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New evidence indicates that suicide is dramatically more common in those who have undergone weight loss surgery such as gastric bypass than in the general population, up to double according to one study.
Nobody knows why bariatric surgery patients appear to be at higher risk for killing themselves. Some research shows a link between obesity and […]
But that doesn’t mean you have a free pass to keep smoking, missy.
Findings announced at the 72nd Annual Scientific Meeting of the American College of Gastroenterology identified obesity as the biggest risk factor for colorectal cancer in women.
Although smoking posed a significant increased risk for colorectal neoplasia, researchers found that for women, obesity was the […]
The American College of Obstetricians and Gynecologists reported earlier this year that overweight and obese women have longer labor and delivery times than women with healthy body weight when labor is induced.
The obese women also needed more medication — a dinoprostone vaginal insert — to activate labor, and it took longer for the medicine to […]
I’m not exactly a soda guzzler, but I do have one of those oh-so-convenient fridge packs of ginger ale and a couple of cans of Pepsi in my fridge right now, and gosh darn it, I will be drinking them. But in my defense, my actual level of soda consumption is about 1-2 a week […]
A hilarious ad in my morning New York Times headlines e-mail made me laugh out loud even though I’m in a bit of an early-morning stupor at the moment. I don’t want to reproduce it here because of copyright issues, but here’s the setup: two hippos standing shoulder deep in water, with just their faces […]
New findings released by the NIH and published in a recent issue of the New England Journal of Medicine characterize obesity as being “socially contagious.” Translation: The more fat friends you have, the more likely you are to become fat. The same is true for slim pals.
At first I thought, “Well, people tend to gather […]
Yes, you read that right. Obese girls are less likely to attend college, according to recent findings from the University of Texas.
Researchers tracked about 11,000 teens in the US using population center data from the National Longitudinal Study of Adolescent Health and found that in addition to being less likely to go to university, obese […]
Big Boned Blog turned me on to Joy Nash’s Fat Rant, which is my new favorite. You have to watch it (feed readers click here):
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More on the debate concerning American Idol winner Jordin Sparks. MeMe Roth, president and founder of National Action Against Obesity, appeared on the Fox News Channel last week, shortly before the American Idol Season Six finale.
This wouldn’t be particularly exciting, since she seems to be on Fox News constantly, except that this time, she said […]
Well it’s about time! A growing number of employers are starting to offer free drugs to their staff in an effort to prevent costly long-term illnesses and conditions such as diabetes, obesity, and depression. Says an article in today’s New York Times,
For years, employers have been pushing their workers to pay more […]
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