Article: Obese people hit by prejudice.(Features)

Article: A new view of obesity: obese people have cut ...
Grocer;  June 26, 2004 ;     700+ words ... ... shocking rise in obesity is seriously flawed ... information company TNS. Obese people are, in fact ... for the growth in obesity at the feet of ... Cadbury and Walkers. Obese people have, in fact ... practical solutions. Obese people are primarily driven ... strategy on reducing ...

Article: Society needs to get tough on obesity ; Your front page ...
Western Morning News, The Plymouth (UK);  April 7, 2009 ;     700+ words ... ... cost to the fire brigade of lifting obese people who are too fat to lift themselves ... services - even if, in the case of obesity, the person to be lifted can ... properly. But the truth is that most obese people are also poor. It sounds cruel ...

Article: Loading up on obesity; Weighty issue: Obese ...
The Daily Mail (London, England);  October 24, 2007 ;     700+ words ...Byline: Liz Phillips CONCERNS about the nation?s health following alarming rises in obesityhave had a knock-on effect on insurance premiums. Companies offering life cover, critical illness and income protection policiesare loading premiums for those they consider to be overweight by at least 50pc.

Article: 'Epidemia' de gordos. (cantidad de obesos en el mundo, remedios; ...
Epoca;  September 28, 1998 ;     700+ words ...Se estima que hay 250 millones de obesos en el mundo Como suele decirse, el mundo est mal repartido. Mientras gran parte de los casi 6.000 millones de personas que habitan el planeta se despiertan a diario sin saber si podrn llevarse algo a la boca, los "pocos" humanos privilegiados que contamos

Article: Obesos: ¿tomar o no tomar? (fármacos han fracasado en la lucha ...
Epoca;  October 13, 1997 ;     700+ words ...La lucha contra la obesidad basada en el medicamento est jalonada de fracasos y escasas perspectivas de futuro, por lo visto hasta ahora. Si tiempo atrs fueron descartadas para esta indicacin las anfetaminas, debido a sus importantes efectos secundarios, hace pocas semanas, como es sabido, fueron

Article: Obese People Have Higher Risk of Cancer Death, ...
Knight Ridder/Tribune Business News;  April 24, 2003 ;     700+ words ... ... with extremely obese people more than 50 percent ... found links between obesity and eight cancers ... specialists said that obese people are, in general ... increasing deaths. "Obesity makes diagnostic ... Boston. "Some obese people do not fit into ...

Article: Obese people lack enough of hunger-causing hormone ...
University Wire;  July 12, 2004 ;     700+ words ... ... ghrelin is related to obesity. "The study seems to indicate that obese people have a disrupted hormone ... could change the way obesity is treated ... if ... ghrelin at night and why obese people don't have as much ... medications for treating obesity -- one that prevents ...