Toby Melville/Files/Reuters)" border="0"/></a></p><br clear="all"/> (Reuters) http://us.rd.yahoo.com/dailynews/rss/weightloss/*http://news.yahoo.com/s/hsn/20070822/hl_hsn/viruscouldhelpdriveobesity hsn/20070822/viruscouldhelpdriveobesity Wed, 22 Aug 2007 03:46:24 GMT HealthDay - TUESDAY, Aug. 21 (HealthDay News) -- New research is bolstering the theory that obesity may stem, a least in part, from a common virus -- one that helps create new, heftier fat cells. http://us.rd.yahoo.com/dailynews/rss/weightloss/*http://news.yahoo.com/s/ap/20070821/ap_on_he_me/obesity_virus ap/20070821/obesity_virus Tue, 21 Aug 2007 02:40:01 GMT AP - In the buffet of reasons for why Americans are getting fatter, researchers are piling more evidence on the plate for one still-controversial cause: a virus. http://us.rd.yahoo.com/dailynews/rss/weightloss/*http://news.yahoo.com/s/nm/20070820/us_nm/obesity_virus_dc nm/20070820/obesity_virus_dc Mon, 20 Aug 2007 19:54:18 GMT <p><a href="http://us.rd.yahoo.com/dailynews/rss/weightloss/*http://news.yahoo.com/s/nm/20070820/us_nm/obesity_virus_dc"><img src="http://d.yimg.com/us.yimg.com/p/nm/20070821/2007_08_20t154759_450x284_us_obesity_virus.jpg?x=130&y=82&sig=iNZ1RUW9MrJkRxo5uRvMpQ--" align="left" height="82" width="130" alt="An overweight pedestrian sits on a wall outside the Houses of Parliament in London in this March 31, 2004 file photo. A common virus caused human adult stem cells to turn into fat cells and could explain why some people become obese, U.S. researchers said on Monday. (Toby Melville/Files/Reuters)" border="0" /></a>Reuters - A common virus caused human adult stem cells to turn into fat cells and could explain why some people become obese, U.S. researchers said on Monday.</p><br clear="all"/> <p><a href="http://us.rd.yahoo.com/dailynews/rss/weightloss/*http://news.yahoo.com/s/nm/20070820/us_nm/obesity_virus_dc"><img src="http://d.yimg.com/us.yimg.com/p/nm/20070821/2007_08_20t154759_450x284_us_obesity_virus.jpg?x=130&y=82&sig=iNZ1RUW9MrJkRxo5uRvMpQ--" align="left" height="82" width="130" alt="photo" title="An overweight pedestrian sits on a wall outside the Houses of Parliament in London in this March 31, 2004 file photo. A common virus caused human adult stem cells to turn into fat cells and could explain why some people become obese, U.S. researchers said on Monday. (Toby Melville/Files/Reuters)" border="0"/></a></p><br clear="all"/> (Reuters)