Obese
- HealthYahoo Life UK
Doctor slated for saying people are 'programmed to be fat', but do obesity genes really exist?
Plus, what to do if you think you are genetically predisposed to be overweight.
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Children born via caesarean are more likely to be obese by age 5, new study suggests
New research has linked caesarean births with an increased risk of childhood obesity.
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Woman Wears Bikini For First Time After Losing An Incredible 15 Stone
Mallory Buettner from Ontario, Canada, underwent a gastric bypass two years ago, losing 13 stone in the process. Buettner is now sharing her story and encouraging others who need to lose weight to seek help.
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Brits prefer screaming children to obese passengers on flights
Would you rather sit next to a screaming child or an overweight passenger on a flight? It seems that most Brits would prefer to be placed beside a noisy youngster for the duration of a plane journey, a new survey has revealed. Flight comparison
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Britain's still Great: Great Big and Fat
Britain has been identified as having one of the highest qualities of life in the world. A new study from The Social Progress Imperative has put the country 13th in the world - ahead of the US, France, Ireland and Spain. However, it was
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Airline complaint letter describes fellow passenger as a hippopotamus
A complaint letter from a passenger to an airline which describes the overweight passenger he was seated next to as a 'hippopotamus' has become an overnight internet sensation. Writing on his blog, Australian traveller Rich Wisken
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Review of 2013: what happened in the news in January
We started 2013 with an attempt to trim Christmas fat. If you were obese, taking benefits and failed to exercise, you could see your benefits slashed. Failure to exercise at a local leisure centre - measured by smart cards - could see your