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  • September 2007

    • Big Americans Bust Weight Limits on Cars

      USA Today  |  Sep 15, 07 5:15 PM CDT

      Big Americans Bust Weight Limits on Cars

      (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 oversized passengers. More »

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      obesity  • car  • safety  • Americans  • weight

    • Employees Go Lean for Green

      USA Today  |  Sep 11, 07 12:48 PM CDT

      Employees Go Lean for Green

      (Newser) - A new study shows that paying people to lose weight works, a possible boon to employers and employees beset by the high costs of obesity. Researchers separated participants, who weren’t given a specific weight loss program, into three groups—two of which would be paid either $7 or $14 for weight loss and the third would receive nothing. More »

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      obesity  • money  • heart disease  • blood pressure  • weight loss  • work  • stroke  • cholesterol  • overweight  • employers  • medical bills

    • American Kids' Blood Pressure Creeps Up

      Washington Post  |  Sep 11, 07 10:37 AM CDT

      American Kids' Blood Pressure Creeps Up

      (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 of heart attack and stroke, the Washington Post reports. More »

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

    • Olympic Seats Too Small for UK Behinds

      Sun (UK)  |  Sep 10, 07 4:25 PM CDT

      Olympic Seats Too Small for UK Behinds

      (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 new specs call for seats 50cm (almost 20 inches) wide. More »

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      Great Britain  • London  • obesity  • weight  • 2012 London Olympics

    • LA Eyes Ban on New Fast Food Outlets

      Los Angeles Times  |  Sep 10, 07 4:13 PM CDT

      LA Eyes Ban on New Fast Food Outlets

      (Newser) - There is so much fast food in South Los Angeles, and so much obesity, that city officials are considering banning any new outlets.  A two-year moratorium on new fast-food eateries has been proposed for an area where 30% of adults and 29% of kids are obese (compared with just over 20% and 23%, respectively, for the county overall). “To be honest, it’s all we eat,” one resident told the Los Angeles Times .  More »

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      California  • Los Angeles  • food  • obesity  • restaurant  • fast food  • Berkeley

    • Obese Toddlers: Too Many Calories, Too Little Iron

      Associated Press  |  Sep 4, 07 8:17 PM CDT

      Obese Toddlers: Too Many Calories, Too Little Iron

      (Newser) - Overweight toddlers are more than twice as likely to have iron deficiencies as their skinnier counterparts, with Hispanics facing the highest risk, concludes a study in September’s Pediatrics , the first to link obesity with low iron levels. Researchers stressed the importance of weaning kids 1 to 3 years old off bottles of milk and juice, introducing meats, eggs, and other iron-rich foods. More »

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      children  • obesity  • childhood obesity  • obesity epidemic  • pediatrics  • child development  • Anemia

  • August 2007

    • Fattest States in America

      Trust for America's Health  |  Aug 27, 07 8:36 PM CDT

      Fattest States in America

      (Newser) - The Trust for America's Health has come out with its fourth annual report on obesity.  And the losers are: Mississippi West Virginia Alabama More »

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      health  • obesity  • Michigan  • Louisiana  • South Carolina  • Mississippi  • Indiana  • America  • childhood obesity  • Tennessee  • Alabama  • Kentucky  • Arkansas  • fat  • weight  • Oklahoma  • West Virginia

    • We're Still Getting Fatter

      Reuters  |  Aug 27, 07 6:07 PM CDT

      We're Still Getting Fatter

      (Newser) - Americans just keep getting fatter. Obesity rates were up in 31 states this year and declined in none, a new study by a health advocacy group finds. That brings the percentage of American adults who are either obese or overweight to 60%, Reuters reports, and the usual suspects are to blame: poor nutrition and physical inactivity. More »

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      obesity  • heart disease  • diabetes  • Mississippi  • America  • childhood obesity  • health study  • stroke  • obesity epidemic  • Americans  • epidemic  • nutrition

    • Docs Often Miss High Blood Pressure in Kids

      WebMD  |  Aug 22, 07 3:43 PM CDT

      Docs Often Miss High Blood Pressure in Kids

      (Newser) - High blood pressure in kids is increasing, but it is often missed by doctors, a new study shows. Researchers examined the electronic records of thousands of children and teens enrolled in an Ohio health plan; they found 500 with high blood pressure readings, and only a quarter had been previously diagnosed. "High blood pressure isn't necessarily on the minds of pediatric clinicians," says one of the researchers. More »

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      health  • children  • obesity  • doctor  • blood pressure  • hypertension

    • Weight-Loss Surgery Can End Diabetes

      Wall Street Journal  |  Aug 22, 07 10:52 AM CDT

      Weight-Loss Surgery Can End Diabetes

      (Newser) - Surgery that shrinks stomachs and reroutes intestines can make diabetes disappear—but some worry the procedure is the wrong one for the disease. More than three of four diabetics who undergo bariatric surgery are left with no symptoms, and can even live without insulin. But docs are concerned about complications like nutritional deficiency—and remission is possible in some cases, the Wall Street Journal reports. More »

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      health  • obesity  • surgery  • diabetes  • insulin  • intestines

    • Common Virus Linked to Obesity

      Guardian (UK)  |  Aug 21, 07 8:07 AM CDT

      Common Virus Linked to Obesity

      (Newser) - A virus that causes sore throats and eye infections may also contribute to obesity, new research suggests. leaving infected people with more and larger fat cells than uninfected people have. The discovery could lead to the development of anti-obesity vaccines and may help explain why some obese people have healthy blood pressure and cholesterol levels, the Guardian reports. More »

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