CHICAGO (Reuters) - Severely obese teens who had surgery to limit what they could eat lost more weight and enjoyed more health benefits ...
Michelle Obama on Tuesday unveiled "Let's Move" — her public awareness campaign against childhood obesity in the U.S. , a problem she says ...
Overeating—and drinking—is an inevitable part of the last few months. Now, like most Americans, you've probably made a New Year's resolution to hit the gym a little harder. But since most resolutions are made to be broken, we've got a few extra ...
First Lady Michelle Obama meets with Cabinet and Congressional members,at the White House in Washington, Tuesday, Feb. 2, 2010, regarding childhood obesity policy ahead of an announcement of a national campaign to address the epidemic of childhood obesity. (AP Photo/Charles Dharapak) Copyright ...
Orexigen Therapeutics shares rise as Jefferies analyst recommends 'Buy' on obesity drug Shares of Orexigen Therapeutics Inc. rose Tuesday after a Jefferies & Co. analyst recommended buying the stock, citing the potential for the company's obesity drug candidate Contrave. The stock rose ...
LONDON (Reuters) - Decades of progress in the United States on cutting cholesterol, blood pressure and smoking are being stalled by rising obesity rates, and heart disease will kill around 400,000 Americans this year, experts said on Monday. A study by British ...
Paris Woods is hardly a poster child for the obesity epidemic. Lining up dripping wet with kids on her swim team, she's a blend of girlish chunkiness and womanly curves. In street clothes — roomy pink sweats or skimpy tank tops revealing ...
ALEXANDRIA, Virginia (Reuters) - U.S. health officials have leveraged the star power of first lady Michelle Obama to roll out a new campaign against obesity, a preventable condition that drains billions of dollars from the economy. Obama, who plans to take on ...
ALEXANDRIA, VA - JANUARY 28: First lady Michelle Obama winks while attending an event about government and community efforts to fight childhood obesity while visiting the YMCA January 28, 2010 in Alexandria, Virginia. The U.S. Surgeon General Regina Benjamin released a paper ...
First lady Michelle Obama is introduced to speak, on childhood obesity, Thursday, Jan. 28, 2010, at the YMCA in Alexandria, Va. (AP Photo/Cliff Owen) Copyright 2010 AP News
Gender, race make little difference The more obese you are, the greater your risk of suffering a stroke. And, according to a new study published in Stroke: Journal of the American Heart Association, a person's race, gender or how their obesity is ...
Surgery could be life-saving or fatal Most morbidly obese individuals would likely live longer if they had gastric bypass surgery, according to a report in the January issue ofArchives of Surgery. However, the best decision for individual patients varies based on factors ...
