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Waist-hip Ratio Better than BMI for Gauging Obesity in Elderly
• Obesity • Sep 02 09
Body mass index (BMI) readings may not be the best gauge of obesity in older adults, according to new research from UCLA endocrinologists and…
Tax junk food, drinks to fight child obesity: report
• Children's Health • • Obesity • Sep 02 09
A strongly worded report on child obesity released on Tuesday recommends that state and local governments tax junk food and soft drinks, give tax…
Hosts National Summit on Latino Childhood Obesity Prevention
• Children's Health • • Obesity • Sep 02 09
U.S. Surgeon General Richard H. Carmona, M.D., M.P.H., F.A.C.S., will call for greater research and policy action to help prevent obesity among Latino…
In serious debt? You’re also more likely obese
• Fat, Dietary • • Obesity • Aug 31 09
People who are heavily in debt are more likely to be heavy themselves, too, according to new research from Germany.
“Overindebted” people -…
Childhood obesity: The increasing vascular drama
• Children's Health • • Obesity • Aug 31 09
Obesity is one of the most important health problems in industrialized countries irrespective of socio-economic status, age, sex or ethnicity. The prevalence of…
Restricting a child’s eating may not thwart obesity
• Children's Health • • Obesity • Aug 27 09
Trying to control your child’s weight by making certain foods off-limits? That oft-used and seemingly common-sense approach can backfire, especially for kids who have…
UCF discovery could open door to obesity, diabetes treatments
• Diabetes • • Obesity • Aug 26 09
At a time of alarming increases in obesity and associated diseases - and fiery debates about the cost of health care - a UCF…
More obesity blues
• Obesity • Aug 25 09
Obesity is on a rampage, with the World Health Organization pegging the numbers at more than 300 million worldwide, with a billion more overweight.…
Consumption of sugar substitutes assists in long-term weight control
• Obesity • Aug 24 09
A new study published in the International Journal of Obesity reports that consumption of sugar-free beverages sweetened with low-calorie sweeteners increases dietary restraint, a…
Unsafe urban neighborhoods linked to teen weight
• Obesity • • Public Health • Aug 24 09
Living in an urban neighborhood that feels unsafe may be a factor in a teen’s risk for being overweight, hints a study of public…
Workplace Obesity Interventions Must Be Inexpensive to Generate a Return on Investment
• Obesity • Aug 24 09
At work, obesity interventions must focus on low-cost policy or environmental changes to generate a return on investment, according to a new study by…
Daylight could help control our weight
• Dieting • • Fat, Dietary • • Food & Nutrition • • Obesity • Aug 22 09
Exciting research into Brown adipose tissue (BAT) — brown fat, which is found in abundance in hibernating animals and newborn babies — could lead…
Overweight friends eat more when they dine together
• Obesity • Aug 19 09
Overweight children and teenagers may eat more when they have a snack with an overweight friend rather than a thinner peer, a new…
Tackling childhood obesity at the local level—IOM report releases Sept. 1
• Children's Health • • Obesity • Aug 19 09
What steps have public officials in your state or community taken to combat childhood obesity? The percentage of American adolescents who are obese has…
Caltech researchers pinpoint neurons that control obesity in fruit flies
• Fat, Dietary • • Food & Nutrition • • Neurology • • Obesity • Aug 18 09
A team of scientists from the California Institute of Technology (Caltech) have pinpointed two groups of neurons in fruit fly brains that have the…
Scarring key to link between obesity and diabetes
• Diabetes • • Obesity • Aug 13 09
The team, in collaboration with University Hospital Aintree, the University of Warwick and researchers in Sweden, found that people classified as obese and those…
Preschool thinking skills linked to weight
• Children's Health • • Neurology • • Obesity • Aug 12 09
Smarter youngsters may be less apt to be overweight, a new study hints.
In the study, researchers from Spain found that preschool kids…
Rate of severe childhood obesity up sharply in U.S.
• Children's Health • • Dieting To Lose Weight • • Obesity • Aug 12 09
The rate of severe obesity among U.S. children and teenagers more than tripled over the past three decades, a new study finds.
Using data…
Extreme BMI cause for concern in liver transplantation
• Bowel Problems • • Obesity • Aug 04 09
A recent study by doctors at the University of Washington explained that patients who are significantly underweight or very severely obese prior to liver…
Research Shows Rates of Severe Childhood Obesity have Tripled
• Children's Health • • Obesity • Jul 29 09
Rates of severe childhood obesity have tripled in the last 25 years, putting many children at risk for diabetes and heart disease, according to…
US states to get “significant” obesity money
• Obesity • • Public Health • Jul 29 09
The U.S. government plans to give state and local government hundreds of millions of dollars to fight obesity, including investments in public transportation, Health…
Losing excess pounds may improve balance
• Children's Health • • Obesity • Jul 21 09
A small study suggests that obese adults could improve their balance by shedding pounds and boosting their muscle strength - with weight loss being…
Parents fail to recognize their children’s burgeoning weight
• Children's Health • • Obesity • Jul 15 09
Despite constant warnings about childhood obesity, too many Australian parents are still oblivious to the fact their children are overweight, according to the findings…
Obesity contributes to rapid cartilage loss
• Obesity • Jul 14 09
Obesity, among other factors, is strongly associated with an increased risk of rapid cartilage loss, according to a study published in the August issue…
Obesity emerges as risk factor in severe flu
• Flu • • Obesity • • Swine Flu • Jul 13 09
People who are obese but otherwise healthy may be at special risk of severe complications and death from the new H1N1 swine flu virus,…