Month Fast food forum to address obesity woes NEWS.com.au, 17 August 2010 THE fast food industry will meet with the NSW government for talks today triggered by concern over rising obesity levels. Reality diet shows 'misleading' BBC, 17 August 2010 The man behind the UK's first weight loss camp says reality diet shows are counterproductive Health round-up: How apples keep diabetes away, sound waves could cure acne and a once-a-day drug beats shingles Daily Mail, 17 August 2010 Could eating three or four apples a day lower the risk of diabetes and other health problems for the overweight? Most U.S. Stocks Rise as Technology, Materials Shares Advance Washington Post, 16 August 2010 EBay Inc. gained 2.6 percent on speculation its PayPal service will be used by Google Inc.'s smartphone. Freeport- McMoRan Copper & Gold Inc. climbed 0.8 percent as a slumping dollar boosted copper and gold and Goldman Sachs Group Inc. reiterated its "overweight" rating on commodities.... Business - Equities - Investing - Stocks and Bonds - Dow Jones Industrial Average NHS official in weight warning to 7st 12lb girl needed gastric band to slim from 26 stone Daily Mail, 15 August 2010 A senior NHS official at the centre of a row over an 11-year-old girl branded overweight was so obese himself he had a gastric band fitted to his stomach. Risking the future BBC, 14 August 2010 How childhood obesity can mean a lifetime of ill-health Prison for knife thug too fat for community service The Scotsman, 14 August 2010 AN OVERWEIGHT knife thug who was too fat for community service has been jailed. Tommy Talks - Richard Herring 13 August 2010 Christ On A Bike star discusses religion, weight loss and being drugged Obese 'see GP more than smokers' BBC, 13 August 2010 Overweight people are more likely to make frequent trips to their GP than smokers or those who are generally unfit, say Dutch researchers. Some people 'too obese to help': Your comments BBC, 13 August 2010 Obesity expert Dr David Haslam warns that the wrong people are getting bariatric/weight loss surgery. BBC News website readers have been sending in their comments. |
