Reuters - The last of a trio of diet drug hopefuls faces scrutiny next week, after two rivals failed to convince U.S. regulators that marginal weight loss associated with their drugs made up for major health risks.

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AFP - Danish researchers have come up with a recipe for preventing and treating obesity: a diet high in proteins and low in refined starches such as white bread and white rice.

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HealthDay - THURSDAY, Nov. 25 (HealthDay News) — Before sharing your
Thanksgiving leftovers with your pampered pets, take note: The obesity
epidemic in the United States is enlarging cats and dogs, not just their
over-fed owners.

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LiveScience.com - The problem of obesity isn’t confined to just humans. A new study finds increased rates of obesity in mammals ranging from feral rats and mice to domestic pets and laboratory primates.

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Reuters - A team of European researchers confirms what many weight-loss gurus have claimed: eating more protein and fewer refined carbohydrates helps to keep the pounds off.

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Reuters - The obesity epidemic has taken hold in many developing countries, new research finds, with the burden weighing almost entirely on the nations’ wealthy.

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Reuters - The obesity epidemic has spread to poorer nations, where it almost entirely affects wealthy citizens, while the poor in the same nations still remain underweight, a study said.

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Reuters - Obese adults with rheumatoid arthritis may be less likely than thinner people to respond to some of the newer medications for the disease, a small study suggests.

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HealthDay - MONDAY, Nov. 22 (HealthDay News) — Almost one-quarter of young
women who are overweight actually perceive themselves as being normal
weight, while a sizable minority (16 percent) of women at normal body
weight actually fret that they’re too fat, according to a new study.

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AP - People with diabetes should mix aerobics with weight training to get the best results in lowering blood sugar, a new study suggests. The combination worked best for weight loss too, compared to aerobics or weight training alone.

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Reuters - Obese women who lose weight during pregnancy may have a lower risk of certain pregnancy complications, but — with the exception of extremely obese women — those benefits may be outweighed by negative effects on the baby’s birth size, a new study suggests.

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AP - A spokesman for former Vice President Dick Cheney says his thin appearance at the groundbreaking for the George W. Bush Presidential Center was a result of a long hospital stay following heart surgery over the summer.

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ContributorNetwork - Some schools are banning cupcakes at grammar school birthday parties because of childhood obesity among American kids. Say again?

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AP - French health officials said Tuesday the now-banned diabetes and weight loss drug Mediator may have been linked to the deaths of about 500 people in the 33 years it was on the market.

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Reuters - Taxing junk food, limiting food adverts and making labels clearer could be the best way to curb rising obesity levels in countries like India and China, where increasing prosperity is creating ever heavier consumers.

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Reuters - Young adults with a history of symptoms of attention-deficit hyperactivity disorder (ADHD) may be more likely than their peers to be obese, a new study suggests.

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LiveScience.com - Obesity in America won’t plateau until 42 percent of adults are obese, according to a new study.

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HealthDay - TUESDAY, Nov. 9 (HealthDay News) — Obese teenagers are 16 times
more likely to become severely obese adults than teens of normal weight,
new research finds.

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Reuters - Americans will keep growing fatter until 42 percent of the nation is considered obese, and having fat friends is part of the problem, researchers said on Thursday.

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HealthDay - MONDAY, Nov. 8 (HealthDay News) — Obesity isn’t linked with breast
cancer risk in Mexican-American women, a new study has found.

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