Pudgy cheeks that once drew “ooohs and aaahs” are eliciting “ughs” from some parents who have struggled with their own weight issues and fear their children will toddle along the same path.

“I have seen parents putting their infant and one-year-old on diets because of history in one parent or another,” said Dr. Jatinder Bhatia, who chairs the nutrition committee of the American Academy of Pediatrics and is chief of neonatology at the Medical College of Georgia in Augusta.

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Prince Chunk, the cat who became famous when an animal shelter weighed him at 44 pounds, just shy of a world record, died in his sleep last Sunday.

Prince Chunk was found wandering a neighborhood in New Jersey in 2008 after his owner was foreclosed on. A new family took him in, but MSNBC reports in this video that the 10-year-old feline suffered from heart disease.

Prince Chunk Dies: Famous 44-Pound Fat Cat Found Dead In Sleep (VIDEO)

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From heart disease to high blood pressure, urological complications to those related to pregnancy, obesity attracts a whole lot of ailments, doctors said Friday as India observed the Anti-Obesity Day.

As of 2008, more than 20 million people in India suffered from obesity.

Said Hrishikesh Pai, a gynaecologist: “Studies point to the fact that women who suffer from obesity run the risk of infertility and also have a higher risk of pregnancy-related complications.”

Fight obesity to fight ailments – The Times of India

The U.S. Food and Drug Administration is reviewing Orexigen Therapeutics’ experimental weight-loss drug Contrave, the last of three prescription diet pills up for U.S. consideration this year.

The agency will release its staff’s assessment of the drug on Friday before a public meeting on the drug December 7.

Following is a list of approved obesity drugs, others that were discontinued, and those awaiting approval.

Factbox: A short history of U.S. obesity drugs | Reuters