New recommendations for overweight people with heart risks

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New recommendations for overweight people with heart risks

<p><a href="http://news.yahoo.com/recommendations-overweight-people-heart-risks-212222841.html"><img src="http://l1.yimg.com/bt/api/res/1.2/llO19J7VRlb8xnKvp1Piig--/YXBwaWQ9eW5ld3M7Zmk9ZmlsbDtoPTg2O3E9NzU7dz0xMzA-/http://media.zenfs.com/en_us/News/Reuters/2014-08-25T212222Z_1_LYNXMPEA7O0V5_RTROPTP_2_USA-HEALTH-OBESITY.JPG" width="130" height="86" alt="An overweight woman sits on a chair in Times Square in New York" align="left" title="An overweight woman sits on a chair in Times Square in New York" border="0" /></a>By Kathryn Doyle NEW YORK (Reuters Health) â€" Overweight patients with risk factors for heart disease should be sent by their doctors for &quot;intensive behavioral counseling&quot; about diet or exercise, according to new recommendations from the United States Preventive Services Task Force (USPSTF). A literature review commissioned for the government-backed USPSTF, published in the Annals of Internal Medicine, found that intensive behavioral counseling can help lower these patients’ risk for heart problems.</p><br clear="all"/>

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