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Woman Makes Slimming Down Mississippi Town Her Mission [VIDEO]

Although two-thirds of Mississippi residents are overweight, one woman has made it her mission to encourage her town to lose the weight -- and the bad reputation.

New Dietary Guidelines Call for Less Salt, Sugar, Solid Fat

With the new year here and Americans everywhere trying to lose weight, the federal government's new dietary guidelines released today call for cutbacks in salt as well as in calories from added sugar and solid fats like butter. The guidelines, which come out every five years, tell people 51 and older, all blacks and...

Could Obesity Be Caused by Extra-Small Brain Region?

(Oct. 28) -- Obese teens and lean ones exhibit a key difference in brain composition that might explain either the cause of obesity, or further illuminate a health risk of carrying extra body weight. In a study of 91 teenagers, 54 of whom were categorized as "obese" according to the body mass index, researchers determined...

Study: Obesity Is More Expensive for Women

(Sept. 21) -- Obesity hurts your health, but it also hurts your wallet. That's the conclusion of a new study by George Washington University scholars who've tabulated the cost of being obese, compared to merely being overweight. The results found that obesity costs women almost twice as much as men. And it's more than...

Fattening Flu? Childhood Obesity Linked to Cold Virus

(Sept. 20) -- Researchers think they've found another piece to the complex puzzle of what's causing a rise in childhood obesity worldwide: Kids who've suffered from a common cold virus are also more likely to be significantly heavier than their peers. What the study found In a small study of 124 youths, slightly more than...