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• Obesity Linked to Heart Failure Risk (HealthDay)
  HealthDay - TUESDAY, April 7 (HealthDay News) -- Swedish studies add heart failure to the list of cardiac problems linked to overweight and obesity.
• Study shows Brazilian waistlines expanding (AP)
  AP - The girl from Ipanema is putting on a few pounds.
• Very obese adults almost completely sedentary (Reuters)
  Reuters - Morbidly obese adults are sedentary for more than 99 percent of the day, getting only a fraction of the amount of walking that experts recommend for staying healthy, a small study suggests.
• Kids Who Lack Self-Control More Prone to Obesity Later (Time.com)
  Time.com - Two new studies suggest that early behavior-modification efforts may keep kids from gaining weight
• Study finds 1 in 5 obese among 4-year-olds (AP)
  AP - A striking new study says almost 1 in 5 American 4-year-olds is obese, and the rate is alarmingly higher among American Indian children, with nearly a third of them obese. Researchers were surprised to see differences by race at so early an age.
• Obesity may raise risk of restless legs syndrome (Reuters)
  Reuters - People who are obese may have an increased risk of developing the neurological disorder restless legs syndrome (RLS), researchers reported Monday.
• One easy remedy for overweight kids -- water (Reuters)
  Reuters - Want to help your kids keep the weight off? Just give them water instead of soda and other sugar-sweetened drinks, researchers advised on Monday.
• Obesity Boosts Gum Disease Risk (HealthDay)
  HealthDay - SATURDAY, April 4 (HealthDay News) -- Obese adults are at higher risk of gum disease than are normal-weight people, a new study finds.
• Atkins Diet Tougher on Heart After Weight Loss (HealthDay)
  HealthDay - WEDNESDAY, April 1 (HealthDay News) -- In the "maintenance" phase that occurs after initial weight loss, the popular Ornish and South Beach diets seem to be easier on the heart than the high-fat, low-carbohydrate Atkins regimen, a new study finds.
• Rapid Infant Weight Gain Linked to Childhood Obesity (HealthDay)
  HealthDay - MONDAY, March 30 (HealthDay News) -- Babies who gain weight quickly during the first six months of life may be more prone to obesity as toddlers, Harvard researchers report.
• School PE Programs Don't Lower Child Obesity (HealthDay)
  HealthDay - MONDAY, March 30 (HealthDay News) -- Physical fitness programs in schools improve many aspects of children's health, but they don't appear to combat obesity, a new study in the Canadian medical publication CMAJ shows.
• Fat infants at risk of being obese toddlers: study (Reuters)
  Reuters - Infants who gain too much weight as babies are more likely to grow into obese toddlers, showing the importance of early eating habits, researchers said on Monday.
• Fire and ambulance recruits often overweight (Reuters)
  Reuters - A new study suggests that many young recruits for fire and ambulance services are overweight and already have risk factors for heart disease -- a problem that poses a threat to public safety, researchers say.
• Most New EMS Recruits Overweight or Obese (HealthDay)
  HealthDay - FRIDAY, March 20 (HealthDay News) -- More than 75 percent of candidates for fire and ambulance services in Massachusetts are either overweight or obese, a situation that has major consequences for public health and safety, researchers say.
• Researchers find gene that turns carbs into fat (Reuters)
  Reuters - U.S. researchers have found a gene responsible for turning a plate of pasta into fat, offering new clues about how the body metabolizes carbohydrates and how they contribute to obesity.
• How Overweight Are Firefighters and Paramedics? (LiveScience.com)
  LiveScience.com - Fire fighters are still our heroes, but a new study raises concerns about their health and mobility.
• Obesity Takes Years Off Your Life (HealthDay)
  HealthDay - TUESDAY, March 17 (HealthDay News) -- Being obese can shorten your life, a new study shows.
• Obesity Tied to Poor Pancreatic Cancer Surgery Outcomes (HealthDay)
  HealthDay - WEDNESDAY, March 18 (HealthDay News) -- Obese pancreatic cancer patients are more likely than non-obese patients to have worse outcomes after surgery to treat their cancer, say U.S. researchers.
• Moderate-protein diet may beat high-carb diet (Reuters)
  Reuters - People lose weight when they cut calories, but a diet with some extra protein may be especially effective at trimming body fat and improving blood fats, a new study suggests.
• Study: Being obese can take years off your life (AP)
  AP - Being obese can take years off your life and in some cases may be as dangerous as smoking, a new study says. British researchers at the University of Oxford analyzed 57 studies mostly in Europe and North America, following nearly one million people for an average of 10 to 15 years. During that time, about 100,000 of those people died.