Study: obesity impairs immune response of mice, boosts chances of dying from influenza infection
... of normal weight, which were otherwise identical, obese mice were 10 times as likely to die when infected ...he mice's immune response suggest that the growing obese population is at increased risk for immune dysfunction during influenza infection, which may lead in...ACP guidelines to treat obesity cover diet, exercise, drugs and surgery
...ercise for everyone and drugs and surgery only for obese patients who are not able to achieve weight-loss goals with diet and exercise alone. The guidelines, "Pharmacologic and Surgical Management of Obesity in Primary Care: A Clinical Practice Guideline from the American College of Physicians," were publi...Tip sheet Annals of Internal Medicine, April 5, 2005
...ercise for everyone and drugs and surgery only for obese patients who are not able to achieve weight-loss goals with diet and exercise alone (Clinical Guidelines, p. 525). ACP guidelines apply to patients with body mass indices (BMIs) over 30. Patients with BMIs over 30 might consider drug therapy. Surger...Vigorously active adolescents are leaner, fitter
...ildren who inherit a predisposition to be unfit or obese may be less likely to engage in vigorous physical activity. However, studies show that cycle can be moved in a positive direction with controlled physical training. "Based on this study, what you have on average is below an hour and for girls, way b...Certain weight control behaviors may precipitate obesity among adolescent girls
...sed radical weight-control, were depressed and had obese parents were more likely to become obese. On the o...g weight. Those adolescents who reported having an obese parent were more than four times at risk for becoming obese themselves versus their peers who report...Location of body fat associated with cardiovascular risk even at normal body weight
...ls were classified as normal weight, overweight or obese based on the basis of body mass index (BMI, calcul..., overweight was defined as a BMI of 25.0-29.9 and obese was defined by a BMI of greater than 29.9. Visceral fat (fat found in the deeper tissues and around...Breakthrough findings by Ume researchers link obesity to diabetes
...hildren and adolescents are becoming more and more obese and are also developing these complications. In the U.S. this has meant that the next and coming generations may be the first in modern history to be sicker and a shorter lifespan than their parents, which is considered a medical disaster. Today we ...Drug can reduce bodyweight and cardiovascular risk factors in obese people
...rcumference, and risk factors for heart disease in obese people, according to results of a randomised trial published in this week's issue of THE LANCET. More than 50% of Europeans are currently classified as overweight and up to 20% clinically obese. Yearly, around a quarter of a million deaths in Europe ...Obesity linked to risk of severe headaches
..., overweight, and obese. A fifth group of morbidly obese individuals was also analyzed. Results indicated that chronic daily headaches are more prevalent in obese and morbidly obese people than those with normal body weight. The majority of respondents were femal...Obesity adds risk of cardiovascular disease in siblings in families with a history of heart problems
...ies, the Hopkins team found that siblings who were obese or overweight had a 60 percent increased risk of s...ht in square meters). People are considered to be obese when their BMI is greater than or equal to 30 kilograms per meter squared; overweight is defined as ...Gastric bypass patients fare better as surgical programs' experience increases
...s most bariatric surgeons are well aware, morbidly obese patients do not tolerate complications," the autho...ed the medical records of 750 consecutive morbidly obese patients who underwent laparoscopic Roux-en-Y gastric bypass surgery at Tufts-New England Medical Ce...Obesity hits below the belt: Overweight Americans suffer higher rate of knee cartilage tears
...more likely to tear their meniscus, while the most obese men and women are 15 and 25 times, respectively, m...s associated with meniscus tears in overweight and obese people," said Hegmann, director of the U's Rocky Mountain Center for Occupational and Environmental ...The Cochrane Library newsletter, 2005, issue 2
...s can help fight fat People who are overweight or obese can use behavioural and cognitive-behavioural strategies to help lose weight. Social, cultural and dietary factors have all led to a rapid increase in the number of people who are clinically overweight or obese. But there are major gaps in our unders...Being obese, underweight, associated with increased risk of death
Compared with normal weight, a person who is obese or underweight has an increased risk of death, alt...ion and smoking, particularly among overweight and obese adults, have declined considerably over the past 40 years, according to a study in the April 20 issu...Propensity for obesity, diabetes, may occur in utero
...egan to increase around day 55, and 2-HC rats were obese by post-natal day 100. Patel speculated that in humans, it's possible such malprogramming could be interrupted if an obese/insulin resistant mother brought body weight and plasma insulin levels back to normal before becoming pregnant. Malathi S...Report reveals need to improve physical health of people with schizophrenia
... has shown that people with schizophrenia are more obese than the non-schizophrenic population. Weight loss interventions for people with schizophrenia should start with regular and frequent weight monitoring and address exercise, and lifestyle advice. Switching of antipsychotic medication to one with less...Risk of womb cancer varies according to the type of HRT used
...T, also increased the incidence of womb cancer. In obese women (who normally have a substantially higher incidence of womb cancer than non-obese women), use of both continuous and cyclic combined HRT significantly reduced the incidence of womb cancer, whereas tibolone and oestrogen-only HRT had little addi...Obesity in middle age increases risk of dementia in later life
...d dementia more strongly among women. For example, obese women were 200% more likely to have dementia than women of normal weight, while obese men had a non-significant 30% increase in risk. Both men and women with the highest skinfold measur...New study finds combat vets face more cardiovascular risks
..., Johnson said. Combat vets were more likely to be obese and had larger waists on average than those service personnel not involved in fighting. Consistent with younger veterans of more recent wars, older men with distant combat experience had higher odds of heavy smoking, heavy drinking and obesity but lo...WASHINGTON, D.C., April 30 Severely obese children have lipoprotein profiles that signal ear...he sizes and subclasses of the lipoproteins. "The obese white children have significantly higher early risk of cardiovascular disease than the obese black c...