Read more obesity stories on Newserhttp://www.newser.com/taggrid/32/obesity.html2009 - Newseren-usNewser Feed GeneratorTue, 24 Nov 2009 11:33:26 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/73057/fat-injections-could-aid-weight-loss.html?utm_source=syn&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=tagThe discovery that adults retain small quantities of “brown fat”—which in infants burns calories to generate heat—has scientists exploring the possibility of using the substance as a weight-loss aid. Brown fat is exceedingly effective at burning sugar, so researchers theorize that boosted amounts of the substance may increase...http://www.newser.com/story/73057/fat-injections-could-aid-weight-loss.html?utm_source=syn&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=tagMon, 02 Nov 2009 4:33:18 CSThttp://www.newser.com/story/71919/childhood-abuse-may-lead-to-obesity.html?utm_source=syn&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=tagCompounding the mental and physical pain that accompanies childhood abuse, a new study suggests abuse may lead to adult obesity. Researchers studied 410 children who had court-substantiated cases of physical and sexual abuse before the age of 11; 30 years later, their body mass index scores were compared with a...http://www.newser.com/story/71919/childhood-abuse-may-lead-to-obesity.html?utm_source=syn&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=tagSat, 17 Oct 2009 7:50:51 CDThttp://www.newser.com/story/71824/mexico-city-puts-1300-cops-on-a-diet.html?utm_source=syn&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=tagWith seven of every 10 members of its force obese, Mexico City’s police department is putting some 1,300 cops on a diet. They were put on scales in public today, and given advice for dieting in a city known for its street food, AFP reports.http://www.newser.com/story/71824/mexico-city-puts-1300-cops-on-a-diet.html?utm_source=syn&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=tagThu, 15 Oct 2009 21:11:35 CDThttp://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/71602/christies-nj-lead-shrinks-after-corzines-weight-ads.html?utm_source=syn&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=tagGov. Jon Corzine's strategy of running an ad that calls attention to challenger Chris Christie’s girth may be paying off: 19% of New Jersey voters said Christie’s weight made them less likely to vote for him, while 11% said it was a “legitimate campaign issue,” a new poll shows. While...http://www.newser.com/story/71602/christies-nj-lead-shrinks-after-corzines-weight-ads.html?utm_source=syn&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=tagTue, 13 Oct 2009 17:50:48 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 CDT