Weight loss strategies work in people with pre-diabetes
... on weight-loss interventions among overweight and obese people with pre-diabetes. All of the studies were randomized control trials, the "gold standard" of medical research. Of the five studies that examined how these interventions affected the development of diabetes, three showed a significant decrease ...Study finds that adherence to diet, not type of diet, more important factor for losing weight
...strict fat). This trial included 160 overweight or obese adults aged 22 to 72 years, with known hypertension, dyslipidemia (high cholesterol), or fasting hyperglycemia (high blood sugar). Participants were enrolled starting July 18, 2000, and randomized to the diet groups until January 24, 2002. Forty par...Being overweight has a significant effect on a child's quality of life
...g decreases in physical and social functioning for obese children compared with children who were not overweight. Decreases in emotional and school functioning scores by weight category were not significant. "Our results indicate that health-related QOL, or functioning, begins to decline as soon as a child...US study highlights clear link between increased fast-food consumption and obesity
...millennium around 30% of Americans were clinically obese (having a body-mass index of 30 kg per metre squared or more) compared with 23% of the population during the period 198894. Obesity causes an extra 300,000 deaths among Americans and health-care costs of $100 billion each year. The effect of fast foo...Getting pregnant while on the pill: Yet another health hazard of being overweight
SEATTLE ? Overweight and obese women who take oral contraceptives are 60 percent ...ty is a health hazard," Holt said. "Overweight and obese women have a significantly higher risk of getting pregnant while on the pill than women of normal we...Study suggests obesity has lesser financial impact on African-Americans
...pending was dramatically higher for those who were obese than for those in the recommended weight range, bu... primarily affect black Americans. The study found obese adults had significantly higher medication and office visit spending than people with lower BMIs. Me...Overweight, boozy and depressed: Why we need healthy new year's resolutions
... of men and 11 per cent of women born in 1970 were obese by the time they reached their 20s, whereas only f...e during pregnancy are at greater risk of becoming obese and of developing type Two diabetes. Twenty per cent of women born in 1970 said they suffered from d...Immigrants, beware: Living in the United States is fattening
... United States for at least 15 years are nearly as obese as U.S.-born adults, according to an article in th...an adults are overweight and almost 70 million are obese or severely obese. The high prevalence of obesity in the U.S. population has produced a major burden...News briefs from the Journal CHEST, December 2004
...rent smokers, to be physically inactive, and to be obese than other asthmatics. Survey results also showed that 18.8% of asthmatics were found to suffer from FMD, more than double the 9.3% of nonasthmatics with FMD. Those with asthma and FMD were significantly more likely to report fair or poor general h...Obesity in middle age may drastically raise future medicare expenditures
...age annual charges for non-overweight, overweight, obese and severely obese women were, respectively, about $6,225; $7,650, $9,610 and $12,340. Corresp...Health care charges higher for older adults who were overweight or obese when younger
Men and women who were overweight or obese in young adulthood and middle age have significant...erweight (BMI, 18.5 24.9), overweight (25 29.9), obese (30.0 34.9), or severely obese (35 and greater). The participants were free of coronary heart disea...Obesity hinders imaging quality, diagnosis
...increasingly unable to adequately image and assess obese patients because of the limitations in current radiology equipment," said Raul Uppot, M.D., a fellow in abdominal imaging and interventional radiology at Massachusetts General Hospital (MGH) in Boston. According to the Centers for Disease Cont...Resistin integral part of the inflammatory response
...groups found more macrophages in the fat tissue of obese people compared to non-obese. Resistin is being marshaled for some reason. "Our work suggests that the increases in resistin seen in people is related to the increase in cytokines," says Lazar. "The hypothesis is that there's cross-talk between...Parents failing to recognise obesity in their children
...an a quarter (27%) of boys who were overweight and obese were identified as such. This compares with more ...n half (54%) of parents recognising overweight and obese girls. The study also revealed that some parents showed a lack of concern towards their chi...Obesity appears to be modifiable risk factor for atrial fibrillation
New research indicates that being obese could increase a person's risk for atrial fibrilla... Obese men had a 52 percent increased risk for AF; obese women, 46 percent increased risk, compared with individuals with normal BMI. The researchers found...Low-glycemic load diet may improve ability to stay on diet longer
...domized parallel-design study of 39 over-weight or obese young adults aged 21 to 40 years who received an energy-restricted diet, either low-glycemic load or low-fat. Participants' body composition, REE, blood cholesterol, blood pressure and blood glucose and insulin levels were measured and studied befor...Long-term obesity linked to loss of brain tissue in women
ST. PAUL, Minn. Women who are obese throughout life are more likely to lose brain tiss...s a BMI of 30 kg/m2 and above. An overweight or obese BMI was linked to a loss of tissue specifically in the temporal lobe. Nearly 50 percent (144) of the...Obesity tied to increased risk for dozens of conditions
Highly obese women are 12 times more likely to have diabetes or..., knee replacement and high blood pressure, highly obese women were also more likely to have a history of heart failure, gall bladder removal, pulmonary embo...Federal forum reports Americans aging well, but gaps remain
...centage of people age 65-74 who were overweight or obese rose from 57 percent to 73 percent; the percentage who were obese doubled from 18 percent to 36 percent. The percentage of older men who are current smokers decline......risk of disability. And when individuals were both obese and had a high level of abdominal fat, it increased their risk even more." For example, participants who were obese, defined as having a BMI of 30 or more, and whose waist-to-hip ratios were among the highest one-third of participants, were 160 perce...