CHAMPAIGN, Ill., Dec. 17 (UPI) -- U.S. scientists have come up with another reason for obese people to lose weight -- excess driver and passenger weight results in excess fuel consumption.
WASHINGTON, Oct. 30 (UPI) -- U.S. medical researchers suggest a discovery may allow some obese people to avoid common obesity-related metabolic problems without actually losing weight.
RESEARCH TRIANGLE PARK, N.C., Sept. 12 (UPI) -- Peer pressure influences just about everything a teen does -- including a teen's weight, U.S. researchers said.
HOUSTON, March 14 (UPI) -- Being obese lowers survival rates for women with breast cancer, a University of Texas M.D. Anderson Cancer Center study found.
VILLEJUIF, France, Oct. 23 (UPI) -- Excess body weight is a worldwide pandemic, with one-half to two-thirds of the overall study population being overweight or obese, a French researcher said.
DANVILLE, Pa., Oct. 16 (UPI) -- Obese patients who lose up to 10 percent of body weight before bariatric surgery have more rapid postoperative weight loss, a U.S. study found.
STORRS, Conn., May 29 (UPI) -- Adults who are overweight and obese experience a lowered response to resistance training when compared with normal-weight adults, says a U.S. study.
PALO ALTO, Calif., May 12 (UPI) -- U.S. employers who pay for health insurance pay obese employees less to offset higher medical costs, a Stanford University study published Thursday said.
CINCINNATI, Feb. 14 (UPI) -- U.S. researchers said healthcare costs in 2000 for morbidly obese adults were nearly twice those of people considered at normal weight.
FORT LAUDERDALE, Fla., Oct. 13 (UPI) -- The percentage of Americans who are obese doubles from the teen years to the mid-20s, according to a study that tracked nearly 10,000 people.
