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NEWS ABOUT: obesity

obesity stories: 208 news summaries

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FDA Advisory Panel Rejects Weight-Loss Drug

Possible side effects send Acomplia to the sidelines

Jun 14, 07 6:41 AM CDT
(Newser) - Accomplia, a weight-loss drug marketed in 18 other countries, failed to win approval from an FDA advisory board yesterday. The 14-member panel of outside experts ruled unanimously that manufacturer Sanofi-Aventis had not dispelled concerns about the safety of the drug, whose potential side effects include suicidal thoughts, anxiety, and depression. More »

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obesity • FDA • health • drugs • Sanofi Aventis • Acomplia • weight loss • safety • Zimulti

China to Mandate Booty-Shaking

Daily dancing requirement targets childhood obesity

Jun 5, 07 1:44 PM CDT
(Newser) - The childhood obesity epidemic has found its way to China—and will stop there, if the government's new dance requirement has the desired effect. Starting in September, mandatory classes will get millions of schoolchildren off their butts and onto the dance floor. Experts are developing routines for the curriculum, which... More »

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China • obesity • health • childhood obesity • children • dance

Preschool Kids Get Socked
In the Mouth

Cavities are on the
rise for the first time
in 40 years

May 1, 07 11:00 AM CDT
(Newser) - Young children are developing more cavities in their baby teeth than kids were a decade ago, the CDC reported yesterday, a worrisome development that reverses a 40-year trend. Preschool children—"thousands and thousands of kids," in the words of one researcher—were the only age group in which... More »

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obesity • health • childhood obesity • dental health • children • teeth • preschool

Researchers Fight Fat With Baby Formula

Introducing hormone in infancy
trims down rats, sparks controversy

Apr 23, 07 3:18 PM CDT
(Newser) - The battle to keep pounds off may start with a baby bottle, say a team of British scientists who found that feeding large doses of the appetite-controlling hormone leptin to baby rats led to svelte adult rats. If those results translate to humans, a baby formula that chemically alters metabolism... More »

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obesity • health • childhood obesity • diabetes • leptin • children • research • baby

British Scientists
Find Fat Gene

Answer to the waistline gap may be in the chromosomes, researchers say

Apr 13, 07 11:45 AM CDT
(Newser) - British scientists have for the first time identified a gene that contributes to garden-variety obesity, supporting ancient anecdotal evidence that birthright, not just lifestyle, shapes stomachs.  Although they can't say exactly how the gene, called FTO, works, the 16% of white Europeans carrying two "fat" variations of it... More »

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obesity • health • genetics • FTO • science • research • waistline

Kids Get Graded on Obesity

Though Controversial, BMI Screenings for Children Increasingly Common

Apr 9, 07 12:08 PM CDT
(Newser) - School nurses in six states are now sending out "obesity report cards,"  giving parents the results of mandatory Body Mass Index screenings of their children. With the number of overweight kids quadrupling over the last 40 years, advocates aim to detect health issues early. But not all... More »

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obesity • health • childhood obesity • Body Mass Index • health screenings • fat • children • school • elementary school

ADD Meds Prescribed
For Weight Loss

Doctors are using Adderall for pediatric obesity, pleasing
parents but raising ethical alarms

Mar 23, 07 10:12 AM CDT
(Newser) - Pediatricians are giving Adderall, the pill that got America's kids to pay attention in class, to patients without ADHD but looking to shed extra pounds. One of the drug's side effects is appetite suppression, and "off-label" prescriptions are working for some chunky but otherwise normal teenagers. Parents worried about... More »

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obesity • medicine • ethics • ADHD • Adderall • health • children • weight loss • safety • doctor

Chemicals Linked to Obesity  

In mice, common chemicals trigger fat cells and "feed me" hormones

Mar 12, 07 10:46 AM CDT
(Newser) - Chemicals found in everything from baby bottles to cleaning agents might be triggering the obesity epidemic, causing fat cells to grow and multiply out of control. A Centers for Disease Control study suggests that exposure of mice to chemicals like tributyltin—used in fungicides and plastics—increases fat cells, which... More »

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obesity • health • Centers for Disease Control and Prevention • obesity epidemic • tributyltin • bisphenol A • chemicals and obesity • baby bottle • fat

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