Obesity
Obesity is going to be a killer disease in many countries
Why obesity shouldn’t figure in Chris Christie’s presidential campaign
Chris Christie has openly admitted to struggling with his weight as well as asthma but should that really be a barrier to him becoming the next American leader?
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India faces obesity crisis thanks to rise in junk food culture
India has joined the growing list of countries whose populace is falling victim to the intensifying obesity pandemic. It is estimated that 1:5 men and 1:6 women are now considered clinically obese and the numbers are still rising.
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Orexigen Says Obesity Pill May Still Be Approved
Orexigen Therapeutics Inc. is trying to revive a previously abandoned weight loss drug called Contrave. The company said on Thursday that federal health officials outlined a plan that could bring the drug to market by 2014, reports the AP. In February, the FDA rejected Contrave because of concerns that the drug could increase heart problems. [...]
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Orexigen Says Obesity Pill May Still Be Approved
Orexigen Therapeutics Inc. is trying to revive a previously abandoned weight loss drug called Contrave. The company said on Thursday that federal health officials outlined a plan that could bring the drug to market by 2014, reports the AP. In February, the FDA rejected Contrave because of concerns that the drug could increase heart problems. [...]
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U.N. unlikely to sway poorer nations on obesity, diabetes
Editor’s note: Eduardo J. Gómez is an assistant professor in the Department of Public Policy and Administration at Rutgers University at Camden, New Jersey. (CNN) — The worldwide burgeoning of obesity and diabetes, including in developing nations, is causing increasing alarm. This week, the United Nations is bringing attention to these and other noncommunicable diseases [...]
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NHS lauds potential new nicotine based anti obesity drug
One of nicotine’s greatest powers other than addictiveness is appetite suppression and scientists hope to harness that in a new anti-obesity drug.
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Olive Garden, Red Lobster tackle child obesity
HYATTSVILLE, Md. — Michelle Obama said Thursday that a pledge by the Olive Garden and Red Lobster restaurants and their sister chains to serve healthier meals is a “breakthrough moment” for the industry. Darden Restaurants Inc. is pledging to cut calories and sodium in its meals by 10 percent by 2016, and 20 percent over [...]
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UN summit targets obesity, alcohol and smoking
Alcohol and smoking are fuelling a spread in ‘non-communicable’ diseases. WORLD leaders will agree to a deal at a United Nations meeting tomorrow to try to curb the spread of preventable ”lifestyle” diseases, amid concern that progress is already being hampered by powerful food, alcohol and tobacco lobbyists. Cancers, heart disease, diabetes and lung conditions [...]
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UN summit targets obesity, alcohol and smoking
Alcohol and smoking are fuelling a spread in ‘non-communicable’ diseases. WORLD leaders will agree to a deal at a United Nations meeting tomorrow to try to curb the spread of preventable ”lifestyle” diseases, amid concern that progress is already being hampered by powerful food, alcohol and tobacco lobbyists. Cancers, heart disease, diabetes and lung conditions [...]
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Michelle Obama, I Love You, But Olive Garden Is Not Really Healthy
I love Michelle Obama for making it her First Lady duty to end childhood obesity with the “Let’s Move” campaign. What I do not love are some of her choices for who to endorse as “healthy.” Like the Olive Garden, the restaurant that brought us the never-ending bread basket. Forbes is reporting today that the [...]