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Fast Food Isn't Healthy, But It's All Some People Can Afford
The New York Times has reported that while many experts and officials are calling out fast food establishments and other food vendors for making unhealthy food that promotes obesity, others explain that until we make healthy alternatives affordable, those in poverty will also be more likely to be obese. “Hunger and obesi...



Obesity Leads to Poorer Quality of Sperm
A recent study published in the Fertility and Serility journal, stated that men who are extremely overweight or obese may have sperm of a lower quality then average or healthy...
Kevin Smith Removed From Southwest Flight for Being Too Overweight
Image courtesy of article. Kevin Smith, producer and actor in movies like Clerks, Clerks 2, Jersey Girl, and the soon-to-be-released Cop out, ranted on Twitter (warning: curs...
Michelle Obama introduces initiative to fight childhood obesity
Michelle Obama has introduced Let’s Move, her plan to combat childhood obesity. The initiative includes establishing a high-powered task force, improving school lunch progra...
Should teens undergo weight loss surgery?
With new bariatric programs for teens opening around the country, the question of teens and weight-loss surgery has been attracting a great deal of media attention. Bariatric...




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Hospital opens weight-loss surgery program for teens amid controversy
image courtesy of article The opening of the Teen Obesity Weight Loss Program at Denver’s Rose Medical Center has garnered...
Kaleida goes north of the border for weight-loss surgery patients
Western New York hospital system Kaleida has started actively seeking patients in Canada in response to a rise in cross-borde...
Airline denies plans for obesity surcharge
Air France has denied reports that the airline plans to charge obese passengers who are unable to fit in a single seat. A st...
Michelle Obama's Anti-Obesity Plan
Michelle Obama addressed a crowd of 200 mayors at the U.S. Conference of Mayors on Wednesday, announcing plans to unveil a wi...
Obese Britons Gain Weight to Qualify for Weight-Loss Surgery
Many obese patients in Britain are forced to gaining more weight in order to receive approval from the National Health Servic...
Obesity study shows big bottoms and thighs can be healthy
image courtesty of article British researchers are reporting that a little extra padding in the hips, thighs, and buttocks m...
Obesity Rates Hit Plateau in U.S., Data Suggest
Recent data from the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention suggest that the U.S. has reached an obesity peak. Obesity ra...
Alabama weight loss “doctor” charged with fraud
An Alabama man has been charged with fraud for impersonating a weight-loss doctor. Jeffrey Alan Bolling, 46, has been accused...
Concerns raised about Ontario’s new regime for bariatric surgery
After an estimated 1660 Ontario residents traveled to the United States for bariatric surgery in 2008, Ontario Premier Dalto...
Bill would make hospitals disclose facility fees
A bill before the Wisconsin state legislature would require hospitals to tell patients at the time the appointment if made if...
Workers' comp boards rule for obese workers wanting weight-loss surgery
Recent court rulings involving weight-loss surgery could lead to more workplace discrimination towards overweight and obese i...
Don't Drink Yourself Fat Campaign
A new ad campaign by the New York City Health Department calls attention to the role of soda and other sugary drinks in the g...
$20 thousand raised to help coach have gastric bypass surgery
image courtesy of article Clay Owens, a 32-year-old assistant football coach and social studies teacher in Charleston, SC, ...
Class for obese students dropped
Obese students at Lincoln University in Oxford, Pa., are no longer required to take a fitness class in order to graduate. ...
Campaign To End Obesity Lauds Senate Health Care Reform Bill
The Campaign to End Obesity, a non-profit group dedicated to "reversing America's costliest medical condition," released a ...
A Different Kind of Test
Twenty-five seniors at Lincoln University in Oxford, Pa., are in danger of not being able to graduate this spring for faili...
Ads call chocolate milk a nutritious school option
Growing concerns about childhood nutrition have prompted the dairy industry to launch a new campaign in praise of chocolate m...
15 Million Americans at Greatest Risk of Disease/Death Have Been Left Out of Health Reform Debate
With a sweeping health care bill narrowly passing in the House of Representatives and the Senate still to vote on its compani...
Doctors resign from American Academy of Family Physicians over Coca-Cola Alliance
Nearly 20 San Francisco Bay area physicians have resigned from the American Academy of Family Physicians after the group anno...
Too fat to kill? Man uses weight as a defense
Edward Ates, a Florida man accused of murdering his son-in-law, is claiming that he is too fat to have committed the crime....

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