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By NIGEL DUARA | Associated Press – 18 hrs ago WASHOUGAL, Wash. (AP) — Sean Guard watched other people exercising from the window of his car or his office in City Hall, as the pounds piled on slowly, a little bit at a time. The Washougal mayor left his city’s bike trails and foot paths to those [...]

By Ellin HolohanHealthDay Reporter | HealthDay – 5 mins ago FRIDAY, May 4 (HealthDay News) — A new study suggests that severe weight gain might raise the risk for rheumatoid arthritis — a painful, chronic ailment — especially among obese women. The epidemiological research indicated that about half of the increase in rheumatoid arthritis cases in one [...]

HealthDay – 59 mins ago WEDNESDAY, May 2 (HealthDay News) — A large new study is the first to show a direct link between a high body-mass index and the risk of developing heart disease, British and Danish researchers say. Body-mass index (BMI) is a measurement based on height and weight. People with a BMI of 18.5 [...]

By Denise MannHealthDay Reporter | HealthDay – 15 mins ago TUESDAY, May 1 (HealthDay News) — Moderate weight loss reduces levels of inflammation that have been tied to certain cancers, at least in postmenopausal women, a new study suggests. According to the findings, older women who lost at least 5 percent of their body weight through diet [...]

HealthDay – 1 hr 45 mins ago SUNDAY, April 29 (HealthDay News) — Kids who recognize fast-food advertisements on TV are more likely to be overweight, and those familiar with TV ads for alcoholic beverages are more likely to drink, according to two new studies from Children’s Hospital at Dartmouth-Hitchcock Medical Center. In one study, researchers questioned [...]

By JOHN HEILPRIN | Associated Press – Mon, Apr 23, 2012 GENEVA (AP) — Swiss food and drink giant Nestle SA announced a deal Monday to acquire Pfizer Inc.‘s infant-nutrition business for .85 billion in a bid to boost sales in emerging markets. The company based in Vevey, Switzerland said the acquisition would “enhance its position in [...]

By NEKESA MUMBI MOODY | Associated Press – 4 mins 41 secs ago NEW YORK (AP) — Serena Williams says altering her diet in support of big sister Venus hasn’t been much of a hardship. Serena said she’s cut down on eating chicken and fish and is eating more raw foods like Venus, who adopted the change [...]

NEW YORK (Reuters Health) – In eastern Massachusetts, the number of kids under age six who are obese declined significantly in recent years — a trend that might be happening nationwide as well, according to a new study. On the down side, obesity rates among lower-income children remain more stubbornly stable, researchers report in the [...]

TUESDAY, April 24 (HealthDay News) — After two decades of steadily increasing rates of childhood obesity, at least one state may finally be turning things around. The rates of obesity in children under the age of 6 in eastern Massachusetts declined during the period between 2004 and 2008, according to a new study. The researchers [...]

AFP – 3 hrs ago Hungarian diabetics who fail to stick to their diet will be deprived of more modern treatments from July, under a government decree published Monday aimed at cutting health spending. Diabetics undergo a blood test on average every three months and those who score high levels of glycemia more than twice a year [...]

Reuters – 2 hrs 33 mins ago (Reuters) – Starbucks said on its blog that it will stop using a natural, government-approved coloring made from crushed beetles in its strawberry flavoring by late June, bowing to pressure from some vegetarian customers. Starbucks has been using the extract in its strawberry frappuccinos and smoothies, as well as some [...]