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Active Lifestyle May Help Counter Obesity Genes (HealthDay)

admin — Wed, 01 Sep 2010 03:48:21 +0000

HealthDay - TUESDAY, Aug. 31 (HealthDay News) -- Exercise can reduce a person's genetic predisposition to obesity by 40 percent, finds a new English study.

Exercise cuts genetic obesity risk by 40 percent: study (AFP)

admin — Wed, 01 Sep 2010 01:44:00 +0000

AFP - Physical exercise can reduce a genetic predisposition to obesity by an average of 40 percent, a new study showed.

Weight loss cuts risk of pregnancy complication (Reuters)

admin — Fri, 27 Aug 2010 17:35:52 +0000

Reuters - Losing the weight gained during pregnancy is a real struggle for many new mothers. But dropping just 10 pounds between pregnancies may help many women diagnosed with a dangerous complication during the first pregnancy to avoid a recurrence the second time around.

The chubby girl from Ipanema? Brazil puts on weight (Reuters)

admin — Fri, 27 Aug 2010 17:09:10 +0000

Reuters - Brazilians' waistlines are bulging, belying the country's image as a place of buff sun worshipers and lithe soccer players.

Concerns as obesity surgery soars in Britain (AFP)

admin — Fri, 27 Aug 2010 11:30:16 +0000

AFP - British health campaigners warned Friday that surgery was being seen as an easy option to tackle obesity after new figures showed weight-loss operations have soared here in the past five years.

Surgery for obesity increases 10-fold in England (Reuters)

admin — Fri, 27 Aug 2010 01:14:03 +0000

Reuters - Use of weight-loss surgery has increased 10-fold in hospitals in England since 2000 and those who have gastric bands fitted can reduce their risk of early death and cut health service costs, scientists said on Friday.

French diet guru Montignac dies at 66 (AFP)

admin — Thu, 26 Aug 2010 17:46:04 +0000

AFP - Michel Montignac, author of worldwide best-sellers on weight loss in the 1980s and 1990s, has died aged 66, French officials said Thursday.

Short-Term Overeating Could Make Long-Term Weight Loss Tougher (HealthDay)

admin — Thu, 26 Aug 2010 03:48:39 +0000

HealthDay - WEDNESDAY, Aug. 25 (HealthDay News) -- If you think a few weeks of slothful behavior and caloric overindulgence can be easily worked off at the gym, think again.

Study Suggests Link Between Diet Sodas, Preterm Delivery (HealthDay)

admin — Wed, 25 Aug 2010 03:48:35 +0000

HealthDay - TUESDAY, Aug. 24 (HealthDay News) -- Could drinking one or more artificially sweetened, carbonated diet sodas a day boost a woman's odds of premature delivery? A new study from Denmark suggests such a link.

Could Drinking Water Before Meals Help You Lose Weight? (HealthDay)

admin — Tue, 24 Aug 2010 03:47:56 +0000

HealthDay - MONDAY, Aug. 23 (HealthDay News) -- Close the diet books and skip the pills. The latest weight-loss trick may be as simple as gulping a couple of glasses of water before you eat.