More Weight & Obesity Basics News

• Appalachia, Southeast Hit Hardest by Obesity and Diabetes

  Nov. 19 (HealthDay News) -- While rates of obesity are climbing across America, they are ...

• Doctors' Efforts to Fight Childhood Obesity Not Working

  Sept. 4 (HealthDay News) -- Researchers are recommending that officials in the United States, United ...

• Obese Poor Shut Out From Weight-Loss Surgeries

  June 25 (HealthDay News) -- Despite having one of the highest rates of obesity in ...

• Overweight Moms More Likely to Have Asthmatic Kids

  May 19 (HealthDay News) -- A mother's weight may have lasting effects not just on ...

• Rapid Weight Loss in Seniors Signals Higher Dementia Risk

  May 19 (HealthDay News) -- Losing weight rapidly late in life seems to signal a ...

• Obese People Seem to Do Better With Heart Disease

  May 18 (HealthDay News) -- The excess fat that leads people to develop heart disease ...

• Productivity Takes a Hit from Obesity, Diabetes

  May 13 (HealthDay News) -- Obese workers with diabetes are less productive than their normal-weight ...

• Obesity May Raise Kids' Allergy Risk

  May 8 (HealthDay News) -- Obese children and teens are at increased risk for allergies, ...

• Obesity May Hide Fetal Abnormalities on Ultrasounds

  April 22 (HealthDay News) -- Overweight and obese women are less likely to receive an ...

• Extra Pounds in Mid-Life Affect Later Mobility

  April 9 (HealthDay News) -- Seniors who were overweight or obese earlier in life are ...

• A Fat That May Keep You Thin

  April 8 (HealthDay News) -- Take note of the brown revolution -- the brown fat ...

• Obesity Linked to Heart Failure Risk

  April 7 (HealthDay News) -- Swedish studies add heart failure to the list of cardiac ...

• Kids Who Lack Self-Control May Be Prone to Weight Gain

  April 6 (HealthDay News) -- Small children who can't keep their hands out of the ...

• Pot Belly Boosts Risk for Restless Legs Syndrome

  April 6 (HealthDay News) -- Having a big belly or being obese appears to increase ...

• Obesity Boosts Gum Disease Risk

  April 4 (HealthDay News) -- Obese adults are at higher risk of gum disease than ...

• FDA Expands Weight-Loss Products Safety Alert

  March 20 (HealthDay News) -- An expanded nationwide alert about tainted weight-loss products that contain ...

• Obesity Tied to Poor Pancreatic Cancer Surgery Outcomes

  March 18 (HealthDay News) -- Obese pancreatic cancer patients are more likely than non-obese patients ...

• Obesity Takes Years Off Your Life

  March 17 (HealthDay News) -- Being obese can shorten your life, a new study shows. "Moderate ...

• Overweight Preschoolers Raise Their Heart Disease Risk

  March 11 (HealthDay News) -- In yet another sign that obesity poses health risks at ...