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State should take obese kids from parents: US doctors (AFP)

AFP – The government should have the right to remove severely obese children from their parents’ home and place them in foster care, two US doctors argued in a controversial editorial.

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Two-drug obesity treatment effective: study (AFP)

AFP – A new treatment for obesity that combines two existing drugs resulted in twice as much weight loss as the only approved long-term anti-obesity medication, according to a study released Monday.

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Experimental Weight-Loss Drug Seems to Work: Study (HealthDay)

HealthDay – SUNDAY, April 10 (HealthDay News) — Obese patients taking a high dose of an investigational weight-loss pill called Qnexa lost an average of 22 pounds over a year, while also lowering their cholesterol and blood pressure numbers, a new study has found.

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Pacific nations battle obesity epidemic (AFP)

AFP – On Tonga’s supermarket shelves, huge cans of corned beef the size of paint tins replaced traditional fare such as fish and coconuts long ago — contributing to an obesity epidemic that sees the Pacific region ranked as the fattest in the world.

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Child obesity ‘linked to working mothers’ (AFP)

AFP – The more mothers work during their children’s lifetimes, the more likely their kids are to be overweight or obese, according to a US study published on Friday.

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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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Health officials pull Abbott’s Meridia diet drug off market (Reuters)

Reuters – U.S. health officials have ordered Abbott Laboratories’ controversial weight loss drug Meridia off the market, and the company said it would comply even though it still thinks the drug is safe.

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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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Obesity costs US 215 billion dollars: study (AFP)

AFP – Obesity costs the US economy at least 215 billion dollars a year in direct and indirect impacts including medical expenses and lost productivity, a new study showed Tuesday.

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Obesity weighs heavily on health, lifespan in US: study (AFP)

AFP – Americans’ expanding girths are driving down the number of years they live in good health, a study published Tuesday said.

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