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Sydney kids. Thousands of children across Australia are to be weighed, measured and interviewed about their diet under a national plan to tackle obesity, the government said(AFP/File/David Hancock)

Australian children to be weighed and measured in obesity crackdown

AFP - 33 minutes ago

SYDNEY (AFP) - Thousands of children across Australia are to be weighed, measured and interviewed about their diet under a national plan to tackle obesity, the government said.

  • Gastric-Bypass Surgery Best for Super Obese: Study HealthDay - Tue Jul 18, 11:53 PM ET

    TUESDAY, July 18 (HealthDay News) -- Obesity surgery has become increasingly popular, but deciding on the right procedure can be a tough choice.

  • Stomach bypass best for extreme obesity Reuters - Tue Jul 18, 2:47 AM ET

    NEW YORK (Reuters Health) - Although technically more challenging, laparoscopic Roux-en-Y gastric bypass, a common type of stomach bypass operation, provides greater weight loss in severely obese patients than does placing a plastic band around the stomach to make it smaller, new research shows.

  • Diet drug may help obese adolescents Reuters - Tue Jul 18, 2:22 AM ET

    NEW YORK (Reuters Health) - The weight-loss drug Meridia may be a safe, effective treatment for severely overweight children as young as 12, researchers reported Monday.

  • Adolescent Obesity Linked to Premature Death HealthDay - Mon Jul 17, 11:54 PM ET

    MONDAY, July 17 (HealthDay News) -- Teenage girls who are obese run a three-fold greater risk of premature death in middle age, according to a new study in the Annals of Internal Medicine.

  • Overweight when young, maybe dead in middle age? Reuters - Mon Jul 17, 6:15 PM ET

    WASHINGTON (Reuters) - Young women who are overweight at the age of 18 have a higher risk of dying young, but medication and behavior therapy can help young people lose weight, U.S. researchers reported on Monday.

  • Obesity, Diabetes Drive High Rate of Kidney Failure in U.S. HealthDay - Wed Jul 12, 11:53 PM ET

    WEDNESDAY, July 12 (HealthDay News) -- Compared to Europeans, Americans with chronic kidney disease (CKD) are more than twice as likely to progress to end-stage kidney disease, researchers say, and higher rates of obesity and diabetes may be to blame.

  • New Method Gauges Weight-Loss Surgery Risk HealthDay - Fri Jul 7, 11:54 PM ET

    FRIDAY, July 7 (HealthDay News) -- Five key characteristics may single out those patients most at risk for fatal complications from gastric bypass weight-loss surgeries, researchers report.

  • An overweight man climbs a flight of stairs in a 2003 file photo. Maintaining a healthy weight, not smoking and getting regular exercise may all reduce the risk of developing erectile dysfunction (ED), according to a study that followed more than 22,000 U.S. men for 14 years. (Andrew Wong/Reuters)
    Obesity, smoking raises impotence risk Reuters - Fri Jul 7, 12:57 PM ET

    NEW YORK (Reuters Health) - Many of the same things that are good for a man's heart may also be good for his sex life, new research confirms.

  • Terry Bennett, a physician from Rochester, N.H., is seen in an undated file image from television taken at WMUR-TV in Manchester, N.H. (AP Photo/WMUR-TV)
    Court says stop case against rude doctor AP - Fri Jul 7, 12:06 AM ET

    CONCORD, N.H. - A judge has ordered the state Board of Medicine to stop disciplinary proceedings against a doctor accused of telling a patient she was so obese she might only be attractive to black men and advising another to shoot herself following brain surgery.

  • An overweight woman walks on Copacabana beach in Rio de Janeiro, December 16, 2004. Obesity is known to increase a person's risk of death and now, new findings from a study of more than 90,000 women indicate that the risk continues to increase as the severity of obesity worsens. (Sergio Moraes/Reuters)
    Death risk rises in women as obesity worsens Reuters - Thu Jul 6, 6:45 PM ET

    NEW YORK (Reuters Health) - Obesity is known to increase a person's risk of death and now, new findings from a study of more than 90,000 women indicate that the risk continues to increase as the severity of obesity worsens.

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    Chewing the fat: New theories on world's obesity pandemic AFP - Sat Jul 1, 11:33 PM ET

    PARIS (AFP) - Fatty hamburgers, sugar-laden sodas and a couch-potato lifestyle: these are the familiar villains in the crisis of obesity sweeping developed countries.

  • Stomach surgery can help obese teenagers: study Reuters - Thu Jun 29, 3:15 PM ET

    SAN FRANCISCO (Reuters) - Obese teenagers who had surgery to shrink the size of their stomachs on average lost nearly half their weight in the four years after the procedure, according to a study presented on Thursday at a medical conference.

  • Obese Men Benefit Less From Radiation for Prostate Cancer HealthDay - Mon Jun 26, 11:53 PM ET

    MONDAY, June 26 (HealthDay News) -- Obese men with prostate cancer are less likely to benefit from radiation therapy than men who aren't overweight.

  • Obesity raises recurrence risk of prostate cancer Reuters - Mon Jun 26, 11:26 AM ET

    NEW YORK (Reuters Health) - Obese men have an increased risk of cancer recurrence after undergoing treatment with radiotherapy for localized prostate cancer, new research shows.

  • Could a Low-Carb Diet Slow Alzheimer's? HealthDay - Fri Jun 23, 11:54 PM ET

    FRIDAY, June 23 (HealthDay News) -- A low-calorie diet, particularly one that's low in carbohydrates, may reduce or even reverse the symptoms of Alzheimer's disease, a new study in mice suggests.

  • Low-carb diet benefits obese type 2 diabetics Reuters - Fri Jun 23, 6:00 PM ET

    NEW YORK (Reuters Health) - In motivated people who are overweight and have type 2 diabetes, a low-carbohydrate diet with some caloric restriction has lasting benefits on body weight and blood sugar control, Swedish researchers report.

  • Obese kids suffer more disabling headaches Reuters - Fri Jun 23, 5:41 PM ET

    NEW YORK (Reuters Health) - Children who have migraines are more likely to be overweight than the general population, while overweight kids suffer more disabling migraines than their normal-weight peers, a new study shows.

  • Migraines More Common in Overweight Kids HealthDay - Thu Jun 22, 11:54 PM ET

    THURSDAY, June 22 (HealthDay News) -- Children who suffer from migraine headaches are 36 percent more likely to be overweight, according to a new U.S. study.

  • Carbohydrates, Sugar, and Your Child KidsHealth.org - Wed Jun 21, 8:00 PM ET

    Often called carbs, carbohydrates are the body's most important and readily available source of energy. Even though they've gotten a bad rap in the 2000s and have often been blamed for the obesity epidemic in America, carbohydrates are a necessary part of a healthy diet for both children and adults.

  • Parmaceutical group Sanofi-Aventis' logo. Sanofi-Aventis said it had won approval from the European Commission to begin selling its anti-obesity drug Acomplia, which is expected to become the next blockbuster product for the group.(AFP/File)
    Sanofi wins EU approval to sell anti-obesity drug Acomplia AFP - Wed Jun 21, 3:40 PM ET

    PARIS (AFP) - French pharmaceutical group Sanofi-Aventis said it had won approval from the European Commission to begin selling its anti-obesity drug Acomplia, which is expected to become the next blockbuster product for the group.

  • Teen obesity linked to heart abnormalities Reuters - Mon Jun 19, 2:19 PM ET

    NEW YORK (Reuters Health) - Obesity in adolescence is associated with reduced heart function and excessive cardiac mass, according to a new study.