Obesity Industry News & Blogs

Industry News & Blogs

Growth of obesity helps Cleckheaton firm expand (From Bradford Telegraph and Argus)
www.thetelegraphandargus.co.uk | Feb 1, 2012
A huge increase in the number of obese people is providing a lucrative additional market for a West Yorkshire engineering firm, which saw sales of specialist medical equipment rise by 13 per cent in the past year.

Food groups angry at obesity campaign - FT.com
www.ft.com | Jan 22, 2012
Graphic marketing campaigns intended to frighten people about obesity are drawing fire from US beverage and restaurant groups that argue health officials have gone too far by linking their products to disease and amputation. In New York, the largest

Obese patients are referred to zoos – because they are too fat for NHS scanners - mirror.co.uk
www.mirror.co.uk | Jan 14, 2012
Overweight patients are being referred to ZOOS – because they are too fat for NHS scanners.

Eight lazy ways to lose weight
www.newscientist.com | Jan 2, 2012
Forget dieting. Shedding a few pounds could be as easy as having a lie-in, turning down the lights and getting vaccinated

'Fat taxes' won't win any votes | Society | The Guardian
www.guardian.co.uk | Dec 21, 2011
With food prices rising amid a deepening recession, fat taxes in any guise are likely to prove a turn-off

Trends and Predictions for 2012 from the Editor of Consumer Guide to Bariatric Surgery
www.prleap.com | Dec 20, 2011
All of the hard-won local, state and federal efforts to buck the skyrocketing rates of obesity in the U.S. will begin to pay off in 2012.

Third Rock Looks to Fight Fat in a New Way, With Ember Therapeutics | Xconomy
www.xconomy.com | Dec 15, 2011
Obesity is one of the biggest public health problems of the 21st century, and now a Boston biotech startup is looking to fight it in an unorthodox way. The bet

Air Canada To Face Class Action From Obese
www.huffingtonpost.ca | Dec 12, 2011
A Quebec judge has authorized a class action lawsuit against Air Canada on behalf of obese travellers who had to pay extra because of their disability during a three-year period ending in December 2008. The Montreal law firm BGA Barristers & Solicitors LLP announced the ruling on Monday. David

Drug Shows Promise in Fighting Obesity - WSJ.com
online.wsj.com | Nov 9, 2011
A drug that kills a type of fat cell by choking off its blood supply caused significant weight loss in obese monkeys, potentially setting the stage for a new pharmaceutical approach to attacking obesity, according to a study.

Take action on junk food rather than screen for obesity gene says researcher - UQ News Online - The
www.uq.edu.au | Nov 2, 2011
Screening for the “obesity gene” would be ineffective and the battle against obesity should focus on society-wide action like banning junk food advertising, according to a University of Queensland researcher.