Catch this week’s WLS News to learn why some people are getting paid to lose weight. Plus, could going under anesthesia be riskier for the overweight? And there’s good news about the obesity rate in America, but experts warn the effects may be temporary. Can you really trust the calorie count on the fast food menus? That story, as well as a new connection between obesity and a deadly form of kidney cancer on this episode.  Click the video player below to view these stories and more. Read the full story

Watch this week’s WLS News to find out what effect obesity has on cancer rates, learn about the link between chronic stress and comfort food, and discover what researchers have to say about the high number of people who have been hospitalized for swine flu … and are also obese.  Plus, learn about new efforts in Asia to prevent diabetes– starting with children in infancy. All of these stories and a quick trip to the World Wide Web are in this week’s report. Read the full story