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Mom's Weight During Pregnancy Affects Her Daughter's Risk Of Being Obese
A mother's weight and the amount she gains during pregnancy both impact her daughter's risk of obesity decades later, according to a new study by Alison Stuebe, M.D., assistant professor of obstetrics and gynecology at the University...
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New Report Finds Obesity Epidemic Increases, Mississippi Weighs In As Heaviest State
Adult obesity rates increased in 23 states and did not decrease in a single state in the past year, according to F as in Fat: How Obesity Policies Are Failing in America 2009, a report released today by the Trust for America's...
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Experts Available for Obesity, Weight Management Interviews
Newswise Obesity is an escalating problem for all age groups in the United States.According to the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC), more than one-third of U.S. adults and 46 percent of children are obese.
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Report Warns Of Obese Baby Boomers
And obesity rates among adults rose in 23 states over the past year, and no state experienced a significant decline.'The obesity epidemic clearly goes beyond being an individual problem,' said Jeff Levi, executive director of...
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Latest study: Washington is 28th most-obese state
More than a quarter of Washington states residents are considered obese, according to recent study that ranks the state as the 28th most obese in the U.S.In the study, Colorado had the lowest obesity rate in the country,...
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Hawaii has 5th-lowest obesity rate in U.S
Hawaii has the fifth lowest rate of adult obesity in the U.S, according to a new report.In the study, F as in Fat: How Obesity Policies Are Failing in America 2009 compiled by the Trust for Americas Health and the Robert Wood...
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America Still Losing Battle of the Bulge
CLEVELAND, July 2 -- As the economy slumped, waistlines surged, according to the latest national obesity report card, which found that adult obesity rates increased in 23 states over the past year.At the same time, not a...
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Mom's Weight During Pregnancy Affects Her Daughter's Risk of Being Obese
Newswise A mothers weight and the amount she gains during pregnancy both impact her daughters risk of obesity decades later, according to a new study by Alison Stuebe, M.D., assistant professor of obstetrics and gynecology at the.
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Lap-Band Weight-Loss Surgery Can Reverse Metabolic Syndrome In Obese Teens
A new study of obese adolescents has shown that laparoscopic gastric banding surgery -- the 'Lap-Band' procedure -- not only helps them achieve significant weight loss but can also improve and even reverse metabolic syndrome, reducing...
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Tennessee Ranks Fourth for Obese Adults
Tennessee ranks fourth when it comes to adult obesity.Although the percentage of obese people increased slightly since last year's rankings, we did drop a spot from number three. The larger than life truth remains:30.2% of...
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Lap-Band Weight-Loss Surgery Can Reverse Metabolic Syndrome in Obese Teens
Newswise A new study of obese adolescents has shown that laparoscopic gastric banding surgery -- the 'Lap-Band' procedure -- not only helps them achieve significant weight loss but can also improve and even reverse metabolic syndrome,...
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Colo. Still Nation's Leanest, Miss. Is Fattest
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Lap-band weight-loss surgery can reverse metabolic syndrome in obese teens
A new study of obese adolescents has shown that laparoscopic gastric banding surgery -- the 'Lap-Band' procedure -- not only helps them achieve significant weight loss but can also improve and even reverse metabolic syndrome, reducing...
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Fattest State Weighs Its Options
-- It's official, again.For the fifth year in a row, Mississippi is still the nation's heaviest state -- ground zero for obesity in the U.S. That's according to a new report, F as in Fat 2009, issued today by the nonprofit Trust...
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Mississippi tops obesity list
This year's obesity findings have prompted researchers to call for a national strategy to deal with the problem.In Mississippi, 32-point-5 percent of adults are obese. And most alarming, almost 45 percent of our children...
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Obesity Rates Continue to Climb in U.S
WEDNESDAY, July 1 (HealthDay News) -- The rates of adult obesity in the United States increased in 23 states during the past year and did not decrease in any state.And the number of obese and overweight children has now...
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Medical Experts Call For Greater Use Of Gastric Banding For Obese People With Type 2 Diabetes
UK experts are calling for greater consideration of gastric banding as an option for obese people with type 2 diabetes who need to lose weight.Dr Jonathan Pinkney, diabetologist, and Mr Paul Super, obesity surgeon, initiated...
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Five Communities Selected For Alabama Physical Activity And Nutrition Grant
Five Alabama communities have been selected to receive grants of $3,000 each to stimulate community-based physical activity and nutrition programs to reduce risks for overweight and obesity.Receiving funding will be Anniston,...
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US losing the battle of the bulge
Washington - The United States is losing its battle against bulging waistlines, with two-thirds of Americans now overweight or obese, according to an annual report released on Wednesday.In the past year, nearly half of the 50 US...
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Mississippis still fattest but Alabama closing in
(AP) WASHINGTON - Mississippis still king of cellulite, but an ominous tide is rolling toward the Medicare doctors in neighboring Alabama: obese baby boomers.Its time for the nations annual obesity rankings and, outside of...
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Bariatric surgery cuts cancer risk for women
Dieting And Your Health News Health Encyclopedia: Dieting TUESDAY, June 23 (HealthDay News) -- Obese women who have weight-loss surgery may reduce their risk of developing cancer, but there appears to be no such benefit for men,...
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The Endocrine Society: Obese women with PCOS can lose weight with a doctor's help
The Endocrine Society Obese women with PCOS can lose weight with a doctor's help Simple weight-loss advice from a physician and regular follow-up helped obese women with polycystic ovary syndrome lose a substantial amount of...
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Alcohol Gene May Also be Obesity Gene
NRXN3 is the third obesity-associated gene to be identified.The fact that all three genes are highly active in encoding brain proteins is significant. 'Considering how many factors are involved in obesity, said Dr. Kaplan,...
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Lap-band weight-loss surgery can reverse metabolic syndrome in obese teens
-- A new study of obese adolescents has shown that laparoscopic gastric banding surgery -- the 'Lap-Band' procedure -- not only helps them achieve significant weight loss but can also improve and even reverse metabolic syndrome,...
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Zafgen, Inc. Named One of the EURFierce 15EUR Leading Biotech Companies of 2009
- Zafgen, Inc., a private venture-backed biopharmaceutical company focused on developing novel obesity therapeutics, today announced that it has been named to FierceBiotechs 7th annual Fierce 15 list, designating it as one of the top...
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