obesity

  1. Parenting Advice & Columns

    Parenting Guru: Are your kids a healthy weight?

    By Julie Weingarden Dubin on Sep 11, 2012
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    It’s simple when you think about it. We gain weight when we take in more calories than we burn. “It’s what we call a positive energy...
  2. Losing Weight

    New weight loss drug: FDA approves Belviq

    By Patricia Conte on Jun 28, 2012
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    Not a cure, but a step in the right direction -- that’s what some experts are calling the newly FDA-approved diet pill, Belviq...
  3. Losing Weight

    Doctors turn away overweight patients, study shows

    By Jessica Padykula on Nov 13, 2011
    It’s hard enough carrying a few extra pounds, but being heavier just got harder. According to a study completed at Yale University,...
  4. Healthy Recipes & Nutrition

    Heart Attack Grill: Is honesty the best policy?

    By Alicia French on Oct 20, 2011
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    America's unabashedly unhealthy burger joint, Heart Attack Grill, has been under fire for making a joke out of obesity. If more...
  5. Pregnancy, Labor & Birth

    Some doctors in South Florida refusing to treat obese patients

    By Sarah W. Caron on Jun 7, 2011
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    Some OB-GYNs in Florida are refusing to treat obese women due to both the risks of treating such patients and the fact that their...
  6. Cancer Info & Support

    Cancer risk: Obesity

    By Jaime Herndon on Jan 27, 2011
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    Because of the overwhelming amount of overweight and obese Americans, there has been a recent uptick in health conditions such as...
  7. SheKnows TV: Corner Kitchen

    5 Foods powerful women eat

    By Michele Borboa, MS on Jan 2, 2011
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    You know those women—the fit, confident, happy, high-achievers who are enviable super moms, successful business women, stellar...
  8. Dieting & Nutrition

    Marie Claire blog post infuriates readers

    By Meagan Morris on Oct 27, 2010
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    Marie Claire blogger Maura Kelly angered readers when she posted a blog detailing her disgust for overweight people who are like...
  9. Prevention & Detection

    New drug for breast cancer: Fish oil?

    By Dr Barry Sears on Sep 27, 2010
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    Breast cancer accounts for more than 25 percent of all female cancers. It is also strongly linked to obesity, which means as the...
  10. Losing Weight

    Health benefits of being overweight?

    By Sarah Kelsey on Aug 25, 2010
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    We all know that carrying around excess weight can be bad for us, but recent research is starting to show that being a little...
  11. Losing Weight

    Building a healthier America

    By Carole Carson on Mar 29, 2010
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    Today more young adults ages 20 to 45 are suffering disabling strokes. Almost six million hospitalizations each year are due to...
  12. Children's Health

    Childhood obesity prevention tips

    By Children's Miracle Network on Mar 13, 2010
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    Children's Healthcare of Atlanta helps to tackle the childhood obesity epidemic with a new website that helps families set...