March 07, 2016 JACC: Heart Failure TAKE-HOME MESSAGE This study, conducted in Japan, explored the complementary role of arm circumference to body mass index (BMI) in risk stratification of patients with heart failure (HF), given that high BMI is associated with improved survival in patients with HF but does not discriminate between fat and lean […]
Jennifer Garcia January 21, 2016 A higher maternal body mass index (BMI) is associated with an increased risk for infant mortality, according to a new cohort study published in the February issue of Obstetrics & Gynecology. The study, led by Eugene Declercq, PhD, from the Boston University School of Public Health in Massachusetts, evaluated US […]
09.08.2015 Study suggests adipose tissue is associated with the presence and development of foot pain An increase in fat mass index (FMI), but not body mass index (BMI), was associated with both prevalent and future foot pain, a large community-based study showed. Among a subset of participants, ages 50 and up, from the North West […]
Laird Harrison June 16, 2015 SAN DIEGO — Eating more protein might help control weight in people older than 45 years, a new study suggests. “We’re seeing improvements in body weight and body fat percentage,” researcher Ann Brown, from Florida State University in Tallahassee, toldMedscape Medical News. The study provides evidence that the Institute of Medicine’s Dietary […]
June 16, 2015 Journal of the American College of Cardiology: Clinical Electrophysiology TAKE-HOME MESSAGE The authors of this review and meta-analysis evaluated the impact of incremental increases in BMI on the risks of developing incident, post-operative, and post-ablation atrial fibrillation (AF). The study included data from 51 studies involving 626,603 individuals. For every 5-U BMI […]
Action Points Increased BMI and body fat mass were associated with adverse hip cartilage changes in females, while increased body fat-free mass was associated with beneficial cartilage changes for both genders. It is yet unknown if altering body composition to reduce body fat mass and increase fat-free mass changes the natural history of osteoarthritis. Higher […]
March 02, 2015 Circulation: Heart Failure CIRCHEARTFAILURE.114.001837 Published online before print February 13, 2015, doi: 10.1161/CIRCHEARTFAILURE.114.001837 TAKE-HOME MESSAGE A large prospective cohort study of 31,155 patients examined the association between body mass index (BMI) and heart failure risk among those with type 2 diabetes. A significant increased risk for heart failure was associated with increasing BMI […]
BY JANICE NEUMANN Fri Feb 27, 2015 12:13pm EST (Reuters Health) – Excess pounds and smoking might each raise the likelihood of frequent heartburn or gastroesophageal reflux disease (GERD), according to a large study from Norway. Other factors linked to higher odds of new GERD symptoms included getting older, being a woman, having less education, […]
THURSDAY, Feb. 26, 2015 (HealthDay News) — Abdominal obesity is associated with increased risk of hip fracture, according to a study published in the March issue of the Journal of Internal Medicine.Anne Johanne Søgaard, Ph.D., from the Norwegian Institute of Public Health in Oslo, and colleagues examined the correlations of waist circumference, hip circumference, […]
Risk Factors on the Development of New-Onset Gastroesophageal Reflux Symptoms. A Population-Based Prospective Cohort Study: The HUNT Study Andreas Hallan BSc, Med Am J Gastroenterol advance online publication 10 February 2015; doi: 10.1038/ajg.2015.18 Abstract Objectives: Gastroesophageal reflux disease (GERD) is a highly prevalent disorder. This study assessed the risk factors of new-onset gastroesophageal reflux symptoms […]
Lisa Nainggolan January 15, 2015 Fresh evidence that just a little bit of exercise, such as 20 minutes walking a day, is extremely beneficial — regardless of whether people are overweight/obese or not — has emerged from a large European study. In fact, the most pronounced reduction in premature death risk was observed among individuals who were […]
Other factors include female gender, previous knee injury, age, and presence of hand OA. Familiar risk factors for knee osteoarthritis (OA) in individuals 50 years and older — high body mass index (BMI), previous knee injury, age, female sex, and the presence of hand OA — were confirmed as the condition’s top drivers in a […]
RESEARCH · December 22, 2014 TAKE-HOME MESSAGE Data from baseline and 5-year follow-up examinations of 2308 individuals indicated that adiposity gain was associated with decreased lung function and adiposity loss was associated with increased lung function. Atopy did not affect the associations. There was no statistically significant relationship between adiposity and risk for incident asthma […]
Frontline Medical News, 2014 Dec 11, R Franki For those cancers in which risk is associated with high body mass index, North America has the highest percentage of cancer incidence attributable to obesity, according to a population-based study in the Lancet Oncology. The investigators considered “only cancers reported by the World Cancer Research Fund […]
December 09, 2014 Global Burden of Cancer Attributable to High BMI in 2012 The Lancet Oncology TAKE-HOME MESSAGE Body-mass index >25 kg/m2 is associated with increased risk for cancer. Using BMI data from 2002 and assuming a 10-year lag period between high BMI and cancer occurrence, the authors assessed worldwide cancer incidence in 2012 to assess […]
Metabolic signatures of adiposity in young adults: Mendelian randomization analysis and effects of weight change Full Text PLoS Medicine, 12/22/2014 Evidence Based Medicine Clinical Article Wurtz P, et al. – Increased adiposity is linked with higher risk for cardiometabolic diseases. Authors aimed to determine to what extent elevated body mass index (BMI) within the normal weight range has causal […]
Marlene Busko November 17, 2014 Story Source BOSTON — New behavioral techniques, including using distracting thoughts to avoid food cravings and cognitive training to address the consequences of consuming a particularly tempting food, have shown some degree of success in two small, separate studies presented recently at Obesity Week 2014. In the first, when 55 individuals […]
PracticeUpdate Editorial Team, 2014 Nov 07 November 7, 2014 – Atlanta – Childhood obesity and severe persistent difficult-to-control (FTC) asthma are significantly associated. This conclusion was presented at the 2014 American College of Allergy, Asthma and Immunology (ACAAI) Annual Scientific Meeting in Atlanta, Georgia, from November 6 to 10. Yasmin Hamzavi Abedi, MD, of Eastern […]
Published: Oct 8, 2014 By Salynn Boyles, Contributing Writer, MedPage Today Action Points Higher values of BMI and systolic and diastolic BP in childhood and adulthood were significantly associated with higher LV mass index and LVH. Higher values of BMI and BP in childhood and adulthood were significantly associated with eccentric hypertrophy and concentric hypertrophy […]
By: Austin Perlmutter, Medical Student, Miller School of Medicine Years of data now clearly demonstrate connections between obesity and increased risk for cancer. However, a new study published in the well-respected medical journal, The Lancet, is one of the first to examine this risk on a large scale. With over 5 million participants, the actual data is even […]