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Anyone who's ever quit smoking (or tried to) knows that once the puffing stops, the eating begins. And as individual smokers go, so goes the nation: The U.S. has seen smoking rates fall and obesity rates rise in recent decades, and the combination has cut Americans' life expectancy. A recent New...

News that Amylin Pharmaceuticals (AMLN) inked a billion-dollar development deal with Takeda Pharmaceutical for new obesity therapies was among the favorable developments in the sector on Monday that pushed several key stocks higher. Amylin shares were up nearly 10 percent in late trading after...

On NBC's hit series The Biggest Loser, obese contestants must huff and puff through weeks of endless push-ups, sit-ups and treadmill sprints in hopes of shedding more pounds than their rivals. But with all the sweat and tears required to go from fat to fabulous, many other plus-sized people are...

Among weight loss pills, the Holy Grail is a drug that is safe and really zaps the fat. As of now, the search is still on. Obesity drug lorcaserin got the safety part down: results from a very large trial -- 4,008 patients -- didn't appear to show the heart valve problems associated with some...