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Ohio Boy Removed from Home Because of Obesity Concerns (ContributorNetwork)

ContributorNetwork – An 8-year-old Ohio boy was removed from his home over the weekend because of severe obesity, according to the Cleveland Plain Dealer. The child is in the third grade and weighs approximately 218 pounds. The Cleveland case is the first instance of a governmental agency placing a child in foster care due to physical health concerns in Ohio.

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Obese Ohio Child Taken from Parents, Placed in Foster Care (ContributorNetwork)

ContributorNetwork – An obese 8-year-old boy from Cleveland Heights, Ohio, has been removed from his parents’ home for medical neglect, according to The Cleveland Plain Dealer. The child weighs more than 200 pounds; his mother has been charged with endangering her son’s health. This is Ohio’s first case of child protective services removing a child for being overweight.

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No-Cupcakes School Policy Battles Childhood Obesity (ContributorNetwork)

ContributorNetwork – Northeast Elementary Magnet School, in Danville, Ill., won a gold medal for fighting childhood obesity with a “no cupcakes” policy, active learning, classroom fitness and improved school nutrition. Northeast is the first elementary school to win the Alliance for a Healthier Generation award. Here’s a look at AHG, Northeast’s anti-obesity initiatives and how parents are responding.

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Weight loss after surgery seen in patient’s family (Reuters)

Reuters – People who have weight loss surgery aren’t alone in slimming down after the procedure — family members do so, too, a study in the Archives of Surgery shows.

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U.S. rejects Orexigen diet drug over heart risks (Reuters)

Reuters – U.S. health regulators rejected Orexigen Therapeutics Inc’s weight-loss drug and requested a clinical trial to resolve heart safety concerns, dealing a huge blow to what stood to be the first new diet pill in a decade.

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US panel approves first obesity drug in a decade (AFP)

AFP – An advisory panel to the US Food and Drug Administration on Tuesday gave its approval to an anti-obesity drug, in what could be the first new approved drug for losing weight in more than a decade.

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New Diet Pill Wins FDA Panel’s Backing (HealthDay)

HealthDay – TUESDAY, Dec. 7 (HealthDay News) — An expert advisory panel recommended on Tuesday that Contrave, a new weight-loss pill that combines an antidepressant with an anti-addiction medication, be approved by the U.S. Food and Drug Administration.

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FDA panel recommends approval for Contrave (AP)

AP – A Food and Drug Administration panel on Tuesday recommended that the agency approve Orexigen Therapeutics Inc.’s weight loss drug Contrave, making it the first in group of competitors to get a positive nod from experts.

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Obesity linked to lower risk of glaucoma in women (Reuters)

Reuters – A recent study found that heavier women were less likely to get one type of glaucoma than their thinner peers – the first time this association has been shown, the authors report.

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Part of Stomach Removed Through Patient’s Mouth (LiveScience.com)

LiveScience.com – In what could be a first for weight-loss surgery in the United States, surgeons have removed 80 percent of a stomach through a patient’s mouth. Previously, surgeons performing stomach-reduction surgery had to make a large incision in the abdomen to remove the excess stomach.

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