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Jan 11, 2008 11:55 AM CST

Conn. Grade School Kills Dessert

Cafeteria replaces ice cream with fruit, to mixed reviews

(Newser) - Hoping to curb the trend toward obesity and diabetes in children, one Connecticut school has taken a drastic measure: It no longer serves sweets. The ice cream and cookies that drew huge cafeteria crowds twice a week have been replaced with fruit and yogurt, reports CBS 2 New York. The...

This City Is Going on a Diet!

Jan 4, 2008 7:15 PM CST

This City Is Going on a Diet!

Mayor challenges porky Oklahoma City residents to lose 1M pounds in 2008

(Newser) - Oklahoma City tipped the scales in 2007 as America's 15th fattest city—and Mayor Mike Cornett is bent on tackling his town's porkish propensities. He's challenged residents to lose a million pounds in '08, and includes shedding extra weight among his own New Year's resolutions. His program revolves around a...

Maid Study Challenges
Diet Notions

Jan 3, 2008 6:48 PM CST

Maid Study Challenges Diet Notions

What we think affects our fitness, study suggests

(Newser) - People can shed weight more easily if their brain tells them they can, a new study suggests. A Harvard psychologist found that when she informed hotel maids about how much exercise they get just doing their jobs, they became more fit within a month, NPR reports. A similar group of...

Parents Blind to Their Fat Kids

Dec 25, 2007 3:20 PM CST

Parents Blind to Their Fat Kids

Only 13% recognize when their child is obese

(Newser) - Nearly half the parents of severely overweight children ages 6 to 11 said their child was “about the right weight,” and only 13% recognized that their child had a severe problem, says a University of Michigan study. The results indicate parents think children will “grow out” of...

More Schools
Ban Cupcakes

Dec 17, 2007 10:16 AM CST

More Schools Ban Cupcakes

Holiday parties to substitute fruit, other 'healthy' treats to replace banned sweets

(Newser) - Holiday parties in classrooms around Chicago won't be covered with red and green sprinkles this year, the Chicago Tribune reports. More and more schools are banning cupcakes in favor of "healthy" things like fruit skewers fashioned into reindeer antlers. It's part of a national trend to make special-occasion snacks...

Fit Trumps Fat in Longevity

Dec 5, 2007 4:59 AM CST

Fit Trumps Fat in Longevity

Fitness more important than body fat in living longer: study

(Newser) - You can live longer if you're fit, even if you're fat. That's the surprising result of a new study of older Americans that found a brisk daily walk helps seniors live longer, regardless of body fat. The report, published in the Journal of the American Medicine Association, suggests older Americans...

New Guidelines Target Child Obesity

Dec 3, 2007 5:03 PM CST

New Guidelines Target Child Obesity

Strict measures aim to reduce number of overweight kids

(Newser) - The most stringent guidelines to date for combating childhood obesity recommend yearly weight checks and possibly even medication or surgery for kids who can't combat the condition on their own, USA Today reports. Doctors should also keep normal-weight kids apprised of the ins and outs of healthy living, a panel...

Women Win One in Battle
of Bulge

Nov 29, 2007 5:30 AM CST

Women Win One in Battle of Bulge

Obesity rates have leveled off, holding at 35% since 1999

(Newser) - Obesity rates among American women have leveled off and remained steady since 1999, while rates among American men may be following suit, the CDC reported today. The study’s lead researcher called the trend “great news” for women. Officials will wait to render a final verdict for men, the...

America's 10 Chubbiest Cities

Nov 25, 2007 1:00 PM CST

America's 10 Chubbiest Cities

Sun Belt hogs the lion's share of pudgiest locales

(Newser) - The weather may be great and the lifestyle good, but Southern culinary hospitality might be landing the Sun Belt disproportionately on Forbes' list of America's most obese cities. The most rotund:

Memphis
Birmingham
San Antonio

More Women Under 45
Dying of
Heart Disease

Nov 20, 2007 3:00 AM CST

More Women Under 45 Dying of Heart Disease

May reveal impact of obesity, diabetes

(Newser) - Although death rates from heart disease have generally been dropping, more women under the age of 45 are dying, according to the latest research. While the number of deaths is very small—100 more a year in women 35 to 44 years old—health experts worry that the trend shows...

Diet Pills Make Slim Difference

Nov 17, 2007 11:31 AM CST

Diet Pills Make Slim Difference

Study shows meager 5% weight loss doesn't justify use of drugs, given side-effects

(Newser) - Diet pills are big business, but Canadian researchers have found that they result in only modest weight loss. In placebo-controlled trials, patients taking anti-obesity drugs orlistat, sibutramine and rimonabant lost more weight than those taking dummy pills, but barely. And the average weight loss was 5%, which experts say is...

Study: Weight Lessens Some Causes of Death

Nov 7, 2007 1:40 PM CST

Study: Weight Lessens Some Causes of Death

Infections, Alzheimer's, Parkinson's less likely to kill overweight people

(Newser) - Overweight people are much less likely to die of a plethora of diseases, federal researchers announced today, including Alzheimer’s, Parkinson’s, infections, and lung disease. This gives them a lower mortality rate than people of normal weight, despite higher risk of heart disease and diabetes. “If we use...

DIY Gene Test: Get Results
in the Mail

Nov 6, 2007 12:45 PM CST

DIY Gene Test: Get Results in the Mail

New home exam lets users swab cheeks, send away for info

(Newser) - A new British company has developed a home DNA test that determines whether customers are genetically predisposed to ailments such as breast cancer, heart disease, obesity, and osteoporosis. Users scrape a cheek with a swab, sign a special waiver if they want to know results even for incurable diseases, such...

Sleep-Deprived Kids Pack on
the Pounds

Nov 5, 2007 10:40 AM CST

Sleep-Deprived Kids Pack on the Pounds

Lack of down time correlates with childhood obesity

(Newser) - Kids who get plenty of sleep could be lowering their chances of becoming obese. For each extra hour third-graders in a newly released study spent sleeping, they lowered their chance of becoming obese by sixth grade by 40%. The results could have to do with the effect of sleep on...

Britain to Fight Fat in 'Fit Towns'

Nov 1, 2007 4:56 PM CDT

Britain to Fight Fat in 'Fit Towns'

Government would broaden eco-friendly schemes to address health concerns

(Newser) - In light of dire predictions about the cost of the obesity crisis, England wants 10 previously planned eco-friendly towns to also combat obesity by promoting healthy lifestyles, the Guardian reported today. Among the proposals: more bike lanes; safe walking routes to school and the downtown area; larger and more modern...

Brits Plotting Battle of Bulge on Plumpies

Oct 25, 2007 3:49 AM CDT

Brits Plotting Battle of Bulge on Plumpies

Europe's fattest nation could rack up millions in health care

(Newser) - Two sobering reports have frantic Brits casting about for ways to combat their obesity epidemic, reports the Christian Science Monitor. England is the fattest country in Europe and half of its population could be obese by 2050, the reports warn. Now the country is looking into everything from regulating junk...

Get Married, Pack On the Pounds

Oct 24, 2007 10:27 AM CDT

Get Married, Pack On the Pounds

Young newlyweds gain more weight than singles, research says

(Newser) - Young adults gain more weight if they're married, a new study shows. People in their late teens and early twenties gain a lot of weight anyway (an average of 15 to 30 pounds), but those who are married gain 6 to 9 pounds more. "The weight gain in this...

Anti-Obesity Ad Tap-Taps Craig's Bathroom Tryst

Oct 2, 2007 12:08 PM CDT

Anti-Obesity Ad Tap-Taps Craig's Bathroom Tryst

Anti-obesity campaign says Senators are on the 'gravy train'

(Newser) - “It’s their dirty little secret,” the commercial's voiceover says, as a well-dressed man taps his foot in a bathroom stall. And though Larry Craig’s name is never uttered, his airport indiscretion is obviously the latest target of an unlikely source—childhood obesity advocates knocking congressmen who...

Myth: Exercise Keeps You Lean

Sep 27, 2007 6:19 PM CDT

Myth: Exercise Keeps You Lean

Studies don't support connection between working out and slimming down

(Newser) - The idea that exercise is the key to shedding pounds is relatively modern—and a whole lot of hogwash, Gary Taubes argues in New York magazine. Though the theory that working out makes us lose weight has been around since the 1960s, scientific research has consistently shown that the relationship...

Freedom Fries Fattening French

Sep 20, 2007 5:15 PM CDT

Freedom Fries Fattening French

Celebrated food culture struggles to resist import of American obesity

(Newser) - Freedom Fries be danged, French waistlines are taking a decidedly American curve: As fast food and bigger portions invade, some 42% of the famously foodie nation's population is clocking in as either overweight or obese. But officials say don't let them eat cake, predicting US-level obesity if the trend isn't...