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Evidence shows how childhood obesity can be prevented
• Children's Health • • Obesity • Dec 07 11
Targeting children aged six to 12 with school-based programmes that encourage healthy eating, physical activity and positive attitudes to body image are among a…
Obese people use more meds: study
• Obesity • Dec 04 11
Obese adults in the United States use a number of prescription drug types more frequently than normal-weight adults, says a new study from researchers…
Growth hormone increases bone formation in obese women
• Endocrinology • • Obesity • Nov 29 11
In a new study presented today at the annual meeting of the Radiological Society of North America (RSNA), growth hormone replacement for six months…
UK women are ‘fattest in Europe’
• Gender: Female • • Obesity • Nov 28 11
The UK has more obese women than any other country in Europe, according to European Union figures.
Data agency Eurostat, which looked at 19…
Restricted calorie diet improves heart function in obese patients with diabetes
• Diabetes • • Dieting • • Heart • • Obesity • Nov 28 11
A low-calorie diet eliminates insulin dependence and leads to improved heart function in obese patients with type 2 diabetes, according to a study presented…
Overweight individuals more susceptible to risk factors for further weight gain
• Obesity • • Weight Loss • Nov 24 11
Some risk factors for obesity become stronger the more overweight a person is, according to a study published Nov. 23 in the online journal…
Underweight people at higher post-surgery risk: study
• Obesity • • Surgery • Nov 22 11
People who are underweight have a 40 percent higher risk of dying in the first month after surgery than patients who are overweight, according…
Overweight people eat less often: study
• Children's Health • • Obesity • Nov 21 11
Overweight adults eat less often than people in the normal body weight range, but still take in more calories and are less active over…
Overweight people eat fewer meals than others
• Dieting To Lose Weight • • Obesity • Nov 20 11
Normal weight adults, including those who had lost a lot of weight and kept it off, ate more often than overweight people in a…
Childhood obesity - what are the health risks?
• Children's Health • • Obesity • Nov 16 11
It is widely suspected that the current wave of obesity among children will result in greater rates of cardiovascular disease and diabetes over the…
Future obesity may be predicted at 3.5 years of age
• Children's Health • • Obesity • Nov 14 11
Researchers can predict which children are most likely to become obese by examining their mothers’ behaviour around their birth, according to a recent University…
Behavioral therapy for obesity may help family too
• Obesity • • Psychiatry / Psychology • Nov 10 11
When obese people lose weight with behavioral therapy, their family members may get a bit trimmer as well, a new study suggests.
Cognitive-behavioral therapy…
California making headway in battle against childhood obesity but successes are uneven
• Children's Health • • Obesity • Nov 10 11
A new study released today offers hope that California may finally be getting a handle on its 30-year battle with childhood obesity, but it…
Cooking in the classroom to fight childhood obesity
• Children's Health • • Obesity • Nov 08 11
Based on Centers for Disease Control and Prevention and other reports that childhood obesity has tripled over the past 30 years, we recognize the…
Sowing the seeds of the obesity epidemic in babyhood
• Children's Health • • Obesity • Nov 08 11
The growth charts pediatricians use at well-baby visits can predict a baby’s risk for obesity later in life, finds a population-based study from Children’s…
Sleep Apnea Linked to Teen Obesity
• Children's Health • • Obesity • Nov 05 11
Obese adolescents have an increased risk of sleep apnea or abnormal breathing during sleep, according to a study presented at the American College of…
Study finds overweight teens want to lose weight, going about it the wrong way
• Obesity • • Weight Loss • Nov 01 11
About 14 percent of Philadelphia’s high school students are considered overweight, and while a myriad of research has been published on what schools, communities…
Insight: Firms to charge smokers, obese more for healthcare
• Obesity • • Public Health • • Tobacco & Marijuana • Oct 31 11
Like a lot of companies, Veridian Credit Union wants its employees to be healthier. In January, the Waterloo, Iowa-company rolled out a wellness program…
Obese people regain weight after dieting due to hormones
• Endocrinology • • Obesity • Oct 28 11
Obese people may regain weight after dieting due to hormonal changes, a University of Melbourne and Austin Health study has shown.
The study was…
Study: Obesity limits effectiveness of flu vaccines
• Flu • • Obesity • Oct 25 11
People carrying extra pounds may need extra protection from influenza.
New research from the University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill shows that obesity…
For Obese Children, Less is More When it Comes to General Anesthesia
• Children's Health • • Obesity • Oct 18 11
A study presented at ANESTHESIOLOGY 2011 this week found that obese children required much smaller doses of the anesthetic propofol than non-obese children to…
Another clue to how obesity works
• Obesity • Oct 14 11
The effects of obesity - both on our bodies and on the health budget - are well known, and now, scientists are getting closer…
Obesity rate declines slightly, study finds
• Obesity • Oct 10 11
The percentage of Americans of “normal weight” has slightly increased in the past year, but overweight and obese people still command a solid majority,…
Obese mothers put children at higher risk of asthma
• Children's Health • • Asthma • • Obesity • • Pregnancy • Oct 10 11
Pregnant women who are obese put their children at higher risk of developing asthma compared to mothers of normal weight, a large study in…
Cell dysfunction linked to obesity and metabolic disorders
• Obesity • Sep 26 11
By measuring the radioactive isotope carbon-14, scientists at Karolinska Institutet have revealed an association between lipid cell dysfunction and diseases such as obesity, diabetes…