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Obese patients lose weight on new Orexigen drug
Overweight volunteers who took Orexigen's experimental drug Contrave, designed to reduce cravings, lost about 13 pounds (6 kg) over a year, U.S. researchers reported on Thursday.
Contrave - Weight loss - Obesity - Health - United States
Some experts wary of gastric bands for teens

Dr. Neelu Pal poses for a portrait July 23 in New York. Pal was fired weeks after authorities at New York University Langone Medical Center Surgical Weight Loss Program learned she had contacted patients about the dangers of Lap-Band surgery in January 2006. In some medical circles, concern over gastric banding for teenagers is growing nearly as fast as American waistlines. Some doctors worry about the device's long-term safety and effectiveness.



United States - Adjustable gastric band - Medicine - Health - Weight loss
Overweight want more at a meal, but don't eat more
NEW YORK (Reuters Health) - Overweight people may respond more to a piping hot pizza, but they don't necessarily eat more of it in a single sitting, according to a new study.


Reuters - NEW YORK - United States - Business and Economy - Metro Areas
Meat lovers may pack on the pounds over time
NEW YORK (Reuters Health) - Being a little less carnivorous may help you stay slim, a study in hundreds of thousands of Europeans suggests.
Reuters - NEW YORK - United States - Business and Economy - Metro Areas
Herbal diet supplement recalled for safety risks
J&H Besta Corp. is recalling Slim-30 Herb Supplement because it contains weight-loss ingredients that have not been approved for the product.
Weight loss - Health - Shopping - Supplements - Support Groups
Some birth control less effective for heavy women
Several studies have called into question the effectiveness of birth control in obese and overweight women — results that are particularly concerning in light of the recent U.S. obesity epidemic.
Birth control - Obesity - Health - People - Overweight
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Snack attack: Schools try to get the junk out
It's not hard to figure out that stocking school vending machines with sugary sodas and salty, fatty snacks is a bad idea. Replacing those culinary culprits with something more nutritious is tougher.
Vending machine - Business - Vending - Opportunities - Food and Drink
Experimental diet pill shows promise, little risk
The experimental diet pill lorcaserin helped about half the people who tried it lose some weight and keep it off a year later, without the heart problems that some earlier drugs caused, a study found.
Health - Weight Loss - Anti-obesity medication - Shopping - Support Groups
5 things you need to know about antioxidants

There's no doubt that antioxidants, such as can be found packed in blueberries, can be good for you. But few of us know what they actually are.It's billed as an epic story of good versus evil—biology in comic-book form. The villains: free radicals, those nefarious DNA-attacking poisons of modern life. Our fearless defenders: antioxidants, poised to protect us from—well, everything, right?



Radical - Antioxidant - DNA - Vitamin - Vitamin E
More weight may equal less brainpower
Older women hoping to keep their minds young should keep an eye on the scale -- researchers have found a link between slowing down mentally and piling on the pounds.


Health - People - Women - United States - Brain
Young, obese men face higher death risk
A Danish study suggests that men who are obese by age 20 die eight years earlier on average than their non-obese peers, scientists said Tuesday.
Obesity - Death - Health - People - Men
First lady emphasizes health, not weight, to her daughters
First lady Michelle Obama says she tries to talk about health — not weight — with her daughters.


Michelle Obama - First Lady - Health - President - United States
Weight loss drug works, faces safety worries
Vivus Inc.'s potential weight loss drug Qnexa will likely draw scrutiny over nervous system and psychiatric side effects from a panel of Food and Drug Administration experts this week.
Food and Drug Administration - Qnexa - Weight loss - Anti-obesity medication - Health
Guacamole, salsa linked to food poisoning

Guacamole and salsa dips are often left sitting without refrigeration and the condiments are often made in big batches so that a small bit of contamination has the potential to sicken many people.  Better put down that tortilla chip. Contaminated salsa or guacamole were the culprits in nearly 1 out of every 25 foodborne illness outbreaks linked to food in restaurants between 1998 and 2008, according to new research released today by the federal Centers for Disease Control and Prevention.



Salsa - Guacamole - Tortilla - Health - Centers for Disease Control and Prevention
FDA to review first of 3 new weight loss drugs
Dieters, doctors and investors get their first extensive look at the first of a trio of new weight loss drugs this week. The hope is that the new drugs can succeed where many others have failed: delivering significant weight loss without risky side effects.
Weight loss - Health - Food and Drug Administration - Shopping - Adverse effect
Probe sought into alcohol-energy drinks promotion
New York Sen. Charles Schumer is urging the FTC to investigate the marketing of flavored alcoholic beverages with caffeine that appear to be explicitly designed to attract underage drinkers.


Alcoholic beverage - Caffeine - New York - United States - Beverages
Nutritional value of fruits, veggies is dwindling

Tomatoes are seen for sale at a farmers market June 3 in Washington, D.C. While we've been dutifully eating our fruits and vegetables all these years, a strange thing has been happening to our produce. It's losing its nutrients.



Vegetable - Fruit - Nutrition - Business - Food and Related Products
7 tricks to suppress your appetite

People who ate half a grapefruit with each meal lost an average of 3.6 pounds in three months, according to a study at the Nutrition and Metabolic Research Center at the Scripps Clinic in San Diego.Put longings on lockdown with these strategies that stave off stomach growling.



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U.S. advisers reject Vivus' fat pill

Subway riders walk through the turnstiles while leaving the U.S. Open in New York September 4, 2007. REUTERS/Lucas JacksonThe first new prescription weight-loss pill in more than a decade failed to win backing from U.S. health advisers, who said safety concerns about the drug outweighed its ability to help obese patients shed pounds.



Food and Drug Administration - Obesity - Qnexa - Health - United States
Missing: Fresh foods in Baltimore

Holly Freishtat, Baltimore's recently hired food policy director, walks through an urban grocery store in Baltimore. The city is one of the first in the country with a paid "food czar." A study of Baltimore neighborhoods found that nearly a fifth of its 630,000 residents live with little or no access to fresh foods — neighborhoods often described as "food deserts."



Business - Baltimore - Food and Related Products - United States - Technology
Your brain is hardwired for fattening foods

Doughnuts don’t deserve all the blame for derailing your diet. Salty or sweet? Whether you go for cheesy chips or chocolate, your mind is hardwired to want the most fattening stuff — and lots of it.





Chocolate - Confectionery - Food - Shopping - Recreation
Child's neck size may reveal weight problems
Measuring children's neck circumference could provide a quick, simple way to screen them for weight problems, a new study suggests.
Health - Childhood obesity - Child - Obesity - Conditions and Diseases
9 condiments that are good for you
Boost brainpower, protect your heart and prevent cancer with just a squeeze of this and a dash of that.
Health - Cancer - Conditions and Diseases - United States - Condiment
Fructose intake may increase blood pressure risk
* Study finds link between fructose, high blood pressure


Blood pressure - Health - Hypertension - Business - Conditions and Diseases