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Thin may get heavy if they socialise with obese
London: Socialising with people heavier than yourself can make you put on weight, researchers claim.Scientists James Fowler and Nicholas Christakis examined 32 years of data collected during a study of people's hearts in the town of Framingham in Massachusetts.The pair discovered that where two people who are friends for a long time, and where one is heavier than the other, the thinner friend tended
London: Socialising with people heavier than yourself can make you put on weight, researchers claim.Scientists James Fowler and Nicholas Christakis examined 32 years of data collected during a study of people's hearts in the town of Framingham in Massachusetts.The pair discovered that where two people who are friends for a long time, and where one is heavier than the other, the thinner friend tended
Malaysia report cards to grade students on weight
Schools across Malaysia are giving students another reason to dread their report cards by grading them on their weight.
Schools across Malaysia are giving students another reason to dread their report cards by grading them on their weight.
Arizona Medicaid considers tax on smokers, obese
Arizona's cash-strapped Medicaid program is considering charging patients $50 a year if they smoke, have diabetes or are overweight. A spokeswoman for the Arizona Health Care Cost Containment
Obese man cut out of Ohio home, dies in W.Va.
Media reports say a morbidly obese man who hadn't moved from his recliner in two years and had to be cut out of his Ohio home when he fell ill has died at a West Virginia hospital.
Media reports say a morbidly obese man who hadn't moved from his recliner in two years and had to be cut out of his Ohio home when he fell ill has died at a West Virginia hospital.
Obese man found stuck in chair for two years!
London: A 43-year-old American man had become so obese that he got stuck in a chair for two years and had to be cut free by rescuers after he became unconscious. The unnamed man from Bellaire, Ohio,
London: A 43-year-old American man had become so obese that he got stuck in a chair for two years and had to be cut free by rescuers after he became unconscious. The unnamed man from Bellaire, Ohio,
Molecules act as 'shift workers' to protect liver from accumulating fat
Researchers have known for decades that fat production by the liver runs on a 24-hour cycle, the circadian rhythm, and is similar to the sleep-wake cycle.
Researchers have known for decades that fat production by the liver runs on a 24-hour cycle, the circadian rhythm, and is similar to the sleep-wake cycle.
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