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Wednesday, 26 November 2008 at 2:16 pm Posted by smp

Weight Loss News

Fat-Sensing Hormones Might Fight Obesity (HealthDay)

Posted: 26 Nov 2008 04:03 PM CST

An unidentified woman takes a walk in Washington,DC in 2007. Designers of anti-obesity drugs have suffered three major setbacks, but the potential reward from treating the world's fat epidemic is so great that their quest is unlikely to be deterred.(AFP/File)HealthDay - WEDNESDAY, Nov. 26 (HealthDay News) -- As you push your chair back from the Thanksgiving table this year, a molecule produced in the small intestine will be swarming through your bloodstream, ready to register on your brain the impact of the fat you've just consumed.

Gut chemical may inspire new way to fight obesity (Reuters)

Posted: 26 Nov 2008 02:29 PM CST

A passenger waits for a flight at Heathrow airport in London August 12, 2006. (Toby Melville/Reuters)Reuters - Scientists have identified a fatty substance made in the gut that signals the brain when it's time to stop eating -- a discovery that could inspire new approaches to fighting obesity.

Obesity, lack of exercise reported in asthmatics (Reuters)

Posted: 25 Nov 2008 09:31 PM CST

An unidentified man takes a walk in Washington,DC in 2007. Designers of anti-obesity drugs have suffered three major setbacks, but the potential reward from treating the world's fat epidemic is so great that their quest is unlikely to be deterred.(AFP/File)Reuters - Study findings suggest less than one quarter of asthmatic adults meet national exercise guidelines and, among this group, obesity may be a greater exercise deterrent actual asthma symptoms.

Overweight women at risk for advanced breast cancer (Reuters)

Posted: 25 Nov 2008 09:30 PM CST

Reuters - Overweight and obese women are at increased risk of breast cancer and of being diagnosed with advanced disease, according to results of a large study published Wednesday in the Journal of the National Cancer Institute.

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