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...ompared to the standard trend of weight gain among overweight women with a family history of breast cancer. "Until now, the general perception suggested that weight loss had to be significant in order to make a difference in disease prevention," said Michelle Harvie, Ph.D., of the South Manchester University H...Diet may improve cognition, slow aging, and help protect against cosmic radiation
...CDC), 33 percent of women in the United States are overweight compared to 28 percent of men. For both sexes, however, obesity has become a growing and serious health problem. CDC statistics released in 2002 showed that the number of obese people in the United States has doubled over the past two decades. Obesit...New advances in thrombosis help further understanding of disease prevention
... years old; 84 percent were white; 35 percent were overweight [body mass index (BMI) 25 to 29]; and one third were obese (BMI = 30). Thrombosis occurred in 167 women in the E+P arm compared to 76 with placebo, a 2.1 fold increased risk [95 percent confidence interval (CI) 1.6 to 2.7]; the risk increase was sim...Research news from Tufts University, Friedman School of Nutrition Science and Policy: February 2004
... As public health experts calculate the number of overweight or obese people in America at 45 million, research...evels of CRP. They also noted that women who were overweight tended to have the highest levels of CRP overall. According to Schaefer, losing weight especially a...JCI table of contents, March 1 2004
...suggests that insulin resistance, commonly seen in overweight individuals, is an important cause of both diabetes and increased atherosclerosis risk. In the March 1 issue of the Journal of Clinical Investigation, Chien-Ping Liang and colleagues from Columbia University report that macrophages from obese mice ar...Rimonbant shows promise in addressing multiple risk factors
...ve CB1 Blockers (or SCB1Bs), to placebo found that overweight or obese patients with untreated dyslipidemia (high triglycerides, low HDL-cholesterol) lost almost 20 lbs (8.6 kg) when treated for a year with rimonabant 20mg. Weight loss was accompanied by a decrease in waist size of 3.4 inches (9.1 cm) demonstr...As obesity skyrockets, Joslin Diabetes Center urges action to stem the tide of type 2 diabetes
...on Americans, or 64 percent of the population, are overweight or obese. As obesity in America has become an epi... and adolescents in America (9 million) are either overweight or obese. "This is truly a time bomb for further fueling the epidemic of type 2 diabetes. And we mu...Fat hormone leptin alters brain architecture and activity, which in turn drives feeding behavior
...al. Doctors are assessing the effects of leptin in overweight patients (who are not leptin-deficient) who follow a very low calorie diet. Xiaoli Cai of Rockefeller University contributed to this paper, as did Sabrina Diano and Marya Shanabrough of Yale University....Newborn lambs' central heating system could aid fat busting in humans
...In the UK statistics suggest 20 per cent of us are overweight and in the USA the situation is even worse with more than 60 per cent of the population either overweight or clinically obese. "While researchers continue to investigate how to increase the body's natural ...Exercise reduces blood estrogens, risk for breast cancer in post menopausal women
...geted postmenopausal women who were sedentary, and overweight or obese at the beginning of the trial. Within three months of undertaking the five-day per week exercise program, serum levels of estrogens dipped significantly in the more active postmenopausal women. After 12 months of routine exercise, women who...Risk of preeclampsia rises sharply with increased pre-pregnancy body mass index
...mong women who would not normally be classified as overweight when compared to women with less body fat. This is one of the first studies to compare the development of preeclampsia to body mass index (BMI - a widely used method of calculating percentage of body fat) as a continuum rather than simply by conventi...New studies show Curves Program raises metabolic rate in overweight and sedentary women
...erts at Baylor University found that sedentary and overweight women who followed the Curves program were able to significantly raise their resting energy expenditure (REE, also known as metabolic rate), in some cases by as much as 400 kcals/day. The Curves program may help redefine how women diet, lose weight a...Children's eating patterns show 'striking' changes in two decades
... found "no associations between meal patterns and overweight status in children." They add that further researc...akes on the increasing numbers of children who are overweight and at risk for obesity. "The Bogalusa Heart Study provided valuable insight into what both childre...Fat fighting undermined by over active eating pacemaker
...nger pacemaker can go wrong could explain why many overweight people are unable to address their weight problems by a combination of diet and exercise. In the past people with a weight problem have faced scepticism and doubts as to how hard they were really trying to stick to diet and exercise regimes. This re...Two studies weigh in on low-carb diets
...have a high prevalence of diabetes. "Americans are overweight because we're eating too much food and ingesting t... issue of Annals of Internal Medicine involved 120 overweight people followed for six months. Researchers from Duke University found that participants on the low-...Study links diabetes and colorectal cancer
...nditions. Researchers had noted the prevalence of overweight and obesity in the U.S. and much of the Western world leading contributors to the development of type-2 diabetes was commensurate with the high incidence of colon cancer in these parts of the world....Obesity and hypertension: Two epidemics or one?
...w estimate that 65 percent of America's adults are overweight and 31 percent of adults are obese and at risk for...men, respectively, are directly attributable to an overweight condition and obesity. It is important to recognize that long-duration obesity does not appear neces...Study: Artificial sweetener may disrupt body's ability to count calories
...rs, a developmental psychobiologist. "Incidence of overweight and obesity has also increased markedly during this period," she said. "Our hypothesis is that experience with these foods interferes with the natural ability of the body to use sweet taste and viscosity to gauge caloric content of foods and beverage...Researchers discuss revised Food Guide Pyramid and what it will mean for the food industry
...nt of people recognize the pyramid, two-thirds are overweight or obese. According to Hentges, people should be prepared for the revised guidelines to be based on a more individualized model than we have seen in the past, allowing people to make choices within the food guide system based on their individual lif......e Control and Prevention, 61 percent of adults are overweight or obese and 13 percent of children and adolescents are seriously overweight. This epidemic exacts a steep toll: Each year, about 300,000 Americans die of obesity-related causes. The economic cost of obesity was about $117 billion in 2000, the CDC al...