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Even moderate obesity not a death risk factor

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Low Carb Diet Lowers Blood Pressure

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Research on Childhood Obesity May Help Fight Epidemic

By Marcia Wood  More than 16 percent of children and adolescents in the United States are overweight–a doubling of the estimated incidence of overweight among children and ...
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CoQ10 Found to Fight Obesity

Posted by: Dr. Mercola December 12 2009   Supplements of coenzyme Q10 (CoQ10) may protect or retard the development of fatty liver related to obesity, suggest ...
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It's the genetics, stupid!

Some minor errors in the previous version are corrected. By Jimmy Downs Genetic variants linked to elevated obesity risk in children A new study in Nature suggests that ...
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Genetic variants linked to severe obesity

By Jimmy Downs A new study suggests that obese people likely have some genetic alternations in certain genes or certain key segments of DNA that either ...
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Study Shows Pregnancy Weight Hard for Obese Women to Lose

By Rachel Stockton Ask any pregnant woman some of the issues that make her feel stressed and she’ll likely tell you that she fears that she ...
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Another Weight Loss Benefit: Improved Kidney Function

By Rachel Stockton According to a new study published in the Clinical Journal of the American Society of Nephrology, another huge health benefit can be garnered by ...
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Obesity may raise prostate cancer risk

A new study shows that body mass in younger and older adulthood and weight gain during these periods may influence a man's risk of prostate ...
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Is it Possible to be Fit AND Overweight?

By Rachel Stockton - rachels at foodconsumer dot orgCalories in minus calories out" seems pretty simple right? While this equation is basically valid when it ...
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