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US obesity epidemic shows no hint of shrinking

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CHICAGO (AP) — America's is proving to be as stubborn as those maddening love handles, and no sign of reversing course. than one-third of adults and almost 17 percent of children were obese in 2009-2010, echoing results since 2003, the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention reported Tuesday."It's good that we didn't see increases. On the other hand, we didn't see any decreases in any group," said CDC researcher Cynthia Ogden.Early in the decade, slight increases Read more [...] Tags: , , , ,

Long term, gastric bypass beats out banding: study

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NEW YORK (Reuters ) - Among weight-loss surgery options, comes with complications shortly after surgery than , but makes up for it with fewer - side effects and repeat operations, new research suggests. People who got bypass surgery also lost weight faster, and more kept it off, in the of more than 400 obese Swiss patients. "What we would like with any of the (weight-loss) procedures ideally would be to have the least Read more [...] Tags: , , , , , ,

Health Tip: Get More Veggies Into Your Diet

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Federal appeals court hears Ky. diet drug pair

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CINCINNATI (AP) — Two former attorneys serving prison time for scamming their clients of $ 94.6 million from a $ 200 million settlement over the fen-phen may have a valid point about the trial judge making an error, but "it looks wrong" that they took the bulk of the settlement for themselves, a judge said Tuesday.Judge Ronnie Lee Gilman of the U.S. 6th Circuit of in Cincinnati told attorneys that the way 60-year-old William Gallion and 57-year-old Read more [...] Tags: , , , , , ,

Diet Might Have Some Effect on ADHD

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MONDAY, Jan. 9 (HealthDay News) -- There's limited evidence that any particular or supplement helps kids with attention-deficit/hyperactivity disorder (), but at least research suggests that omega-3 fatty acids may help while fatty "Western-style" diets do these children no favors. Researchers from Children's Memorial Hospital in Chicago reviewed previous studies on diets and supplements that have been tried in children with . Among the diets tested: restricting sugar, which Read more [...] Tags: , , , ,