New study suggests that cravings for sugary and fatty foods may be as addictive as drugs like heroin or cocaine. That explains why obese people feel almost powerless to stop indulging.

Tests were done on laboratory rats. When rats had unlimited access to junk food such as bacon, pound cake and candy bars they quickly gained weight. They became compulsive eaters even when they received an unpleasant electric shock to their foot.

Rats were also fed a healthy diet and had limited access to the junk food. They did not gain much weight and stopped eating when they received an unpleasant electric shock to their foot.

When the junk food was taken away from the obese rats, they went into voluntary starvation and refused to eat the healthier food for two weeks.

Looking at the obese animals' brains, researchers found declines in the dopamine D2 receptor that previous study has implicated in addiction to cocaine and heroine. Researchers say it's likely that highly rewarding foods - sausages, cheesecake and other highly processed foods like candies and cookies - cause changes in the brain's reward system for the feeling of fullness.

The characteristics of junk food addiction are similar to the "Bingeing," "withdrawal," "craving" and "cross-sensitization" experienced in drug addiction.

Medical research shows that high levels of cholesterol (waxy substance produced by the liver) are a major factor contributing to heart disease and stroke, and cardiovascular disease has its roots in childhood. The studies suggest that heart disease isn’t limited to old age.

A new study finds that kids and teenagers who are diagnosed as obese are more likely to have cardiovascular problems as they get older. A national survey of blood test results, from ages 12 to 19, showed that one in five has abnormal lipid levels, an indication of too much bad cholesterol, too little good cholesterol or high triglycerides cholesterol level high enough to be a cardiovascular risk.

The statistics point to an urgent call for families and healthcare providers to get serious about the problem. For kids with high cholesterol should change diet and exercise before drugs.

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Recent Study Shows Clear-Cell Kidney Cancer Tied To Obesity. The Odds of Having Clear-Cell Renal Cell Cancer Increase as Body-Mass Index (BMI) Increases.

A form of kidney disease called “Clear-Cell Renal Cell Cancer”, also known as Clear Cell Renal Cell Carcinoma (RCC), is often deadly and is often found among males. Researchers at Memorial Sloan-Kettering Cancer Center in New York are seeing correlations between this and an obese status. In their study, obese patients were 48 percent more likely to develop a clear-cell renal cell cancer than those with a BMI of less than 30. The odds of developing RCC increased by 4 percent for every extra BMI point. Check out your BMI here!

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Despite the shaky economy, gastric band surgeries are on the rise. Research shows that doctors performed 350,000 bariatric procedures in 2009 with a 20 percent increase is expected in 2010. The World Health Organization the (WHO) estimates the number of obese adults to increase from 400 million to 700 million between 2005 and 2015 worldwide. And more and more of those people will turn to surgery to help them lose weight.

The number of bariatric surgeries has increased an average rate of 20 percent annually over the past 15 years to an estimated 350,000 procedures in 2009, according to healthcare market research firm Kalorama Information. Women in their late 30s to early 40s account for most bariatric surgeries. About 40% of all bariatric surgery procedures involve gastric banding- Roux-en-Y Gastric Bypass (RYGB). The gastric banding market is the largest general segment in the bariatric surgical market with over 90% of total sales for bariatric surgical devices, according to Kalorama Information.

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