Exercise, not diet, may be best defense against heart disease
...re of weight in relation to height. Overweight and obese participants, those who consumed fewer calories, a...east physical activity, and who were overweight or obese had significantly higher cardiovascular mortality rates than those with high caloric intake, most ph...Scientists discover overweight, obesity jump during period between adolescence, adulthood
...ILL -- More than 2 million U.S. adolescents became obese and another 1.5 million remained obese as they grew into adulthood between 1996 and 2001, a new University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill...Mayo Clinic finds weight not a factor among women using fertility technologies to become pregnant
...nted. Embryo implantation rates for non-obese and obese subjects were nearly equal (27 percent and 29 perc...le, with 44 percent of non-obese and 42 percent of obese women giving birth. Although the Mayo Clinic study suggests that uterine function is not the cause ...Gastric bypass surgery resolves or improves diabetes in most patients, reports Pittsburgh study
PITTSBURGH, Oct. 2 A study of obese people with type 2 diabetes who underwent laparosc...he impressive effect of bypass surgery on morbidly obese patients with type 2 diabetes raises an argument for lowering the threshold for surgical interventio...Obesity can be harmful to your child's mental health
Children who are obese are at increased risk for emotional problems that ...of Medicine and Dentistry of New Jersey found that obese girls ages 13 to 14 are four times more likely to experience low self-esteem than non-obese girls. ...Study finds obesity not associated with efficacy of tamoxifen for early-stage breast cancer
...ed an increased risk of recurrence and death among obese women compared with lean women. However, these stu...ved increase in risk of recurrence and death among obese women, the researchers say. In this study, Dignam and his colleagues looked specifically at women w...New study of obesity, genes and socio-economic status uses individual growth curves
...cation for high blood pressure, children were more obese than children without such a family history. Conclusions Overall, these results suggest that several genes have effects on the development and mean levels of obesity. These effects are often dependent on other factors, such as race, sex and/or ...Even health professionals who treat obesity are biased against overweight patients
... most knowledgeable about the condition infer that obese people have blameworthy behavioral characteristics...ed the stereotypes lazy, stupid and worthless with obese people," she said. There also was a significant relationship between age and bias; younger people sh...Dr. Judah Folkman honored with American Heart Association/Novartis award
...n turn off growing endothelial cells in the fat of obese mice, causing the fat to disappear. "In all these cases, endothelial cell and smooth muscle growth contribute to high blood pressure. Endothelial cells are able to produce molecules that control how much smooth muscle you have in the artery walls. ...Exercise and breast-cancer prevention: study finds it's never too late to start
...normal (18.5 to 24.9), overweight (25 to 29.9) and obese (30 or greater). A BMI calculator is available on ...ertainly shouldn't be an exercise disincentive for obese women," McTiernan cautioned. "There are many benefits for women of any weight to start exercising, l...Finding the link between fat and high blood pressure
...much,'" Dr. Barbeau says. "But for some reason, in obese people, that feedback loop doesn't work any more,"... leptin-driven system seems to fail as well in the obese and contribute to hypertension. Leptin tells the brain to keep producing the neurotransmitter catech...Top-ups of naturally occurring gut hormone could help treat obesity
...ndon and Hammersmith Hospital have discovered that obese people have lower than average levels of the hunge...shed today in the New England Journal of Medicine, obese people have on average, a level of PYY3-36 that is one third lower than that of lean volunteers. Th...Other highlights in the August 20 issue of JNCI
...sk of Ovarian Cancer Women who were overweight or obese as adolescents or young adults appear to have an i...ncer. They found that women who were overweight or obese during adolescence or as young adults had a higher risk of ovarian cancer than women with a medium b...Obesity, depression team up to increase heart-endangering inflammation
.... Among a large group of German men ages 45 to 74, obese men had significantly higher concentrations of a p...ture heart disease. And depression seems to add to obese men's heart woes: CRP levels were higher in the most depressed obese men than in the less depressed ...Obese individuals may be more susceptible to altitude sickness, researchers report
...sleep may be related to increased levels of AMS in obese individuals. "Based on the results from our study,...We recommend that when traveling to high altitudes obese individuals, even those without a history of AMS, take precautions to ensure a slow, gradual ascent,...Annals of Internal Medicine, tip sheet, August 19, 2003
...an altitude of 12,000 feet (Article, p. 253). Nine obese men and 10 non-obese men spent 24 hours in a hypobaric chamber. Obese men had worse symptoms of AMS and much lower blood oxygen levels during sleep at simulated high altitude. Obese people traveling to high altitudes should follow standard guidelines...Stress leads kids to unhealthy diets
... less may seem contradictory, but Wardle says that obese adults typically underreport their daily energy intake, too. Ethnic identity played a role in eating patterns, too. Asian students, who made up 8 percent of the sample, ate the best diets, and black students (comprising 19 percent) the worst, with wh...American Thoracic Society Journal news tips for August 2003 (first issue)
THE MANAGEMENT OF OBESITY Criticism of obese individuals is the last socially acceptable form o...ill power, and more than one-third described their obese patients as "lazy." Overweight and obesity are very serious problems in the U.S. A recent Centers ...Cedars-Sinai Medical tipsheet for July 2003
...pe 2 diabetes is on the increase in overweight and obese children in America. According to Cedars-Sinai Medical Center pediatric endocrinologist David Geller, M.D., Ph.D., "Childhood obesity is the primary reason we are seeing such a huge increase in type 2 diabetes in kids today. Clearly there is an inexo...Research suggests how steroids cause diabetes and hypertension; liver plays critical role
...the high incidence of diabetes and hypertension in obese individuals, a group that normally produces significantly more glucocorticoids than people of average weight. "Glucocorticoids are very effective for treating many diseases," says first author Carlos Bernal-Mizrachi, M.D., instructor of medicine. "I...