ContributorNetwork - COMMENTARY | In the U.S. obesity has caused a great deal of alarm because it is now affecting children. Everyone else throughout the world thinks this is a problem only for the U.S. Unfortunately another continent is starting to have problems with obesity since the last decade.

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ContributorNetwork - COMMENTARY | As Thanksgiving weekend closes, people choosing to fly have paid 20 percent more than 2010 for fares in top routes, according to the Associated Press. Seats size, though, hasn’t expanded 20 percent, and some obese passengers are making it worse. It’s time for the Federal Aviation Administration to mandate airline consistency regarding people who’re too large to fit in one seat. Because 33.9 percent of adults who are older than 20 are obese, according to the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention, and the obese will continue to make the already negative experience of flying more tortuous.

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ContributorNetwork - An Ohio 8-year-old was removed from his parents’ home and placed in foster care recently, according to the Cleveland Plain Dealer. The child weighs more than 200 pounds and his parents are being charged with medical neglect. In the nature vs. nurture debate, the state blames poor parenting, while research says family history of weight problems might be the link to childhood obesity. Here’s a look at childhood obesity and the heredity vs. environment discussion.

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ContributorNetwork - An obese 8-year-old boy from Cleveland Heights, Ohio, has been removed from his parents’ home for medical neglect, according to The Cleveland Plain Dealer. The child weighs more than 200 pounds; his mother has been charged with endangering her son’s health. This is Ohio’s first case of child protective services removing a child for being overweight.

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HealthDay - MONDAY, Nov. 28 (HealthDay News) —
Heart function improved in obese people with type 2 diabetes who ate a
very low-calorie diet, a small new study says.

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ContributorNetwork - An 8-year-old Ohio boy was removed from his home over the weekend because of severe obesity, according to the Cleveland Plain Dealer. The child is in the third grade and weighs approximately 218 pounds. The Cleveland case is the first instance of a governmental agency placing a child in foster care due to physical health concerns in Ohio.

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AP - The case of an 8-year-old Cleveland Heights boy taken from his family because he weighs more than 200 pounds has renewed a debate on whether parents should lose custody if a child is severely obese.

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Reuters - Following more than 80,000 women over 26 years, researchers found that those who ate a diet high in refined carbohydrates, such as white bread, potatoes and sugary drinks, had a 30 percent lower risk of developing diabetes than women with similar eating habits who didn’t drink alcohol.

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Reuters - Minimally-invasive weight-loss procedures seem to be safer than open bariatric surgery, according to researchers who analyzed past studies comparing the two methods.

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LiveScience.com - Ben Franklin would be heartbroken to see what has befallen the turkey, that once-tasty and self-reliant creature he touted as America’s national symbol. What graces 99.99 percent of the nation’s tables this Thanksgiving is a morbidly obese, genetically engineered parody of that proud bird. The turkey has become, sadly, a turkey.

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HealthDay - WEDNESDAY, Nov. 23 (HealthDay News) — Today’s kindergarteners are
heavier than kids brought up in the 1970s and 1980s and appear to be on
the road to becoming overweight and obese in the years to come, a new
study finds.

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Reuters - Overweight adults eat less often than people in the normal body weight range, but still take in more calories and are less active over the course of the day, according to a U.S. study.

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ContributorNetwork - A Wisconsin couple has been charged with one felony count of child neglect. Christopher and Mary Sultze, of Appleton, are accused of starving their baby to keep her from becoming obese, according to the AP.

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Reuters - Normal weight adults, including those who had lost a lot of weight and kept it off, ate more often than overweight people in a new study looking at factors that may help in preventing weight gain.

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HealthDay - MONDAY, Nov. 21 (HealthDay News) — People with early evidence of
Alzheimer’s disease are more likely to be underweight than people who
don’t have this type of dementia, a new study suggests.

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HealthDay - WEDNESDAY, Nov. 16 (HealthDay News) — A new study offers further
evidence that a Mediterranean-style diet is good for your heart.

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Reuters - Overweight children who shed their excess pounds in adulthood don’t face a higher risk of obesity-related health problems, an analysis of four studies involving children and adults in the United States, Australia and Finland has concluded.

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HealthDay - WEDNESDAY, Nov. 16 (HealthDay News) — Most overweight and obese
children are on a path to becoming obese adults at higher risk of type 2
diabetes, high blood pressure, high cholesterol and heart disease, a new
study finds.

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HealthDay - TUESDAY, Nov. 15 (HealthDay News) — Dieters appear to do better
if they have either a “coach” or intensive weight-loss counseling, two
different studies suggest.

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LiveScience.com - Body fat could be destroyed by a drug that cuts off its blood supply, a new study suggests.

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