Colette Heimowitz’s Blog Full Story: http://blogs.atkins.com/Blogs/colette_heimowitz/Archive/2013/10/28/213745.aspx Sweden has given us the Volvo and Ikea, now it may be on the forefront in the fight against obesity. A report called Dietary Treatment for Obesity, from the Swedish Council on Health Technology Assessment (SBU), has shown that the typically recommended low-fat diet is failing to stop or […]
Published: Oct 21, 2013 By Cole Petrochko, Staff Writer, MedPage Today Full Story: http://www.medpagetoday.com/Gastroenterology/PancreaticDiseases/42405 Obese patients with pancreatic cancer were more than twice as likely to die over an 18-to-20-year period than healthy-weight patients, researchers found. Across two cohorts analyzing risk of death among pancreatic cancer patients, having a body mass index (BMI) of 35 […]
Published: Oct 17, 2013 Full Story: http://www.medpagetoday.com/Endocrinology/Obesity/42338 Full Text Article: http://www.medpagetoday.com/upload/2013/10/17/clinical-practice-guidelines.pdf Patients may need help managing metabolic and endocrine disorders with healthy eating and lifestyle choices, and now there’s a comprehensive set of clinical guidelines, issued jointly by the American Association of Clinical Endocrinologists, the American College of Endocrinology, and the Obesity Society, to assist […]
Procaccini C,et al. Front Immunol. 2013 Oct 18;4:332. Abstract The field that links immunity and metabolism is rapidly expanding. Apparently non-immunological disorders such as obesity and type 2 diabetes have been linked to immune dysregulation, suggesting that metabolic alterations can be induced by or be consequence of an altered self-immune tolerance. In this context, adipose […]
Published: Oct 13, 2013 | Updated: Oct 13, 2013 By Kristina Fiore Full Story: http://www.medpagetoday.com/Endocrinology/Obesity/42242 When the American Beverage Association poured $10 million into an obesity program at the Children’s Hospital of Philadelphia, charges of conflict-of-interest abounded. How could the trade association that represents companies like Coca-Cola and Pepsi — makers of sugary drinks that had […]
Not all obese individuals are characterized by the metabolic disturbances commonly associated with excess fat accumulation.
Published: Oct 1, 2013 | Action Points Increases in a mother’s weight during pregnancy were associated with elevated BMI and odds of overweight and obesity in her child through age 12. Note that birth order had no significant effect on maternal weight gain during pregnancy, child’s birth weight, BMI at last measurement, or age of […]
Published: Sep 30, 2013 | Updated: Oct 1, 2013 By Todd Neale Full Story: http://www.medpagetoday.com/Cardiology/Prevention/41956 Action Points Note that this analysis of three cohort studies demonstrated that risk factors present in childhood are associated with cardiovascular disease in adulthood. Be aware that there was a substantial number of participants who were lost to follow-up; these […]
Janis C. Kelly Sep 26, 2013 Knee pain decreased and function increased significantly in overweight or obese adults with knee osteoarthritis (OA) who lost at least 10% of their baseline body weight, and those who combined diet and exercise had better outcomes than those who used diet or exercise alone in a large randomized trial. The final […]
by Alvin Powell Full Story: http://medx.cc/news/2013-09-whys-obesity.html Harvard nutrition expert Walter Willett compared the marketing of junk food to kids with an earlier era’s child labor practices, saying that young people have been “exploited” by both systems. He said such food marketing is an important factor in America’s obesity epidemic. “Children are being exploited, same as […]
Published: Aug 27, 2013 | Updated: Aug 28, 2013 By Kristina Fiore, Staff Writer, MedPage Today Full Story: http://www.medpagetoday.com/Endocrinology/GeneralEndocrinology/41225 Action Points Metabolic health in patients who are obese may be explained by low levels of inflammation. Point out that the findings suggest that screening patients to identify those who are not metabolically fit may be […]
Published: Sep 24, 2013 By Crystal Phend, Senior Staff Writer, MedPage Today Full Story: http://www.medpagetoday.com/Orthopedics/Orthopedics/41832 Action Points Note that this randomized trial demonstrated that subjective knee osteoarthritis measures improved more among subjects in the diet and exercise arm than in the diet alone or exercise alone arm. Be aware that objective measures of loading and […]
Authors O’Keefe JH1, Bhatti SK, Patil HR, DiNicolantonio JJ,Lucan SC, Lavie CJ. Author information Journal J Am Coll Cardiol. 2013 Sep 17;62(12):1043-51. doi: 10.1016/j.jacc.2013.06.035. Epub 2013 Jul 17. Affiliation Comment in J Am Coll Cardiol. 2014 Feb 18;63(6):607. J Am Coll Cardiol. 2014 Feb 18;63(6):606-7. Abstract Coffee, after water, is the most widely consumed beverage in the United States, […]
Body Mass Alone Doesn’t Tell Heart Risk http://www.medpagetoday.com/MeetingCoverage/ESC/41400 Published: Sep 5, 2013 By Todd Neale, Senior Staff Writer, MedPage Today AMSTERDAM — A press conference highlighting four studies presented here at the European Society of Cardiology meeting tackled the so-called obesity paradox, in which a high body mass index (BMI) appears to be protective in […]
Jenni Laidman August 15, 2013 Obesity is associated with nearly 1 in 5 US deaths, according to a study published online August 15 in the American Journal of Public Health. The new data suggest obesity’s toll on Americans is more than 3 times previous estimates. In research that counters previous studies of the effect of obesity on American […]
8/7/13 by Cole Petrochko Staff Writer, MedPage Today Action Points Walking or cycling to work was associated with a lower likelihood of being overweight. Walking or cycling was associated with a lower likelihood of having diabetes, and walking was associated with a lower likelihood of having hypertension than private transport. Active modes of traveling to […]
Tuesday, 30 July 2013 21:10 By Erik Goldman Researchers in Spain have shown a definitive link between low serum vitamin D and the prevalence of obesity. Rather than being a consequence, the vitamin deficiency may play a causative role.This prospective trial begun in 1996 involved 1,226 individuals who were evaluated 6 and 9 years after […]