“I think consumers have been misled into thinking that high-fructose corn syrup is particularly harmful,” said Michael Jacobson, executive director of the Center for Science in the Public Interest, an advocacy group. “Chemically it’s essentially the same as sugar. The bottom line is we should be consuming a lot less of both sugar and high-fructose corn syrup.”
In Worries About Sweeteners, Think of All Sugars – NYTimes.com
Is obesity contagious? The surprising news that some obese children are more apt to carry a common cold virus than slimmer children has many people wondering. If the potential link between the adenovirus 36 and childhood obesity turns out to be real, then someday new obesity treatments might be tailored to attack the virus to treat or prevent childhood obesity, an epidemic that affects 17 percent of American children and teenagers.
Is Child Obesity an Infectious Disease? – US News and World Report
“Insurers will cover sleep apnea and diabetes, but not the treatment that could have prevented sleep apnea and diabetes,” two conditions linked to obesity, said Jennifer S. Lee, an emergency room physician at GWU Hospital.
With insurers slow to cover obesity treatment, patients often must foot the bill
