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Overweight In Children Starting School

Jan 3rd 2009Drug InformationObesity / Weight Loss / Fitness

Immigrant children have a greater risk of suffering from overweight and obesity. This is the result of a study from Augsburg with 2306 children examined on starting school. Elisabeth Weber and her coauthors present the results in the current issue of Deutsches Arzteblatt International (Dtsch Arztbl Int 2008; 105 [51-52]: 883-9). The doctors recorded not only the age, sex, weight, and height of the children, but also their mother tongue.

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Weight Loss Surgery Patients Face Holiday Eating Challenges Head On

Jan 3rd 2009Drug InformationObesity / Weight Loss / Fitness

For most of us, the holidays are a non-stop food fest that challenges our resolve to eat healthy. From office parties and cookie exchanges to holiday parties and tasty gifts, the temptations are all around. Holiday challenges are even greater for people who have undergone weight loss surgery. “Because people who have undergone weight loss surgery can only eat a half cup of food at a time, they have to focus on portion control,” said Gregory Barnes, M.D.

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FDA Seeks Recall Of 25 Weight Loss Pills With Potentially Unsafe Ingredients

Jan 3rd 2009Drug InformationObesity / Weight Loss / Fitness

The Food and Drug Administration (FDA) in the United States is seeking to recall 23 different products marketed as for weight loss because they contain undeclared active pharmaceutical substances that may pose serious health risks to consumers. The products are marketed over the Internet and in retail stores, and in some cases are described as “dietary supplements” .

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