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UK says most Britons eat 10% too many calories (AP)

AP – British health officials say the country’s obesity epidemic has an easy fix: people should just eat less.

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FDA declines to approve Orexigen diet drug (AP)

AP – Orexigen Therapeutics Inc. said Tuesday that U.S. health officials rejected its experimental weight loss pill Contrave and requested a new study of its potential heart risks, suggesting it will be years before a new drug for obesity reaches the market.

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WHO recommends food marketing curbs for child obesity (Reuters)

Reuters – Governments must work with industry to restrict advertising of foods high in salt, sugar and dangerous fats targeted at children to tackle an epidemic of obesity and other diseases, health officials said on Friday.

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France: Diabetes drug may be linked to 500 deaths (AP)

AP – French health officials say the now-banned diabetes and weight loss drug Mediator may have been linked to the deaths of about 500 people.

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FDA rejects weight-loss drug (Reuters)

Reuters – Arena Pharmaceuticals Inc said on Saturday U.S. health officials have rejected its experimental obesity pill, citing cancer risks.

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U.S. pulls 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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Obesity Among U.S. Workers Has Hefty Price Tag: Study (HealthDay)

HealthDay – FRIDAY, Oct. 8 (HealthDay News) — Obese workers cost U.S. employers $73.1 billion, a new study has found.

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FDA questions safety, effectiveness with diet pill (AP)

AP – Federal health officials said Tuesday that an experimental diet drug produced minimal weight loss while raising safety questions about its effects on the heart, sending shares of its developer Arena Pharmaceuticals plummeting in morning trading.

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CDC has contraception advice for some ill women (AP)

AP – U.S. health officials have for the first time released contraception safety guidelines for more than 1 million women who have had weight-loss surgery or have certain medical conditions.

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Rare Cases of Liver Damage Tied to Weight-Loss Drug (HealthDay)

HealthDay – WEDNESDAY, May 26 (HealthDay News) — Responding to reports of rare but sometimes severe cases of liver damage, U.S. health officials on Wednesday announced revised labels for a widely used weight-loss drug.

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