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Reuters - Banning fast-food advertising on television in the United States could reduce the number of overweight children by as much as 18 percent, researchers said on Wednesday.

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Reuters - Medicare, the U.S. government's largest payer of health care, said on Monday it does not plan to cover weight-loss surgery in diabetic patients who are not dangerously overweight, saying there is not enough evidence to show it can improve their health.

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Reuters - The neck arteries of obese children and teens look more like those of 45-year-olds, according to research presented at the American Heart Association's annual meeting.

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AFP - Designers of anti-obesity drugs have suffered three major setbacks, but the potential reward from treating the world's fat epidemic is so great that their quest is unlikely to be deterred.

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HealthDay - FRIDAY, Nov. 14 (HealthDay News) -- Eating a high-fat diet during
pregnancy causes permanent changes in the fetal brain that can result in
overeating and obesity early in life, according to a study with rats.

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Reuters - A nationwide system requiring fast-food chains to list calories on their menus could be gaining support in Congress as more states adopt the practice and the restaurant industry concedes change is on the way, a consumer, industry and health panel said on Friday.

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Reuters - A large European study has confirmed that simple measurements of the waist and hips may offer a better way of predicting obesity-related death than a standard, but more complicated, system of relating weight to height.

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HealthDay - TUESDAY, Nov. 11 (HealthDay News) -- Kids these days are 13 going
on 45, at least when it comes to their arteries.

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AP - Obese children as young as 10 had the arteries of 45-year-olds and other heart abnormalities that greatly raise their risk of heart disease, say doctors who used ultrasound tests to take a peek inside.

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AFP - The neck arteries of obese children and teenagers experience similar strain as those of middle-aged adults, US researchers said Tuesday.