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• Study: Banning fast-food TV ads could dent obesity (AP) 20 Nov 2008 | 8:28am GMT
  
  AP - A little less "I'm Lovin' It" could put a significant dent in the problem of childhood obesity, suggests a new study that attempts to measure the effect of TV fast-food ads.
• Fast-food ad ban could cut child obesity: U.S. study (Reuters) 19 Nov 2008 | 11:14pm GMT
  
  

  Reuters - Banning fast-food advertising on television in the United States could reduce the number of overweight children by as much as 18 percent, researchers said on Wednesday.

  
  
• Medicare wants limits for weight loss surgery (Reuters) 17 Nov 2008 | 11:12pm GMT
  
  Reuters - Medicare, the U.S. government's largest payer of health care, said on Monday it does not plan to cover weight-loss surgery in diabetic patients who are not dangerously overweight, saying there is not enough evidence to show it can improve their health.
• Obese kids have prematurely aged neck arteries (Reuters) 17 Nov 2008 | 10:44pm GMT
  
  Reuters - The neck arteries of obese children and teens look more like those of 45-year-olds, according to research presented at the American Heart Association's annual meeting.
• Despite failures, search for obesity drugs still looks golden (AFP) 15 Nov 2008 | 8:57pm GMT
  
  

  AFP - Designers of anti-obesity drugs have suffered three major setbacks, but the potential reward from treating the world's fat epidemic is so great that their quest is unlikely to be deterred.

  
  
• High-Fat Diet While Pregnant May Produce Obese Kids (HealthDay) 15 Nov 2008 | 4:47am GMT
  
  HealthDay - FRIDAY, Nov. 14 (HealthDay News) -- Eating a high-fat diet during pregnancy causes permanent changes in the fetal brain that can result in overeating and obesity early in life, according to a study with rats.
• U.S. menu labeling may be gaining steam (Reuters) 14 Nov 2008 | 10:11pm GMT
  
  Reuters - A nationwide system requiring fast-food chains to list calories on their menus could be gaining support in Congress as more states adopt the practice and the restaurant industry concedes change is on the way, a consumer, industry and health panel said on Friday.
• Waist, hip size key to predicting health risk (Reuters) 12 Nov 2008 | 10:09pm GMT
  
  

  Reuters - A large European study has confirmed that simple measurements of the waist and hips may offer a better way of predicting obesity-related death than a standard, but more complicated, system of relating weight to height.

  
  
• Obese Kids Have Old Arteries (HealthDay) 12 Nov 2008 | 4:47am GMT
  
  

  HealthDay - TUESDAY, Nov. 11 (HealthDay News) -- Kids these days are 13 going on 45, at least when it comes to their arteries.

  
  
• Fat kids found to have arteries of 45-year-olds (AP) 12 Nov 2008 | 2:10am GMT
  
  

  AP - Obese children as young as 10 had the arteries of 45-year-olds and other heart abnormalities that greatly raise their risk of heart disease, say doctors who used ultrasound tests to take a peek inside.

  
  
• Obese children have middle-aged arteries: study (AFP) 11 Nov 2008 | 10:00pm GMT
  
  

  AFP - The neck arteries of obese children and teenagers experience similar strain as those of middle-aged adults, US researchers said Tuesday.

  
  
• Obese kids' arteries look like middle-aged adults' (Reuters) 11 Nov 2008 | 9:29pm GMT
  
  

  Reuters - An obese child's arteries may be just as clogged as the arteries of someone who is middle-aged, researchers said on Tuesday.

  
  
• Weight-loss surgery may improve IVF outcomes (Reuters) 11 Nov 2008 | 8:20pm GMT
  
  Reuters - Preliminary findings from patients who underwent obesity surgery, also known as bariatric surgery, at Washington University in St. Louis, indicate that this procedure used to induce weight loss may improve the ability of morbidly obese women to conceive after undergoing in vitro fertilization (IVF).
• Smoking Coupled With Obesity Raises Death Risk (HealthDay) 8 Nov 2008 | 4:47am GMT
  
  HealthDay - FRIDAY, Nov. 7 (HealthDay News) -- Everyone knows smoking and being obese is not healthy for you, but now a new study shows the odds of dying early are highest among obese smokers.
• Banned Obesity Drug Tied to Heart Risks Long After Use (HealthDay) 8 Nov 2008 | 4:47am GMT
  
  HealthDay - FRIDAY, Nov. 7 (HealthDay News) -- One of the "fen/phen" drugs once widely prescribed to help fight obesity has been tied to heart valve damage that develops years after a person has stopped taking it, a new study reports.
• Health Tip: Obesity and Your Child (HealthDay) 4 Nov 2008 | 4:47am GMT
  
  HealthDay - (HealthDay News) -- If your child is at an unhealthy, or even dangerous weight, and weight-loss efforts at home aren't successful, you may want to try a professional weight-loss program.
• Child's sleep linked to adulthood obesity risk (Reuters) 3 Nov 2008 | 4:50pm GMT
  
  Reuters - Consistently getting a good night's sleep may help protect children from becoming obese as adults, a study published Monday suggests.
• Scientists Develop New Strategy to Fight Obesity (HealthDay) 1 Nov 2008 | 3:48am GMT
  
  

  HealthDay - FRIDAY, Oct. 31 (HealthDay News) -- An antibody that breaks down and suppresses an appetite stimulant produced by the human body has been discovered.

  
  
• Obesity blamed for doubling rate of diabetes cases (AP) 31 Oct 2008 | 8:29pm GMT
  
  

  AP - The nation's obesity epidemic is exacting a heavy toll: The rate of new diabetes cases nearly doubled in the United States in the past 10 years, the government said Thursday. The highest rates were in the South, according to the first state-by-state review of new diagnoses. The worst was in West Virginia, where about 13 in 1,000 adults were diagnosed with the disease in 2005-07. The lowest was in Minnesota, where the rate was 5 in 1,000.

  
  
• Too much weight in pregnancy can make baby fat (Reuters) 31 Oct 2008 | 6:25am GMT
  
  

  Reuters - Women who gain more than 40 pounds (18 kg ) during pregnancy have nearly twice the risk of delivering a heavy baby as those who gain less, U.S. researchers said on Friday.