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Most teen-agers overeat when they hit the fast food counter but lean youngsters stay that way by cutting back the rest of the day while their overweight peers do not, a study finds. • FULL STORY

• No decline in obesity, government figures show
Obesity remains at 'alarming levels,' government warns

• Scientists still looking for fat-fighting pill
Solution may just move pounds elsewhere on body, researchers say

• Aetna joins other insurers in obesity fight
HMO plans to start subsidizing weight-loss programs

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• ‘Lighten Up’ diet promotes healthy choices

• Obesity, diabetes could reduce global lifespans

• Dieter sues Atkins for clogged arteries

• Study: Texas kids among the most overweight

• Overweight? Panel says 'turn off the TV'

• Study: Weight-loss drug helps obese teens

• Health ministers agree on plan to fight obesity

• 10 percent of kids worldwide are obese

• New cancer technique useful against fat?

• Lawsuits may be tool for fighting obesity

• Obese kids more likely to be bullies and victims

• Atkins seeks to cut 'cheeseburger’ image

• Consumers count carbs even after diets end

• WashPost: Concern grows over stomach surgery

• U.S. bureau to set low-carb beer standards

• More doctors specializing in obesity

• Americans' low-carb attempts fall short

• Medical school starts obesity course for doctors

• Study: Fat hormone rewires brain

• Bigger portions, bigger appetite

• Study: Fructose blamed for rise in obesity

• Experts weigh in on America's obesity problem

• Insurance firms limit stomach stapling

• Dieters increasingly go online to shed pounds

• Parents don’t see obesity in their children

• Brain enzyme may regulate appetite

• Obesity nearly as deadly as tobacco, study says

• Obesity epidemic could erase health care gains

• New pill may help cut obesity, smoking

• Dairy foods may cut risk of child obesity

• Working poor face higher obesity rate

• Obesity may limit income of educated women

• Tax deductions allowed for weight loss

• Blue Cross to end gastric bypass coverage in Fla.

• Americans' waists and hips super-sized

• Doctor who released Atkins report defends action

• Atkins' medical records spark diet fight

• Women eating more calories on average

• Can you have your carbs and lose weight?

• Atkins dieters advised to limit fat intake

• White House opposes U.N. obesity report

• Protein dieters clamor for designer eggs

• Youth obesity blamed for rise in disability

• Survey names Detroit fattest city in U.S.

• States look to combat obesity with laws

• Hospitals feel new costs of obese patients

• Drug approved for obese teens

• Popularity of obesity surgery surges

• Adults should be screened for obesity

• Stomach stapling poses a double risk

• Hospital stops gastric bypass surgery

• Obesity is focus of health conference

• From ‘morbid obesity’ to ‘Wow!’

• Saving with surgery?

• Tummy pacemaker for weight loss

• Extreme obesity ballooning in adults

• Kid dieters gain weight

• Do sprawling suburbs make us fat?

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