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Filed under: Food, Happy Hour Hero, Health Our happy hour fact to amaze your drinking buddies with. Slightly chubby people live six to seven years longer than the very...
made popular Jun 24 2009
Obesity and Global Warming
Obese people are blamed of causing global warming. High rates of obesity in richer countries cause up to 1bn extra tons of greenhouse gas...
made popular May 11 2009
Climate change and obesity are the most talked about issues today. No one is left untouched by them. However, a relationship between the two is surprising. New findings...
made popular Apr 25 2009
Obesity leads to many ailments. In your opinion, what’s the best way to keep obesity in check? Pulling down the iron rod and sweating in the gym, right? After human...
made popular Apr 1 2009
The Economist introduces us to Hamlin, West Virginia.
Hamlin is one of the fattest, most unhealthiest towns in America where people seem to be content to eat...
made popular Mar 6 2009
An independent study conducted by economists at the U.S. Department of Labor reports data which show that overweight women makes less than their thinner counterparts....
made popular Feb 18 2009
AP, Washington
When it comes to favorite foods, women have a hard time saying no _ a much harder time than men, scientists have discovered.
made popular Jan 20 2009
AP, Washington
Faced with their favorite foods, women are less able than men to suppress their hunger, a discovery that may help explain the higher obesity rate for females, a new...
made popular Jan 19 2009
AP, Washington
Faced with their favorite foods, women are less able than men to suppress their hunger, a discovery that may help explain the higher obesity rate for females, a new...
made popular Jan 19 2009
AP, New York
Obesity surgery can reverse diabetes in teens, just as it does in adults, according to a small study.
made popular Dec 29 2008
AP, Chicago
An Indiana couple who topped the scales at more than 700 pounds combined have undergone weight-loss surgery _ on the same day.
made popular Dec 22 2008
To begin with, there are two basic components to lose weight: diet and exercise. You can’t take any shortcuts here; you can’t do one without the other. But...
made popular Dec 19 2008
AP, New York
Scientists may have figured out one reason some people reach for the french fries instead of an apple. It could be a gene that’s been linked to an increased risk...
made popular Dec 11 2008
AP, New York
Scientists may have figured out one reason some people reach for the french fries instead of an apple. It could be a gene that’s been linked to an increased risk...
made popular Dec 10 2008
Are those expensive, chic-looking jeans that you used to flaunt in college just lying there in your wardrobe because they don’t fit anymore. Is it getting too...
made popular Nov 26 2008
AP, Atlanta
A little less “I’m Lovin’ It” could put a significant dent in the problem of childhood obesity, suggests a new study that attempts to measure...
made popular Nov 20 2008
According to research Obesity is increasing among adult American women. About 34% of them are fighting with obesity. Researchers say there are various constant...
made popular Nov 15 2008
It is a well known fact that excess fat content in the body is the reason for putting on weight. And we also know that burning more calories than we eat is the best way...
made popular Nov 7 2008
Nearly one in four British people is at least double the healthy weight for their height. The numbers are rising faster than anywhere else in Europe, and if the trend...
made popular Nov 1 2008
AP, Paris
French pharmaceutical company Sanofi-Aventis temporarily suspended sales of anti-obesity drug Acomplia in Europe, the company said Thursday, after health authorities...
made popular Oct 23 2008
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Or, to be fair to all visitors, Kelly is 75 kg and 160 cm. Which would imply that she has a BMI of 29.2 (overweight range 25-29.9), says an expert from Star...
made popular May 22 2009
AP, New York
Expedia Inc. shares dropped on Thursday after a JPMorgan analyst downgraded its stock to a “Neutral” rating from “Overweight,” citing an...
made popular Mar 19 2009
Jessica Simpson’s weight gain story has taken a new turn. Criticisms are fading away and words of advice have started to surface from different quarters. No,...
made popular Feb 20 2009
Don’t get me wrong but that’s what I believe Jennifer Love Hewitt meant when she came up with a bit of ’strange’ advice for Jessica Simpson. She...
made popular Feb 17 2009
When I reported last week that Jessica Simpson has decided to lose 20 pounds, I was pretty confident about her grit. But these new pics have ruined all that good...
made popular Feb 16 2009
Jessica Simpson has decided to give it back to her critics. The latest issue of OK! is carrying a story about Jessica’s pledge to shed 20 pounds in two months....
made popular Feb 11 2009
It’s official! Jessica Simpson is overweight, and those extra pounds have been acknowledged by none other than Barack Obama, the President of United States. Well,...
made popular Feb 2 2009
Are we running out of stories to cover in the news? Most likely the answer is no, so why is it that we have to consider a celebrity looking slightly “fuller” than...
made popular Jan 30 2009
AP, New Delhi
Nine flight attendants who couldn’t meet the weight standards of India’s national airlines have been fired, an official said Tuesday.
made popular Jan 6 2009
Oprah recently opened the old and overly discussed subject again: her weight. Here’s what she had to say:
“I’m embarrassed … I can’t believe that after...
made popular Dec 9 2008
A while back, Jordin (who is 5′11” and a US size 12, according to most sources) gave some tips to plus-size girls on how to dress for their shape. The...
made popular Nov 26 2008
Yesterday, I was riding the bus out to the mall when it made a routine stop.
A woman with a child in a stroller came out of a store.
The child was very young.
The...
made popular Nov 20 2008
Keeping excess weight away requires more than diet control. A study led by Dr. Denise E. Wilfley at Washington University in St. Louis has found that rebound weight...
made popular Sep 10 2008
For long, the international community was concerned with malnutrition and the consequent underweight population in the world, especially the underdeveloped world....
made popular Sep 7 2008
Are you among those overweight people who resorts to dieting to shed the excess fat? This article may be of interest to you, especially if you are among those who go on...
made popular Sep 7 2008
If the trends of the past three decades continue, it’s possible that every American adult could be overweight 40 years from now, a government-funded study...
made popular Aug 8 2008
Do you have a big belly? Well, one of the key reasons behind the extra flab could be your friends, says a new research, which found that spending time with fat people...
made popular Jul 28 2008
Being overweight is a problem that has manifest itself in lots of people. People are gaining weight at an alarming rate. Unhealthy eating habits and sedentary lifestyle...
made popular Feb 8 2008
Delta Burke has reportedly checked herself into a psychiatric ward for “depression, obsessive-compulsive disorder and hoarding.” The Orlando born Burke started...
made popular Feb 7 2008
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