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THURSDAY, NOVEMBER 26, 2009
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Freedom Fries Fattening French

Celebrated food culture struggles to resist import of American obesity

Sep 20, 07 5:15 PM CDT
(Newser) - Freedom Fries be danged, French waistlines are taking a decidedly American curve: As fast food and bigger portions invade, some 42% of the famously foodie nation's population is clocking in as either overweight or obese. But officials say don't let them eat cake, predicting US-level obesity if the trend isn't... More »

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obesity • food • France • weight • fast food • freedom fries

Big Americans Bust Weight Limits on Cars

Drivers, passengers are often too heavy for tires, say manufacturer safety labels

Sep 15, 07 5:15 PM CDT
(Newser) - Americans who supersize their meals may be putting an unsafe burden on their car tires, exceeding weight limits they're rated to carry. Many two-seat sports cars, for instance, can't safely accommodate two 200-pound passengers, USA Today reports. Family cars and minivans also frequently max out when carrying a load of... More »

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obesity • weight • safety • Americans • cars

American Kids' Blood Pressure Creeps Up

Obesity epidemic fallout foreshadows serious health troubles

Sep 11, 07 10:37 AM CDT
(Newser) - The ranks of US children with dangerously high blood pressure and hypertension have been growing for 20 years, reversing a decades-long trend, says a new study that tracks the effects of youth obesity. Hypertension, which usually doesn't develop until patients are in their 30s or 40s, is a leading cause... More »

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obesity • hypertension • childhood obesity • diabetes • heart disease • fat • children • weight • cholesterol • blood pressure • Americans • heart attack • stroke

Olympic Seats Too Small for UK Behinds

Designers go back to the drawing board for bootylicious Brits

Sep 10, 07 4:25 PM CDT
(Newser) - Seats at one of London's new Olympic venues are being widened to accommodate spectators' bulky backsides. Stadium designers warned that the 20,000 seats at the Aquatic Centre wouldn't be able to handle expanding British buttocks, so organizers widened the chairs by 4cm (1.5 inches), the Sun reports. The... More »

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obesity • London • 2012 London Olympics • weight • Aquatic Centre • Stratford • Britain

"Skinny Gene" Found in Mice

Scientists discover a "volume control" for fat production

Sep 4, 07 9:01 PM CDT
(Newser) - A gene dubbed "adipose," identified more than 50 years ago in fruit flies, has now been found to regulate  thinness, or its opposite, in worms and mice, according to a study in the journal Cell Metabolism.  Researchers at the University of Texas Southwestern Medical Center have determined... More »

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genetic modification • weight loss • weight • genes • adipose

Fattest States in America

Aug 27, 07 8:36 PM CDT
(Newser) - The Trust for America's Health has come out with its fourth annual report on obesity.  And the losers are:
  1. Mississippi
  2. West Virginia
  3. Alabama
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obesity • health • childhood obesity • South Carolina • Arkansas • Kentucky • fat • Louisiana • weight • Michigan • Indiana • America • Alabama • Tennessee • Mississippi • Oklahoma • West Virginia

Go Easy on Pregnancy Weight Gain, Say Docs

Review of current guidelines in the works

Aug 15, 07 12:03 PM CDT
(Newser) - The current guidelines for weight gain during pregnancy may be contributing to the nation's obesity epidemic, some doctors say, and radical changes in the recommendations are under consideration. Docs say a revision is long overdue, the AP reports. "Most of us think overall the weight gain recommendations are too... More »

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obesity • medicine • pregnancy • health • women's health • women • public health • weight

FTC Subpoenas Food Giants
on Marketing
to Kids

Congress wants data
on childhood obesity

Aug 11, 07 4:33 PM CDT
(Newser) - The FTC dealt out 44 subpoenas yesterday to food companies, including McDonald's, Coca-Cola, and Kraft, seeking information on how much they spent on advertising to kids. The businesses have until November 1 to comply for a report the FTC is preparing for Congress on marketing practices and child obesity. More »

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obesity • Congress • nutrition • health • advertising • childhood obesity • McDonald's • marketing • Coca Cola • children • weight • diet • FTC • General Mills • advertisements

Roly-Poly
Polar Bear
Goes on a Diet

Keepers cut off celebrity cub Knut's supply of croissants

Aug 1, 07 7:53 AM CDT
(Newser) - Superstar polar bear Knut has been put on a diet after growing too fat to be weighed on the Berlin Zoo's scales. Knut's Brando-style transformation came about from eating too many croissants and second helpings of meat and fish, leaving him a visibly stuffed bear. "Knut has become noticeably... More »

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Knut • Berlin Zoo • weight • diet • exercise • polar bear • animal

Weight a Minute! Stress Triggers Fat
in Study

A nervous mouse is a chubby mouse

Jul 2, 07 4:49 AM CDT
(Newser) - A newly discovered chemical connection between chronic stress and fat could help curb obesity— or grow fat in places like breasts for cosmetic purposes, the Washington Post reports. Scientists found that  stressed-out mice on a rodent junk-food diet grew the fattest, and that injecting or blocking a stress neurotransmitter can... More »

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obesity • health • science • fat • weight • stress

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