Protein Supplement Myth Revealed by Body of Work (LiveScience.com)

LiveScience.com - Most health stores are tainted with the irony that so few of their products are actually healthy, from herbal potions of unknown purity and utility to dietary supplements capitalizing on recent trends in weight loss or hair gain.

Obese People Lose Weight at High Altitudes (LiveScience.com)

LiveScience.com - Here's a possible future diet tip: Move to a mountaintop.

Very Obese People May Be Missing Genes (HealthDay)

HealthDay - WEDNESDAY, Feb. 3 (HealthDay News) -- Adding more evidence to theories linking DNA to weight, European scientists report that a genetic variation seems to virtually guarantee that a person will become obese.

Obese people struggle with their genes (AFP)

Debate over the obesity epidemic sweeping parts of the world has focussed on whether lifestyle -- too much junk food and couch-potato living -- is the big culprit or whether genes are also to blame. A new study may help tip the balance in favour of those who claim that fat runs in their family and there is little they can do about it.(AFP/File)AFP - Debate over the obesity epidemic sweeping parts of the world has focussed on whether lifestyle -- too much junk food and couch-potato living -- is the big culprit or whether genes are also to blame.


Later Puberty Seen for Obese Boys (HealthDay)

HealthDay - TUESDAY, Feb. 2 (HealthDay News) -- Obesity causes later onset of puberty in boys, new research indicates.

Fat-Burning Chemical Points to New Weight-Loss Drug (HealthDay)

HealthDay - TUESDAY, Feb. 2 (HealthDay News) -- American scientists say they may have found a new way to trick the body into burning more fat.

Michelle Obama flexes muscles against child obesity (AFP)

US First Lady Michelle Obama (R) speaks alongside Health and Human Services Secretary Kathleen Sebelius (L) on childhood obesity, and steps that families, schools and communities can to fight it, during a meeting with Cabinet and Congressional members in the Old Family Dining Room of the White House in Washington, DC.(AFP/Saul Loeb)AFP - First Lady Michelle Obama on Tuesday went to war against childhood obesity, meeting with US lawmakers to prepare the battle plans.


If you’re 70 and overweight, you may live longer (Reuters)

Reuters - A few extra pounds might help you live longer if you're past your prime but otherwise healthy, a new study finds.

Starting spoonfeeding later may trim obesity risk (Reuters)

Reuters - Waiting longer to start infants on solid food could make for slimmer adults, new research shows.

Mexico tackles record child obesity (AFP)

A row of ¨Tacos Dorados¨ (corn tortillas filled with cheese, beans, pork meat and chilli sauce) on display by a comal (metal hotplate) at a street stand in Mexico City in 2008. Mexico's rich diet of tacos, tortillas and tortas (large sandwiches), which is jokingly nicknamed Vitamin T, has steered its children to the top of world obesity charts.(AFP/File/Ronaldo Schemidt)AFP - Mexico's rich diet of tacos, tortillas and tortas (large sandwiches), which is jokingly nicknamed Vitamin T, has steered its children to the top of world obesity charts.


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