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    Doc Faces Ax for Calling Patient Fat  Nov 21, 2009
    You defend the Dr. on the 1 thing that he sid that could possibly be medically justifiable (I doubt that is the case because being pregnant causes many women to gain weight in places other than their stomachs) ... You defend the Dr. on the 1 thing that he sid that could possibly be medically justifiable (I doubt that is the case because being pregnant causes many women to gain weight in places other than their stomachs). (CBS News)

    Marblehead Rotary Club hosts military chaplain to honor Veterans Day  Nov 21, 2009
    Gadenne spoke on Nov. 5 about Financial Management and How to Define the Future of Retirement for Baby Boomers, while Dornbush discussed The Glycemic Index and How to Eat as Much as you Want and not Gain Weight Over the Holiday Season. The Marblehead Rotary Club meets each Thursday at 12:15 p.m. at the Boston Yacht Club. (Marblehead Reporter, MA)

    Gamecocks kicking game concerned about Clemson's Spiller  Nov 20, 2009
    Spurrier said the 5-11, 183-pounder also could stand to gain weight. It's hard to play at 180 pounds if you have to block those linebackers. (Herald Online, SC -- Sports)

    Smokeout day today  Nov 20, 2009
    They tell me they have a stressful job and smoking is how they cope, or they say quitting will make them gain weight, she said. There are lots of programs out there to help people quit smoking. (Greenville Delta Democrat Times, MS)

    Steps to a low-cost nutrition program that optimizes weaning weights (170)  Nov 20, 2009
    There are some little things that we can do in formulating rations that will insure that we start out with a calf that is alive and a calf that has the ability to take advantage of its genetic potential to gain weight. All of these reproductive losses contribute to the ultimate reproductive evaluation that needs to be accomplished on the ranch, and that is what percent of your cows are weaning a calf, and can this be changed. (Great Falls Prairie Star, MT)

    Right Breeding Weight, Energy Important With Dairy Goats  Nov 20, 2009
    During the fourth month of a doe s lactation, she should start to gain weight. A doe that has kidded before should gain about 0. (Minnesota Farm Guide, MN)

    Best Budget TV Dinners  Nov 19, 2009
    In fact, it's possible to gain weight on these TV dinners with just four meals per day. For example, Hungry Man Beer Battered Chicken has a hefty 820 calories with 39 grams of fat and 79 grams of carbohydrates. (Suite101.com)

    Some Obese People Perceive Body Size as OK, Dismiss Need to Lose Weight  Nov 19, 2009
    In the Dallas Heart Study of 5,893 people, researchers found that 8 percent of the 2,056 who were obese said they were satisfied with their body size or felt they could gain weight. "Almost one in 10 obese individuals are satisfied with their body size and didn't perceive that they need to lose weight," said Tiffany Powell, M.D., lead author of the study and a cardiology fellow at the University of Texas Southwestern Medical Center in Dallas. (Science Daily)

    This cruelty to sheep is economically unsound  Nov 19, 2009
    So reality is sheep in fact gain weight on the vessel. You can load sheep in North Queensland and drive the truck for 3 days to WA, without stopping for feed ands water and the RSPC do buggar all. (Sydney Morning Herald -- Opinion)

    Get more: Health  Nov 18, 2009
    It is common to gain weight during pregnancy, but new research suggests obese women should try to avoid putting on any extra pounds. Tags. (KGO, CA)

    Pet myths give you paws (2)  Nov 18, 2009
    Therefore, if you keep feeding your dog the same amount, it will gain weight. Typically, after the procedure, you should reduce the amount you feed (your dog) by one-third to prevent weight gain. (Cleveland Jewish News, OH)

    Click to read:Study: 40% of U.S. May Be Obese by 2018  Nov 18, 2009
    I'm trying to gain weight. by far_point200 November 17, 2009 3:31 PM EST. (CBS News)

    Sandoval's regimen enters 'test' phase  Nov 17, 2009
    "It's tough for everybody not to gain weight right now.". Thus, the Giants realize that keeping Sandoval fit to repeat his outstanding 2009 season, which featured a. (MLB.com -- San Francisco Giants)

    Lautner's hairy nightmare  Nov 17, 2009
    " The Hollywood star has also revealed it was extremely tough trying to gain weight for the role and he had to resort to eating every two hours to pile on the pounds. To bulk up, he carried around a little bag of high-energy foods to make sure he was scoffing enough calories a day. Taylor said: "I was trying to put on weight. I knew if I was in the gym too much I'd lose weight. (iAfrica.com)

    1 in 7 Americans Went Hungry in 2008  Nov 17, 2009
    people on foods stamps gain weight. plenty of other places to get free food in every city and town in this country. (CBS News)

    Boling quiet leader of Dogs' O-line  Nov 14, 2009
    " Former tight end can pack away food Boling played tight end in high school, but when he came to Georgia, the coaches ordered him to gain weight to become a lineman. Boling embarked on a belt-expanding diet that tested the capacity of the dorm-room refrigerators. "I roomed with him for a little while when we were freshmen and I tell you, it was hard to keep anything in the refrigerator," White said. "That boy could eat a house. The coaches told him to eat, and he ate. (Athens Banner-Herald)

    Another Cause of Obesity: The Bacteria in Your Gut?  Nov 12, 2009
    When one group of mice was fed a typical Western diet, high in fat and sugars, they tended to gain weight and grow more Firmicutes gut bacteria and fewer Bacteroidetes. In mice given a low-fat, plant-based chow, the distribution of the two groups of bugs flipped and the animals remained lean. (Time.com)

    Gut Bacteria Might Be Making People Fat  Nov 12, 2009
    And transplanting the microbes to another set of microbe-free mice also caused the new mice to gain weight, even though they were on a low-fat feeding plan. "They also showed that the microbiota passes from generation to generation," said Jun Sun, an assistant professor of microbiology and immunology at the University of Rochester School of Medicine and Dentistry in New York. (Atlanta Journal-Constitution -- Health)

    Gamecocks LB Wilson not letting size get in his way  Nov 12, 2009
    With USC's strength coaches imploring him to gain weight, Wilson eats the way most people would like to cinnamon buns, milkshakes, snacks before bedtime. The calories have not stuck. (Herald Online, SC -- Sports)

    Healthy ice cream? Scientists try to create it  Nov 11, 2009
    OK, so it won't taste greatThe researchers foresee a healthy ice cream that tastes good but likely wouldn't be the ultra-delicious stuff that makes you gain weight just thinking about it. They also foresee consumers saying, "Oh it's not as good as the full-fact heavy ice cream, but because it is good for me, and it still tastes good, I will purchase it," Gruen said. (MSNBC -- Health)

    Kissing Wayne Newton, Ellen Slezak, Agni  Nov 11, 2009
    She d looked into the surgery she d had in 1973 when they removed her gallbladder and performed the unusual Roux-en-Y. You guys, she said while washing her hands, I hate to tell you, but the reason I don t gain weight, even though I love to eat. The Roux-en-Y. (Harper's Magazine)

    Bighorns, domestic sheep don't mix  Nov 6, 2009
    "Maybe they don't lose a season of use with something like this, but (the sheep) lose days of grazing -- which, because they're eating less and we're moving them quicker and moving them around, there's the potential for them to lose weight, and what they're out there for is to gain weight to take them to market. "And we didn't even hear any whining (from the Martinez family). " Grazing will remain an adaptive process for sheep ranchers either way, but the ramifications from the Payette process... (Casper Star-Tribune, WY)

    Youthful CRA team opens season today  Nov 6, 2009
    He said Ramsey needed to gain weight after running cross country. If we can put a little weight on him (Ramsey) and bulk him up a little, I think hell continue to be an impact player on the inside, Freer said. (Paragould Daily Press, AR)

    Calorie counts for Big Macs, vending machines...  Oct 31, 2009
    We do not need government to tell me if I eat 6 scoops of Ice Cream at Ben and Jerry's once a week I will gain weight. However, if I do want to smoke, eat ice cream, or McDonalds that is MY CHOICE. One can always exercise also after eating these foods too. (The Drudge Report)

    For Big Athletes, Possible Future Risk: Heightened Cardiometabolic Risk Factors Among Professional Football Linemen  Oct 31, 2009
    15, 2009) College-age football players who gain weight to add power to their blocks and tackles might also be setting themselves up for diabetes and heart disease later in life, a new study suggests. Nearly. (Science Daily)

    Spaghetti That is Good For You!  Oct 31, 2009
    If you were to eat large bowls of pasta frequently, you would be apt to gain weight quite rapidly. The writer has found an utterly amazing product that is exactly identical to pasta but has 65 percent less carbohydrates than regular pasta. (Suite101.com)

    Kids gain weight on certain meds  Oct 30, 2009
    Experts have long known that atypical antipsychotics can cause patients to gain weight. But Correll's report is the first, and one of the largest, to investigate how these drugs affect children who haven't used the medications previously. (CNN)

    WOMEN LEARN BETTER HEALTH THROUGH SIMPLE STEPS  Oct 30, 2009
    The all-or-nothing mentality is what is causing you to gain weight; not lose it. Americans are overfed and undernourished, so we need to go from quantity to quality. (Pine Bluff Commercial, AR)

    Antipsychotics Cause Rapid Weight Gain in Youth  Oct 29, 2009
    Abilify, a drug that is usually not linked with weight gain in adults, did cause children to gain weight, but did not raise cholesterol or blood sugar levels. Correll hopes to conduct more research to determine what caused these differences. (Newsmax)

    What You Lose When you Gain Weight  Oct 28, 2009
    As you gain weight, you become more invisible. It s ironic isn t it. (Suite101.com)

    SPCA worker accused of animal cruelty faces court  Oct 28, 2009
    She told police Martin asked her months prior what to feed her dog to gain weight, but never asked her questions about a sick dog. Martin said she last fed Bruce on March 17. (McKinney Courier-Gazette, TX)

    Cynthia Koh would rather go bald than gain weight  Oct 28, 2009
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    Man feeds pretty lover to make her unattractive  Oct 27, 2009
    An insecure man in Chongqing municipality encouraged his girlfriend to eat more so that she would gain weight and never leave him for another man ... BEIJING, Oct. 27 -- An insecure man in Chongqing municipality encouraged his girlfriend to eat more so that she would gain weight and never leave him for another man ... Believing his girl to be extremely pretty, Zhao cooks up delicious meals everyday hoping she could gain weight and become unattractive. (Xinhuanet, China)

    At Duke, Doctors Teach Obesity Ownership  Oct 26, 2009
    "As they start to gain weight and get to a certain point we intervene with a tiny amount of medicine to prevent them from gaining more weight. Maybe that's what we need to be doing.". In the meantime, there is a new generation of weight loss drugs that could be available soon, including Qnexa. (CBS News)

    HEALTH IN A HEARTBEAT  Oct 26, 2009
    Advertisement A separate study by Dr. Elsie Taveras, an assistant professor of pediatrics at Harvard Pilgrim Health Care and Harvard Medical School, in the journal Pediatrics, found that infants who gain weight fast and early in life will likely have weight problems by toddlerhood. And another study out of Rutgers University says part of the problem comes from the way parents feed their infants. (Erie Times-News, PA)

    Long-acting insulin boosts diabetes care  Oct 23, 2009
    But the patients who got the three insulin injections a day were more likely to gain weight and more than three times as likely to have an episode where their blood sugar dipped too low, compared to those who took the long-acting insulin, the researchers found. Potentially dangerous hypoglycemia incidents were nearly doubled among patients who received the twice-daily injections. (MSNBC -- Health)

    FAT: Think it just hangs out and does nothing? It doesn't  Oct 22, 2009
    RIGHT, OBESE: As people gain weight, their fat cells become bigger and can hold up to 10 times more fat in each cell. HEALTHY FAT CELLS BENEFICIAL. (USA Today -- News)

    Study tests weight-gain limits in obese pregnant women  Oct 22, 2009
    "Women who don't gain weight can have healthy babies," he says. If women and their fetuses are closely monitored, the Healthy Moms study "is probably reasonable to do.". (USA Today -- News)

    Howard came to UConn to give family a better life  Oct 22, 2009
    "He was so small when he got here, they thought he was going to have to redshirt and gain weight and everything. But once you see him play you're like, 'OK, he's ready. He's a warrior.'". The transition to college life was not smooth. (FindLaw News)

    Season of the sweets  Oct 21, 2009
    "So, on Thanksgiving, you'd have to eat 3,500 calories that's a lot and get no physical activity to gain one pound." "Most people do not gain weight on Halloween or Thanksgiving or Christmas," McClintic said. Rather, it's eating the leftover candy on the days after Halloween and the feasts that follow Thanksgiving, Christmas and the other holidays, she said. (Montana Standard, MT)

    Interview with author Philip Carlo  Oct 21, 2009
    He's going to gain weight. I'm introducing him to Kuklinski's wife, his children, the cop who arrested him. (AZCentral -- Business)

    Bye week helps some WSU players heal  Oct 21, 2009
    We will not get taller or gain weight or get a tenth faster. But the team can practice better, prepare better and players can demand more of each other, he said. (Longview Daily News, WA)

    Study finds Freshman 15 is actually 2.7  Oct 21, 2009
    Studies have shown that while some students do gain weight in college, the majority are within roughly 5 pounds ... The important message that Freshman 15 conveys is that college can cause students to gain weight, Diekman said. (Washington University Student Life, MO)

    Can Sugar Substitutes Make You Fat?  Oct 21, 2009
    A University of Texas Health Science Center survey in 2005 found that people who drink diet soft drinks may actually gain weight; in that study, for every can of diet soda people consumed each day, there was a 41% increased risk of being overweight. So even though her findings were in animals, says Swithers, they could lead to a better understanding of how the human body responds to food, and explain why eating low-calorie foods doesn't always lead to weight loss. (Time.com)

    From Fit to Full for Films  Oct 20, 2009
    Stars Who Lose and Gain Weight for Movie Roles. Monday, October 19, 2009 By Amy Harrington. (Fox News)

    Is Your Weight Ruining Your Love Life?  Oct 20, 2009
    For example, Mauritanian men prefer chubby women, which is why girls as young as 9 in Mauritanian society are force-fed by their mothers and grandmothers to gain weight. Interestingly, skinny women in Mauritania, unlike their counterparts in the Western world, are the ones who get ignored by men, so many women in the aforementioned African society have a solemn duty to gain weight, if they are to give themselves a chance to find lifelong partners. (Ghana Web, Ghana)

    Stars Who Lose and Gain Weight for Movie Roles  Oct 20, 2009
    Monday, October 19, 2009 By Amy Harrington. Renee Zellweger famously gained and lost 25 pounds for her "Bridget Jones" role. (Fox News)

    Weight loss cuts osteoarthritis risk  Oct 19, 2009
    Data from an ongoing study by the Thurston Arthritis Research Center, University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill School of Medicine, revealed people who are overweight and shed just 5 percent of their weight were less likely to develop knee OA, a common joint disease affecting middle-aged and older people, compared to people who gain weight. Lead researcher Lauren Abbate, also a medical student at UNC, along with her team based their research on data from the Johnston County Osteoarthritis... (India Times, India)

    Duke's Coach K: Osteoarthritis doesn't have to bench you  Oct 18, 2009
    "But as you become less active, you gain weight, contributing to the progression of the disease.". When nonsurgical treatments prove insufficient, joint-replacement surgery is generally the best option, Klippel said. (USA Today -- News)

    Charity walkers thanked for help  Oct 18, 2009
    The Charity Walk is the only walk in the state where you can actually gain weight by helping to raise monies for our local charities. For more information, visit. (Lihue Garden Island, HA)

    Hingham walk to help Nicholas, others  Oct 17, 2009
    I am also on steroids to suppress my immune system, but that causes me to gain weight, along with the water weight from the swelling. Nicholas says that due to his condition he isn t able to attend school regularly, participate in many activities, or play sports. (Hingham Journal, MA)

    Click to read:Behind The Smile of Jaycee Lee Dugard  Oct 15, 2009
    She has had 2 months to gain weight and recover from her long ordeal. The kind of gift he gave her will put him in prison for life. (CBS News)

    Ackley's adjustments starting in AFL  Oct 14, 2009
    Ackley said he's trying to gain weight and strength, which could boost his power. "Strength is important for any player," he said. (MLB.com -- Seattle Mariners)

    Obese Children At Significantly Greater Risk For Post-adenotonsillectomy Complications  Oct 14, 2009
    18, 2008) Children who gain weight rapidly after having their tonsils and adenoids removed to treat sleep-disordered breathing may improve in the short-term, but over time they may relapse or even worsen. (June 1, 2009) Infants and young toddlers with obstructive sleep apnea and sleep disordered breathing experience significant improvement following surgical treatment of the ailment, according to a new. (Science Daily)

    Get Down To Size: Success at a Heavy Price  Oct 14, 2009
    Mortgage Banker Began to Gain Weight Just as Career Began to Take Off; How He Decided to Lose the Weight. Font size. (CBS News)

    Aging well starts in womb  Oct 14, 2009
    Studies show that small babies who gain weight rapidly in infancy or childhood a sign that bodies are already making the most of every calorie also have higher rates of adult heart disease and diabetes, Jones says. Specialized X-rays have shown babies of young mothers with poor diets in India, for example, are born with extra belly fat, even though they seem to be a normal weight. (Honolulu Advertiser)

    Andy Rooney: Sleeping In America  Oct 12, 2009
    Are We Literally Sleeping Our Lives Away. Andy Rooney Seems To Think So. (CBS News)

    Want Leaner Kids? Parents May Need to Toe the Line  Oct 12, 2009
    In her research, Taveras discovered that infants who gain weight quickly early in life face weight problems by the time they're toddlers. "What we found was, those children who gained more weight and gained it more quickly in the first six months of life had a higher risk of obesity when they were 3 years old," Taveras said. (Atlanta Journal-Constitution -- Health)

    First impressions  Oct 9, 2009
    I figure if he sits next to ZaZas hamburger bag he may gain weight. Im going to bench JJ also because you guys are upset that he did not sign his contract. (Atlanta Journal-Constitution -- Sports)

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    A nifty site dedicated to helping you lose or gain weight, caloriesperhour ... A nifty site dedicated to helping you lose or gain weight, caloriesperhour. (iAfrica.com)

    RU commit pressing the opposition  Oct 5, 2009
    I always wanted to try and gain weight and get bigger and stronger in the weight room, Tartacoff said. But after I went to Rutgers camp I realized I had to work a lot on beating press coverage and getting hands off me. (RutgersInsider.com)

    Delaying Weight-Loss Surgery May Leave Teens at Risk  Oct 3, 2009
    When a teen begins to gain weight rapidly, doctors should use a staged approach to manage the weight problem. "If the weight gain is not effectively stopped with initial nutritional or exercise measures, then even more intensive treatments or programs are indicated, and ultimately some very serious thought has to be given to surgery," Xanthakos added. (Atlanta Journal-Constitution -- Health)

    The Eden catastrophe  Oct 2, 2009
    A nifty site dedicated to helping you lose or gain weight, caloriesperhour. com is a must. (iAfrica.com)

    Liposuction Leaves Woman Brain Dead  Oct 2, 2009
    I would love to see just how you handle the fact that you are going to gain weight. by cherry-brown October 1, 2009 1:33 PM EDT. (CBS News)

    Her workout is fit for moms: Fitness guru Tracey Mallett illustrates how to lose that baby weight  Oct 1, 2009
    You're going to gain weight. You're going to have cellulite. (Fresno Bee -- Lifestyle)

    The short one  Oct 1, 2009
    These changes may, in subsequent times of plenty, have made them gain weight and get diabetes. This change in the particular genes we express is controlled chiefly through a process called "methylation" in which chemical groups are attached to the DNA molecule to tell the body whether or not to use the "methylated" genes. (BBC News -- Health)

    The Effect of Our Surroundings on Body Weight  Oct 1, 2009
    It is true that many people are predisposed to gain weight because of their genetic makeup. But genetic factors cannot account for the sharp increase in the prevalence of obesity in society. (Scientific American)

    Overweight middle-aged women cut chances of enjoying healthy old age  Sep 30, 2009
    They also found that women who were overweight at the age of 18 and continued to gain weight as they grew older were most at risk of developing a major chronic disease. Obese women with a body mass index of more than 25kg/m2 had 79% lower odds of aging without developing a chronic disease, compared to women with a body mass index of 18. (EurekAlert!)

    Coke, CCE launching offensive against soda tax  Sep 30, 2009
    Why should I pay more for things because other people are stupid and guzzle soda all day and gain weight. DAVID. (Atlanta Journal-Constitution -- Business)

    Fat in middle age can cut womens lives short  Sep 30, 2009
    "People may think they can safely gain weight through their 20s, 30s and 40s, but there is no evidence that gaining weight is natural," said Aviva Must, professor and chair of the public health and community medicine department at Tufts University School of Medicine. Must was not linked to the study. (MSNBC -- Health)

    New study quantifies benefits of being thin  Sep 30, 2009
    9 at age 18 and didn't gain weight over the next 30 or so years. For every one-unit increase in BMI (about 5 or 6 pounds for a person of healthy weight), the odds of being healthy at age 70 fell by 12 percent. (AZCentral -- News)

    Open for business: Medical marijuana dispensary opens in Olathe  Sep 30, 2009
    It was a blessing to see her eat and gain weight. The weight gain helped her with further kemo sessions and she was able to spend more time with the family cause she had energy to do things with us. (Montrose Daily Press, CO)

    Slim, trim Jefferson feels good after 1st practice  Sep 30, 2009
    For me and Al, it's good for both of us just to be out here and practicing," he said. The 6-foot-9 Jefferson has spent much of his first two seasons in Minnesota playing out of position at center, but that didn't stop him from averaging 27.2 points and 12.3 rebounds in the nine games leading up to his injury. The Wolves signed Ryan Hollins from Dallas to give them another body at center, but Jefferson still figures to spend a lot of his time this season banging around with the big boys in the... (Brainerd Daily Dispatch)

    Fructose Tied to Higher Blood Pressure  Sep 25, 2009
    The second study, which measured fructose intake in mice, suggested that people who consume junk foods and sweetened soft drinks at night could gain weight faster than those who don't. "These results suggest that excessive fructose intake may have a role in the worldwide epidemic of obesity and diabetes," said Dr. Richard Johnson of the University of Colorado-Denver, who studied the link between blood pressure and men. (MEDLINEplus)

    Flicks: Even eye-candy Fox cant salvage Jennifers Body  Sep 17, 2009
    Which makes Flicks wonder: Do actors and actresses really gain weight for these kinds of roles, or is it just makeup and prosthetics. I understand becoming someone else is the actor s craft, but that seems unhealthy at best, dangerous at worst. (Belmont Citizen Herald, MA)

    TIPS:  Successful dieters distinguish hunger from emotions  Sep 16, 2009
    "This works for the short term, but over the long term they gain weight and become depressed.". Foreyt advises patients to figure out what is prompting the overeating and then try to deal with it. (USA Today)

    Pot Belly and Fat waist line  Sep 16, 2009
    At age 35 most of our digestive system begins to slow down and naturally most people begin to gain weight and that is when the health issues start. Fortunately or unfortunately, this is the period of time is a persons life when he/she begins to hit the prime of live. (Ghana Web, Ghana)

    American Jews to Protest Against Hadassah Hospital  Sep 16, 2009
    The young boy quickly began to gain weight and is on his way to recovery. But Hadassah Hospital is not finished. (PR Newswire)

    My Ramadan World Tour  Sep 16, 2009
    It's no surprise, then, that in many Muslim societies, people actually gain weight during Ramadan. I wonder what impact 14 centuries of spending one-twelfth of the working year hungry, dehydrated, and fatigued has had on these societies. (Slate)

    Children With Emotional Difficulties At Higher Risk For Adult Obesity  Sep 15, 2009
    The researchers found that children with a lower self-esteem, those who felt less in control of their lives and those who worried often were more likely to gain weight over the next 20 years. They also found that girls were slightly more affected by these factors than boys. (Science Daily)

    Food Habits Are More Important Than Most Important Obesity Risk Gene  Sep 15, 2009
    It could be that the carriers of the risk gene don t feel as full from eating fat and therefore consume more and gain weight says Emily Sonestedt. The finding that the harmful effects of the gene can be cancelled by changing eating habits could, combined with mapping of the effects of other obesity genes, lead to better and more individualized nutritional counseling for those that want to avoid gaining weight. (Science Daily)

    Children With Fatter Midsections At Increased Risk For Cardiovascular Disease, Study Finds  Sep 13, 2009
    Unfortunately, he says, there is no way to change how children, or adults for that matter, gain weight ... Unfortunately, we don t have a real explanation why some people gain weight in the center of their body and others gain it, for instance, in their thighs. (Science Daily)

    Roadmap Of Leptin Explains Its Regulation Of Bone And Appetite: New Clues For Obesity And Osteoporosis Prevention  Sep 11, 2009
    When the leptin-serotonin pathway is turned on in mice, the researchers found, appetite increases, the animals eat more, gain weight, and their bone mass increases. When the pathway is turned off, mice eat less, lose weight, and their bones weaken. (Science Daily)

    Low self-esteem leads to obesity  Sep 11, 2009
    Children with a lower self-esteem, those who felt less in control of their lives, and those who worried often were more likely to gain weight over the next 20 years, the results showed. Professor David Collier, who led the research, said: "What's novel about this study is that obesity has been regarded as a medical metabolic disorder - what we've found is that emotional problems are a risk factor for obesity. "This is not about people with deep psychological problems, all the anxiety and low... (BBC News -- Health)

    YMCA plans 7 million step program for better health  Sep 10, 2009
    By adding 2,000 steps and eating 100 fewer calories each day, the average adult won't gain weight, she said. Registration forms are available at the Y, at or on Sept. 19 at CommUniversity on the field beside the University High School parking lot. (The Pantagraph newspaper)

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