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The memory still bothers Ken Keller: A panicked ambulance crew had a critically ill patient, but the man weighed more than 1,000 pounds and could not fit inside the vehicle. And the stretcher wasn't sturdy enough to hold him.
Obese women who manage to shed excess pounds before becoming pregnant may be able to break the cycle of inherited weight problems and pass along better health to their children, a new study shows.
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.
An obese inmate who goes by the nickname "Big Mike" has been granted early parole because a Canadian prison could not accommodate his 430-pound frame.
Obese children as young as 10 had the arteries of 45-year-olds and other heart abnormalities that greatly raise their risk of heart disease, say doctors who used ultrasound tests to take a peek inside.
A nearly half-ton Texas woman charged in the death of her toddler nephew couldn't have beaten the boy to death because of her limited movement from weight problems, her attorney said Tuesday.
The percentage of American children who are overweight or obese appears to have leveled off after a 25-year increase, according to new figures that offer a glimmer of hope in an otherwise dismal battle.
Very obese people who need a kidney transplant are far less likely to get one than normal weight people, and when they do, their wait is an average of a year to 18 months longer, a new study found.
Rising affluence has made about 60 million Chinese — equal to the population of France — obese, state media said on Monday.
Ride a bike or hop on a skateboard. Any physical activity is cool — and a plus in the fight against childhood obesity.
Is it OK for doctors and parents to tell children and teens they're fat? That seems to be at the heart of a debate over whether to replace the fuzzy language favored by the U.S. government with the painful truth — telling kids if they're obese or overweight.
Fat SC man dies after 8 months in home recliner Webb told them to leave him there anyway. He would sit in that recliner, slowly dying, for the next eight months.
Chavez tells Venezuelans: Do sit-ups, eat wellCARACAS, Venezuela - Call it the Bolivarian battle of the bulge. President Hugo Chavez said in a televised speech Friday that "there are lots of fat people" in Venezuela and advised his supporters to exercise and eat healthy to trim their waistlines.
Washington, D.C. - In a stunning and totally unexpected move, the Obama administration has suddenly pulled the rug from under the anti-smoking movement and is set to reverse laws prohibiting the use of tobacco in public places.
Obese man dies after refusing zoo X-rayAn obese man is dead after he refused to have an X-ray taken in a machine for zoo animals because he was too large for one at a Hamburg hospital, daily Bild reported on Tuesday.
UK News: Obese mother and father have all seven children taken into care THE 23-stone mum who had her baby taken from her just hours after birth has now lost all seven of her children. The woman was told the last of her three children still at home were being taken into care.
Fat children 'don't want surgery'A survey of clinically obese children says they reject the idea of weight loss surgery. More than half of 100 children, who are on the government backed Carnegie Weight Management Programme, say they view gastric bands as "cheating'" But two-thirds feel they do not get any sup …
Anti-obesity ad shocks New Yorkers A glass of thick, yellow human fat, marbled with blood vessels, is the latest weapon in America's war on obesity. " Showing people a gruesome image and saying, 'look, this is what you're doing to your body' makes people think "
What a fat tax really means for America. - By Daniel Engber - Slate MagazineAs a skinny smoker, the President is right on - tax the fat cats too ! Let those without sin be the only ones exempt from sin taxes. Chocoholics, you are next.
Forget a "Fat Tax." Just Tax the Fat.A thought as the health care debate reignites. I promise you I'm not trying to malign fat people, or the weight challenged or Hefty Americans. Trying not to malign them, mostly because there are so many of them. Obese people in America now outnumber the merely fat.
It's time to take a stand against the unsightly and unhealthy overweight and obese citizens in Wisconsin.
New 'fat seats' appear on underground The blue-coloured seats are nearly twice as wide as normal chairs and can support even the bulkiest passenger up to 550lbs without breaking.
Obese US man hid gun between rolls of fat George Vera, an obese prisoner in Texas, has been charged with illegal possession of a firearm after he was discovered to be hiding a 9mm pistol in between his rolls of fat.
Obese Texas Inmate Charged With Hiding Gun in His Rolls of FatAn obese inmate in Texas has been charged after officials learned he had a gun hidden under flabs of his own flesh.
Woman says she is forced her to eat junk food because of benefit cutA British woman who has lost more than 200 pounds says a decision to stop her disability allowance could cause her to pile the pounds back on.
Obesity surgery death rates are low, study findsObese, but worried that surgery for it might kill you? The risk of that has dropped dramatically, and now is no greater than for having a gall bladder out, a hip replaced or most other major operations, new research shows.
Filthy Hacking Smokers must stand out in the heat, the cold and the rain if they want to destroy themselves with their self-inflicted death wish.
Should Obese People, Like Smokers Be: Barred From Indulging in Public Spaces, Taxed On Their Habit, Targeted by Public Health Campaigns, and Shunned Socially? Should we make it "less socially acceptable" to be overweight, just as smokers have been made personae non gratae?
Sebelius: Focus on childhood obesity 'overdue'A national focus on childhood obesity is "overdue," Health and Human Services Secretary Kathleen Sebelius said Tuesday at a government meeting.
Study: Blacks are most obese U.S. groupNearly 36% of black Americans are obese — much more than other major racial or ethnic groups — and that gap exists in most states, a new federal study finds. About 29% of Hispanics and 24% of whites are obese, the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention reported.
Sleep Apnea Tied to Diabetes, Obesity "About 87% of obese patients with type 2 diabetes have undiagnosed sleep apnea."
Obese man acquitted for squashing wife to death A German appeals court overturned a five-year jail sentence on Monday for an obese bus driver who fatally squashed his wife by falling on her during a booze-fuelled row.
Findings Show Insulin - Not Genes - Linked To ObesityResearchers have uncovered new evidence suggesting factors other than genes could cause obesity, finding that genetically identical cells store widely differing amounts of fat depending on subtle variations in how cells process insulin.
United Airlines will make overweight fliers pay for two seats or bump them from packed flightsStarting today, United Airlines may bump severely overweight passengers from sold-out flights.
Buffalo Firefighters Pull Off Unique RescueWhere there's a will, there's a way. I'm glad they were able to ge this lady out.
Rush Limbaugh has finally revealed his true colors. He is on record blasting President Obama for his decision to take down the three pirates that were terrorizing an American ship.
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