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NEWS ABOUT: obese

obese stories: 18 news summaries

(Newser) - Overweight kids eat more when they eat with their overweight friends, Newsweek reports. A new study tested a child's consumption of healthy snacks and junk food while in the company of a friend or stranger who was either fat or lean. Overweight kids eating with a chubby buddy ate more... More »

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obesity • obesity epidemic • fat • children • junk food • obese • overweight • best friend

Tubby Texas Con Smuggles Gun in Flab

Cops missed pistol
in 3 separate searches of 500-pound man

Aug 9, 09 1:10 PM CDT
(Newser) - An obese inmate in Texas has admitted to smuggling a gun into prison, the AP reports—in between his rolls of fat. Authorities had searched George Vera, 25, at least three times after initially arresting him for selling illegal copies of CDs, but never found the unloaded 9mm pistol. The... More »

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Texas • obese • inmates • guns • gun possession • arms smuggling

(Newser) - A chubby mobster has been barred from eating at New York restaurants known as Mafia hangouts, reports the New York Post. Anthony "Fat Tony" Rabito, 75, was just paroled on gambling, extortion, and racketeering charges, and he can no longer chow down at a string of wise guy spots,... More »

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Brooklyn • Mafia • parole • obese • Bonanno crime family

(Newser) - Fox News ripped into President Obama's choice for surgeon general yesterday for being too fat for the job. "Enough fat for my next guest to say 'fat chance' for Dr. Regina Benjamin to even be considered," said host Neil Cavuto. The guest? Not a public health expert or... More »

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fat • Surgeon General • obese • overweight • political appointment • presidential appointment • Regina Benjamin

(Newser) - Researchers couldn't understand why the pedometers they had attached to obese children showed they got plenty of exercise—until they realized they were counting dog steps, reports the BBC. Several of the London 11- and 12-year-olds taking part in the study simply attached the devices to their pets' collars. More »

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obesity • childhood obesity • fat • obese • pedometer

(Newser) - So-called “passengers of size” have been irritating fellow airline passengers for decades, but lately the scales have tipped decisively against them, the Wall Street Journal reports. Many airlines now require wider travelers to buy two seats, a solution that pleases the skinny, but miffs advocates for the obese.... More »

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obesity • airline industry • obese • airplanes

 Conn. Chimp Was on 
 Xanax During Attack 

Necropsy reveals that he was on drugs, overweight

May 13, 09 1:31 PM CDT
(Newser) - The chimp that mauled a Connecticut woman in February, rendering her blind, had a small dose of antidepressant Xanax in his system, a necropsy has revealed. At 200 pounds, Travis was also severely obese. Police haven’t ruled out criminal charges against the owner, who is embroiled in a legal... More »

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Connecticut • Xanax • chimpanzees • animal attack • obese • Travis • necropsy

(AP) - A striking new study says almost 1 in 5 American 4-year-olds is obese, and the rate is alarmingly higher among American Indian children, with nearly a third of them obese. Researchers were surprised to see differences by race at so early an age. Obesity is more common in Hispanic and... More »

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obesity • childhood obesity • obesity epidemic • children • obese

Obese Americans Now Outnumber Overweight

Over a third of adults classed as one step up the scale from overweight

Jan 10, 09 4:20 AM CST
(Newser) - Americans who are merely overweight are now outnumbered by the obese, Reuters reports. New government statistics reveal that 34% of adults are obese and almost 6% extremely so, whereas 32.7% are classed as overweight. The proportion of Americans who are overweight has stayed much the same since 1980—but... More »

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obesity • public health • obese • overweight • body mass index

 Obese? Court Backs 
 Two Seats for 
 One Fare 

Those 'functionally disabled by obesity' get fare break in Canada

Nov 21, 08 3:36 AM CST
(Newser) - Obese air travelers in Canada who need two seats must be given the extra seat for free, Reuters reports. The Supreme Court of Canada has refused to hear an appeal from Air Canada and two other airlines after they failed to win a lower court appeal on the fare issue.... More »

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obesity • disabled • obese • Air Canada • airline passengers • airline seats • Candadian Transportation Agency • Federal Court of Appeal • Supreme Court of Canada

Half-Ton Mexican Man Dies
After Pleading For Help

Man had gone on TV to ask nation for assistance in solving his weight problem

Oct 8, 08 2:25 AM CDT
(AP) - A bedridden 990-pound man who had appealed on Mexican television for help tackling his weight problem has died of heart failure, AP reports. Emergency officials had to knock down Jose Luis Garza's bedroom wall and hoist him onto the back of a friend's pickup truck to take him to the... More »

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obesity • Mexico • weight loss • heart failure • obese • Manuel Uribe

 World's Most Obese Man to Wed 

Fianceé helped Uribe trim 550 lbs. off record weight of 1,230

Oct 2, 08 1:34 PM CDT
(Newser) - Manuel Uribe, once the world's heaviest man, is being swept away to the chapel—quite literally. The 43-year-old will be towed through the streets to his Oct. 26 wedding in Monterrey, Mexico, on a customized bed, reports the AP. More »

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obesity • Mexico • world record • wedding • obese • Manuel Uribe

Teen Obesity Can Cause Liver Disease, Cancer

Condition may lead to organ failure; weight loss can help: experts

Sep 8, 08 4:16 PM CDT
(AP) - In a new and disturbing twist on the obesity epidemic, some overweight teens have severe liver damage caused by too much body fat, and a handful have needed liver transplants, the AP reports. The condition, which can lead to cirrhosis and liver failure or liver cancer, is being seen in... More »

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health • childhood obesity • fat • liver cancer • children • obese

 700-Pound Man
 Enjoys Day Out
 Thanks to Forklift

He's trimmed down from 1,234 pounds

Aug 11, 08 7:30 AM CDT
(Newser) - With the help of a forklift, a 700-pound Mexican man made his first excursion outdoors in five months yesterday—without getting out of bed, AP reports. The machine lifted Manuel Uribe’s bed onto a platform truck, which transported him to a lake, where he rested near the shore and... More »

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Mexico • fat • obese

Want a Skinny Kid? Don't Tell Her She's Fat

Chunky teens pushed by parents to diet fare worse than peers

Jun 2, 08 4:18 PM CDT
(Newser) - A new study of obese teens has produced a counterintuitive indication: Parents should under no circumstances tell pudgy youngsters to diet, the Minneapolis Star-Tribune reports. A group of teens correctly identified by parents as overweight and encouraged to diet were more likely to still be chunky 5 years later than... More »

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parenting • children • diet • obese • teen health • scientific study • teenager

Parents Blind to Their Fat Kids

Only 13% recognize when their child is obese

Dec 25, 07 3:20 PM CST
(Newser) - Nearly half the parents of severely overweight children ages 6 to 11 said their child was “about the right weight,” and only 13% recognized that their child had a severe problem, says a University of Michigan study. The results indicate parents think children will “grow out” of... More »

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obesity • health • childhood obesity • obesity epidemic • fat • children • obese • overweight • health study

Cat Diabetes Becoming
a Weighty Problem

Some vets think dry, high-carb kibble is a major culprit

Dec 5, 07 9:04 PM CST
(Newser) - If your cat is fat, he might have an even bigger problem. The rate of type 2 diabetes among pets—particularly cats—is soaring, reports the Chicago Tribune. Experts aren't in total agreement about why, but in general they think that our furry feline companions are developing the disease for... More »

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pets • obese • overweight • carbs • cat

America's 10 Chubbiest Cities

Sun Belt hogs the lion's share of pudgiest locales

Nov 25, 07 1:00 PM CST
(Newser) - The weather may be great and the lifestyle good, but Southern culinary hospitality might be landing the Sun Belt disproportionately on Forbes' list of America's most obese cities. The most rotund:
  1. Memphis
  2. Birmingham
  3. San Antonio
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obesity • New Orleans • Milwaukee • obesity epidemic • Kansas City • Detroit • fat • list • Austin • Riverside • San Diego • San Antonio • Baltimore • Jacksonville • Birmingham • Richmond • obese • Oklahoma City • Memphis • Nashville

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