Read more obesity epidemic stories on Newserhttp://www.newser.com/taggrid/1396/obesity-epidemic.html2009 - Newseren-usNewser Feed GeneratorTue, 24 Nov 2009 5:03:25 CSThttp://www.newser.com/story/74651/home-daycare-turns-kids-into-couch-potatoes.html?utm_source=syn&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=tagChildren in home-based daycare watch far more TV than kids in formal child-care centers, with preschoolers averaging as much as 3.4 hours a day. The numbers in a new survey haven't changed much from stats recorded in previous years, which the researchers say they find "disconcerting, given the intervening...http://www.newser.com/story/74651/home-daycare-turns-kids-into-couch-potatoes.html?utm_source=syn&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=tagMon, 23 Nov 2009 17:35:30 CSThttp://www.newser.com/story/74557/college-threatens-to-fail-students-for-obesity.html?utm_source=syn&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=tagTwenty-five seniors at a university in Pennsylvania must prove they've lost weight in order to graduate this spring. The unusual requirement stems from a policy Lincoln University put in place fours ago: Incoming freshmen with a body mass index of 30, the threshold for obesity, must take a nutrition class...http://www.newser.com/story/74557/college-threatens-to-fail-students-for-obesity.html?utm_source=syn&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=tagSat, 21 Nov 2009 11:25:24 CSThttp://www.newser.com/story/73904/gut-bacteria-can-make-you-fat.html?utm_source=syn&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=tagEating junk food may do a double whammy on your waistline: In addition to the calorie influx, high-fat foods alter intestinal bacteria, actually making it easier to get fat. Obese mice in a new study had significantly more of a specific type of bacteria, Firmicutes, that easily convert food into...http://www.newser.com/story/73904/gut-bacteria-can-make-you-fat.html?utm_source=syn&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=tagThu, 12 Nov 2009 14:33:35 CSThttp://www.newser.com/story/71712/fat-america-wont-need-mittens.html?utm_source=syn&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=tagAmerica’s ever-expanding waistlines may eventually render mittens obsolete, a new study suggests. Researchers for the NIH found that overweight people generate more heat than their lean peers, but don’t retain it any better. Instead, the heat exits from the hands and feet—so an overweight person’s extremities are, on average,...http://www.newser.com/story/71712/fat-america-wont-need-mittens.html?utm_source=syn&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=tagWed, 14 Oct 2009 8:00:00 CDThttp://www.newser.com/story/71487/obese-4-month-old-denied-insurance.html?utm_source=syn&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=tagA Colorado couple is baffled that their baby has been denied health insurance coverage because of a preexisting condition: obesity. “I could understand if we could control what he's eating,” says the boy’s father. “But he's 4 months old. He's breast-feeding. We can't put him on the Atkins diet.” An...http://www.newser.com/story/71487/obese-4-month-old-denied-insurance.html?utm_source=syn&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=tagMon, 12 Oct 2009 14:04:25 CDThttp://www.newser.com/story/70473/michelle-obama-walks-the-walk-on-fitness-health.html?utm_source=syn&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=tagThe Obama administration's push for better fitness and nutrition starts at the top, with the gym-rat president and garden-planting first lady setting the bar high for a nation of couch potatoes. It's all about moderation, Michelle Obama tells Prevention magazine. "My message to women: Do what makes you feel good,...http://www.newser.com/story/70473/michelle-obama-walks-the-walk-on-fitness-health.html?utm_source=syn&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=tagMon, 28 Sep 2009 16:40:18 CDThttp://www.newser.com/story/70341/why-we-love-fat-tv.html?utm_source=syn&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=tagAmerica's obsession with "fattertainment" has become a form of catharsis for an obese nation, Simon Dumenco writes for GQ. Shows like The Biggest Loser and Dance Your Ass Off were at least ostensibly about getting their contestants in shape. But on More to Love , “the participants aren't even trying to...http://www.newser.com/story/70341/why-we-love-fat-tv.html?utm_source=syn&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=tagSun, 27 Sep 2009 14:25:24 CDThttp://www.newser.com/story/70309/hula-hooping-comes-around-as-workout-craze.html?utm_source=syn&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=tagThe hula-hoop is seeing a revival as a fitness tool, with out-of-shape Americans finding twirling a plastic tube a more enjoyable way to burn calories than running or weight-lifting. Companies like HoopGirl and Hoopnotica have seen sales of weighted hula-hoops and enrollment in hoop fitness classes surge. "I finally found...http://www.newser.com/story/70309/hula-hooping-comes-around-as-workout-craze.html?utm_source=syn&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=tagFri, 25 Sep 2009 14:55:24 CDThttp://www.newser.com/story/70185/obesity-growing-as-cancer-risk-for-women.html?utm_source=syn&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=tagBeing fat could become the leading cause of cancer in women in Western countries in the coming years, say European researchers. Being overweight or obese accounts for up to 8% of cancers in Europe. That figure is poised to increase substantially as the obesity epidemic continues, and as major causes...http://www.newser.com/story/70185/obesity-growing-as-cancer-risk-for-women.html?utm_source=syn&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=tagThu, 24 Sep 2009 13:00:42 CDT