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		<title>Obesity may influence heart function through sex hormones</title>
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		<pubDate>Sun, 28 Apr 2013 21:10:35 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[New research suggests that changes in sex hormones as seen in obesity may have possible effects on the heart. The study by researchers from Belgium, presented at the European Congress of Endocrinology in Copenhagen, Denmark, suggests effects on heart function in healthy men with artificially raised oestrogen levels and artificially lowered testosterone levels to mimic [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Why fat thighs are better than big paunch</title>
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		<pubDate>Sun, 13 Jan 2013 10:56:42 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[Genes active in a person&#8217;s belly fat are different from those in his or her thigh fat, a finding that could shift the way we approach unwanted belly fat &#8211; from banishing it to relocating it. Men tend to store fat in the abdominal area, but don&#8217;t usually have much in the way of hips [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Obese little ones &#8216;signing up&#8217; for heart disease</title>
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		<pubDate>Thu, 27 Sep 2012 03:16:32 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[Researchers have sounded warning bells on obese children as young as five-year-old who could be potential candidates for stroke or heart attack later in life. Obese or overweight young children have already been found to have raised blood pressure, cholesterol and other factors that could elevate their chances of a stroke or heart attack by [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Weight-loss surgery unlikely to increase fracture risk at least in short term</title>
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		<pubDate>Tue, 07 Aug 2012 17:24:12 +0000</pubDate>
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				<category><![CDATA[Obesity]]></category>

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		<description><![CDATA[Obese patients who undergo bariatric surgery are not at an increased risk of broken bones in the first few years after the operation, a new study has found. But the study, led by researchers at the Medical Research Council Lifecourse Epidemiology Unit (MRC LEU) at the University of Southampton, has shown that there is a [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Obesity may influence response to breast cancer treatment</title>
		<link>http://news.bioscholar.com/2012/07/obesity-may-influence-response-to-breast-cancer-treatment.html</link>
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		<pubDate>Tue, 17 Jul 2012 22:22:46 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>BioNews</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[Obesity]]></category>

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		<description><![CDATA[Women who are obese continue to have higher levels of oestrogen than women of normal weight even after treatment with hormone-suppressing drugs, raising the possibility that they might benefit from changes to their treatment. The study, led by a team at The Institute of Cancer Research in London and The Royal Marsden NHS Foundation Trust, [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Eat smaller bites to lose weight</title>
		<link>http://news.bioscholar.com/2012/07/eat-smaller-bites-to-lose-weight.html</link>
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		<pubDate>Tue, 10 Jul 2012 22:40:37 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>BioNews</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[Obesity]]></category>

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		<description><![CDATA[A team of scientists led by one of Indian origin have suggested that cutting food into smaller pieces can help dieters shed those extra kilos. Researchers found that both humans and animals judge the amount of food they are eating by the number of pieces in front of them. A serving cut into several pieces [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Obese friends up your chance of piling on pounds</title>
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		<pubDate>Tue, 10 Jul 2012 22:04:38 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>BioNews</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[Obesity]]></category>

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		<description><![CDATA[A person’s circle of friends may influence his or her weight, a new study has revealed. A Loyola study of high school students shows that students were more likely to gain weight if they had friends who were heavier than they were. Conversely, students were more likely to get trimmer &#8212; or gain weight at [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Now, jab to help fight obesity</title>
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		<pubDate>Mon, 09 Jul 2012 19:23:17 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[In a new study, researchers have accessed the effectiveness of two somatostatin vaccinations, JH17 and JH18, in reducing weight gain and increasing weight loss in mice. Somatostatin, a peptide hormone, inhibits the action of growth hormone (GH) and insulin-like growth factor (IGF-1), both of which increase metabolism and result in weight loss. Vaccination with modified [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Obesity alone does not increase short-term risk of death</title>
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		<pubDate>Sat, 07 Jul 2012 22:38:21 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[US researchers have concluded in their study that extra weight is not necessarily linked with a higher risk of death. When UC Davis researchers compared the data to those with normal weight, people who were overweight or obese had no increased risk of death during a follow-up period of six years. People who were severely [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Egg for breakfast `best way to fight the flab`</title>
		<link>http://news.bioscholar.com/2012/07/egg-for-breakfast-best-way-to-fight-the-flab.html</link>
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		<pubDate>Fri, 06 Jul 2012 18:28:29 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[Eggs are the best way to start the day for those who want to lose weight. A major UK review of studies into the effects of eating eggs has found that egg contains a powerful ingredient that can help to cut the amount of calories people go on to eat at lunch and dinner. Scientists [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Child abuse may trigger obesity in adulthood</title>
		<link>http://news.bioscholar.com/2012/07/child-abuse-may-trigger-obesity-in-adulthood.html</link>
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		<pubDate>Tue, 03 Jul 2012 20:09:01 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>BioNews</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[Researchers have found an association of severity of sexual and physical abuse during childhood and adolescence with obesity during adulthood. The findings were based on the ongoing Black Women’s Health Study, which has followed a large cohort of African-American women since 1995. Information provided in 2005 by more than 33,000 participants on early life experiences [...]]]></description>
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		<title>US agency approves first obesity drug in 13 years</title>
		<link>http://news.bioscholar.com/2012/06/us-agency-approves-first-obesity-drug-in-13-years.html</link>
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		<pubDate>Thu, 28 Jun 2012 14:43:18 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[The US Food and Drug Administration (FDA) have approved a weight-loss pill for the first time in 13 years. The pill called Belviq, manufactured by Arena Pharmaceutical, can be used by obese or overweight adults with at least one condition. The drug achieved only modest results in clinical studies, helping people lose on average about [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Apple compound may help burn fat, reduce obesity</title>
		<link>http://news.bioscholar.com/2012/06/apple-compound-may-help-burn-fat-reduce-obesity.html</link>
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		<pubDate>Thu, 21 Jun 2012 19:46:54 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>BioNews</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[A waxy compound found in apple peel may help reduce obesity and its associated health problems by increasing the amount of muscle and brown fat, two tissues recognised for their calorie-burning properties, a study says. The study conducted at the University of Iowa, US, found that the compound known as ursolic acid helped mice burn [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Environmental factors behind bulging waistlines</title>
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		<pubDate>Fri, 15 Jun 2012 19:36:49 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[Bulging waistlines may have more to do with collective behaviour than genetics or individual choices, according to a new study. The research team, led by City College of New York physicist Hernan Makse, found correlations between the epidemic&#8217;s geography and food marketing and distribution patterns. &#8220;We found there is a relationship between the prevalence of [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Overweight 11 year-old-girls highlight obesity epidemic in UK</title>
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		<pubDate>Fri, 15 Jun 2012 17:09:30 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>BioNews</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[In Britain, childhood obesity is far worse than feared with thousands of girls as young as 11 years in one town sporting waists bigger than an overweight woman. The true extent of the obesity problem is being masked by the reliance of health professionals on the Body Mass Index, a shocking report has revealed. According [...]]]></description>
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