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Study: Exercise Won't Cure Obesity (LiveScience.com) 6 Jan 2009 | 5:06pm GMT

LiveScience.com - It strengthens bones and muscles, improves mental health and mood, lowers blood pressure, improves cholesterol levels and reduces the risk of cardiovascular disease, diabetes, breast cancer and colon cancer. Exercise is also good for your brain.
Obesity Linked to Ovarian Cancer (HealthDay) 6 Jan 2009 | 4:47am GMT

HealthDay - MONDAY, Jan. 5 (HealthDay News) -- Obese postmenopausal women who have never used hormone replacement therapy may face an increased risk of ovarian cancer, compared to normal-weight women, a new study suggests.
Gastric Bypass Halts Diabetes in Obese Teens (HealthDay) 6 Jan 2009 | 4:47am GMT

HealthDay - MONDAY, Dec. 29 (HealthDay News) -- Obese teenagers who have gastric bypass surgery not only lose weight but see their type 2 diabetes disappear, a new study finds.
Indian airline sacks overweight stewardesses: report (AFP) 5 Jan 2009 | 5:46pm GMT

AFP - India's state-run carrier Air India has dismissed 10 women flight attendants who were grounded last year for being overweight, a report said Monday.
Wallace and Gromit help to fight obesity (AFP) 2 Jan 2009 | 5:08pm GMT

AFP - The government launched a campaign to fight the nation's expanding waistlines on Friday with a cartoon by the Oscar-winning animators of Wallace and Gromit to hammer home the message.
Weight loss surgery improves sexual function in men (Reuters) 1 Jan 2009 | 4:19pm GMT

Reuters - Sexual dysfunction that commonly occurs in morbidly obese men improves after weight loss surgery, according to a new study.
Pa. police find woman's body, 60 birds in trailer (AP) 1 Jan 2009 | 2:20am GMT

AP - Police investigating the death of a morbidly obese woman found her disabled mother living in their squalid mobile home with more than 60 caged birds, a few of them dead.
Overweight women have lower risk of premature birth (Reuters) 31 Dec 2008 | 7:22pm GMT

Reuters - Among pregnant women at higher-than- average risk of premature delivery, those who are overweight or obese seem to be afforded some protection, a new study suggests.
Obese men have worse sperm quality than leaner men (Reuters) 30 Dec 2008 | 6:23pm GMT

Reuters - Obese men are more than three times as likely to have low sperm counts compared with their normal-weight peers, a study out this month in the journal Fertility and Sterility shows.
Obese kids who snore more sleepy in the daytime (Reuters) 29 Dec 2008 | 7:22pm GMT

Reuters - Obese children who have difficulty breathing while they sleep have excessive daytime sleepiness compared with slimmer children who are also chronic snorers, new research in the journal Pediatrics shows.
Study: Obesity surgery reverses diabetes in teens (AP) 29 Dec 2008 | 5:07am GMT

AP - Obesity surgery can reverse diabetes in teens, just as it does in adults, according to a small study.
Low death rate after obesity surgery in Sweden (Reuters) 25 Dec 2008 | 9:40pm GMT

Reuters - Death rates soon after anti-obesity or "bariatric" surgery in Sweden are low, statistics show.
Fast food + nearby schools = fat kids (Reuters) 24 Dec 2008 | 1:31am GMT

Reuters - Youth who study just a short walk from a fast-food outlet eat fewer fruit and vegetables, drink more soda and are more likely to be obese than students at other schools, according to research published Tuesday.
Even a Little Overweight, Inactivity Hurts the Heart (HealthDay) 23 Dec 2008 | 4:47am GMT

HealthDay - MONDAY, Dec. 22 (HealthDay News) -- Even a few extra pounds and just a little inactivity increased the risk of heart failure in a major study of American doctors.
Even a tiny bit of flab raises heart failure risk (Reuters) 23 Dec 2008 | 12:18am GMT

Reuters - Even a little bit of extra weight can raise the risk of heart failure, according to a U.S. study published on Monday that calculated the heart hazards of being pudgy but not obese.
Obesity raises risk of cancer-related lymphedema (Reuters) 22 Dec 2008 | 8:23pm GMT

Reuters - Painful swelling of the arm or shoulder area following treatment for breast cancer -- a condition called lymphedema - is more common in women who are overweight or obese than in women of normal weight, researchers have found.
For the Obese, Holiday Tables Serve Platefuls of Doubt (HealthDay) 21 Dec 2008 | 4:47am GMT

HealthDay - SATURDAY, Dec. 20 (HealthDay News) -- The holiday season can be especially difficult for overweight or obese people as they struggle to control their eating habits and cope with widely held misconceptions, according to a Duke University expert.
Childhood Obesity May Cause Thyroid Problems (HealthDay) 19 Dec 2008 | 4:47am GMT

HealthDay - THURSDAY, Dec. 18 (HealthDay News) -- Childhood obesity may alter the structure and function of the thyroid gland, an organ in the neck that releases hormones crucial to metabolism.
Study Finds Molecular Link Between Obesity, Hypertension (HealthDay) 18 Dec 2008 | 4:47am GMT

HealthDay - WEDNESDAY, Dec. 17 (HealthDay News) -- Most people know that obese individuals tend to have high blood pressure, but now British researchers have identified the molecular pathway that could explain that link.
Obese patients wait longer for liver transplant (Reuters) 17 Dec 2008 | 10:41pm GMT

Reuters - People hoping for a liver transplant and who are obese face prolonged waiting times, reflecting a possible "reluctance to transplant obese patients," according to a new report.