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More than half of European adults overweight: study (AFP)

AFP – More than half of European adults are now overweight and too many children smoke or are obese, raising the risk of cancer or heart attacks, a European health report showed Tuesday.

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Michelle Obama welcomes anti-obesity bill’s passage (AFP)

AFP – First Lady Michelle Obama, a champion of measures to fight childhood obesity in the United States, welcomed passage in Congress Thursday of a law aimed at improving the quality of school meals.

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Danish experts cook up high-protein anti-obesity diet (AFP)

AFP – Danish researchers have come up with a recipe for preventing and treating obesity: a diet high in proteins and low in refined starches such as white bread and white rice.

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More proof that diet, exercise aid weight loss: studies (AFP)

AFP – Researchers have uncovered more reason to believe that properly managed diet and exercise can help overweight, obese and severely obese people lose weight, two studies have suggested.

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Diet pills contain unlisted stimulant, US agency warns (AFP)

AFP – The US Food and Drug Administration (FDA) on Friday warned consumers not to use a brand of weight loss pills that claim to be “100 percent herbal” after lab tests showed they contain a dangerous stimulant.

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Obese workers cost US 73-bln dlrs a year: study (AFP)

AFP – Obese workers cost US employers 73.1-billion dollars a year, much of it due to “presenteeism,” or being less productive on the job due to health problems, a study published Friday shows.

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Disney backs Michelle Obama’s child obesity campaign (AFP)

AFP – The Walt Disney Company on Thursday threw its weight behind a campaign championed by US First Lady Michelle Obama to push back child obesity.

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Disney backs Michelle Obama’s child obesity campaign (AFP)

AFP – The Walt Disney Company on Thursday threw its weight behind a campaign championed by US First Lady Michelle Obama to push back child obesity.

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Weight-loss surgery ‘could save millions’ in UK (AFP)

AFP – Britain’s National Health Service could save millions of pounds a year by offering more weight-loss surgery for obese patients, a medical study said Wednesday.

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Young kids who sleep less at risk of obesity: study (AFP)

AFP – Children under the age of five who don’t get enough sleep at night are more likely than kids who do get their 40 winks to become obese at a young age, a study published Monday showed.

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