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Obesity News

15th July 2010

Weight-loss schemes help patients 'more than the NHS'

Obesity gene linked to Alzheimer's

Weight Loss Helped Overweight And Obese Women Reduce Hot Flushes

Experimental obesity drug avoids brain effects that troubled predecessors

New research finds no evidence that popular slimming supplements facilitate weight loss

Health groups want stronger controls on advertising junk food

Success of community interventions to combat childhood obesity varies depending on the target age group

Progress made in addressing food marketing to children, but challenges remain

Study finds lifelong doubling in death risk for men who are obese at age 20 years

New obesity drug works, but FDA has safety worries

Simple tools help parents understand a child's risk of obesity, make positive changes

Extremely obese children have 40 percent higher risk of reflux disease of esophagus

Leading doctors call for urgent crackdown on junk food

Brain Responses In Obesity Are More Weakly Linked To Feelings Of Hunger

Greater Risk For Infant Obesity And Pre-Diabetes When Mothers Consumed A High Fat Diet While Nursing; But Not During Pregnancy

New Research Finds That Obese Men Are Less Good At Tasting Fat And Less Responsive To The Effects Of Fat In The Gut Than Lean Men

Hormonal Contraceptives Have Mixed Success Among Overweight Women

Other articles of interest

Government denies it will abolish food watchdog

Early Predictors Of Metabolic Syndrome In Healthy 7-9-Year-Olds

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