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1.) Obesity: Reviving The Promise Of Leptin

2.) Physical Activity May Not Be Key To Obesity Epidemic

3.) Trying To Eat Less Becomes More Important To Fend Off Middle-Age Weight Gain

4.) Women Double Fruit, Veggie Intake With Switch To Mediterranean Diet Plan

5.) Poor Perceptions Of Weight Pre-pregnancy Can Lead To Excessive Weight Gain During Pregnancy

6.) Financial Incentives Appear Effective For Short-term Weight Loss

7.) Helping Children Lose Weight: Group Treatment May Help Children Achieve Healthier Weights

8.) Brain Enzyme May Play Key Role In Controlling Appetite And Weight Gain

9.) Doctors 'Could Do More' To Help Obese Avoid Surgery, Expert Says

10.) Low-carb Diets Can Affect Dieters' Cognition Skills

11.) Clue To Safer Obesity Drugs: Mechanism Links Serotonin With Regulation Of Food Intake

12.) Diet May Regulate Obesity Health Risks, But Genes Decide, Says New Research

13.) Symptoms Of Depression Associated With Increase In Abdominal Fat

14.) People Wasting Billions Of Dollars On 'Quack' Health Food And Weight Loss Products, Expert Says

15.) Fast Food A Potential Risk Factor For Alzheimer?s

16.) Brain Sense Fatty Food: Molecule Shuts Down Food Intake And Turns On 'Siesta Mode'

17.) Telephone Counseling May Be As Effective As Face-to-face Counseling In Weight Loss Maintenance

18.) Long-term Secondary Prevention Program May Help Reduce Cardiovascular Risks After Heart Attack

19.) Necessary Lattes? People Short On Self-control Categorize More Items As Necessities

20.) Plastic Surgeons Warn Of Malnutrition In Body Contouring Patients

21.) Maternal Obesity Can Program Fetal Brain To Induce Adult-onset Obesity

22.) Birth Control Pill Does Not Deserve Its Reputation For Causing Weight Gain

23.) Simple Blood Test Predicts Obesity

24.) High-fat Diet Could Promote Development Of Alzheimer's Disease

25.) Promising New Obesity Drug May Have Huge Potential

26.) Severe Obstructive Sleep Apnea Linked To High Fat Diets And Decreased Physical Activity In Women

27.) Resveratrol Prevents Fat Accumulation In Livers Of 'Alcoholic' Mice

28.) How Much Are You Really Exercising? Obese Women Know Better Than Normal Weight Women

29.) Possibilities -- But No Proof -- To Prevent Alzheimer?s

30.) A Little Exercise Goes A Long Way For Severely Obese

31.) Obese Diners Choose Convenience And Overeating At Chinese Buffets

32.) Reading Novel Can Help Obese Kids Lose Weight, Study Shows

33.) Mental Barriers Hamper Obese Women's Efforts To Get Exercise

34.) Making Metabolism More Inefficient Can Reduce Obesity

35.) Brain Pathway Responsible For Obesity Found: Too Many Calories Send Brain Off Kilter

36.) Link Between Weight Gains During Pregnancy And Dieting History

37.) Why A Mother's High-fat Diet Contributes To Obesity In Her Children

38.) Calorie Restriction Does Not Appear To Induce Bone Loss In Overweight Adults

39.) Kids With Obese Friends And Family More Likely To Misperceive Weight

40.) Key To Keeping Older People Fit For Longer

41.) How Not To Gain The Dreaded 'Freshman Fifteen'

42.) Strict Mediterranean Diet Can Help Reduce Deaths From Major Chronic Diseases

43.) High Levels Of Physical Activity Can Blunt Effect Of Obesity-related Gene, Study Suggests

44.) Diet May Eliminate Spasms For Infants With Epilepsy

45.) Nutritional Research Vindicates Diet Programs

46.) Link Between Obesity, Type 2 Diabetes And Neurodegeneration Found

47.) Low Birth Weight Children Appear At Higher Risk Of Psychiatric Disturbances

48.) B-vitamin Deficiency May Cause Vascular Cognitive Impairment