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 […]
Published: Dec 15, 2014 By Kristina Fiore, Staff Writer, MedPage Today Maintaining weight loss is foiled by a combination of behavioral challenges and physiological adaptations that promote weight gain, according to a new report from a National Institutes of Health working group. Behavioral fatigue is a big problem, causing patients to grow weary of diet […]
Published: Jun 12, 2013 | Updated: Jun 13, 2013 By Cole Petrochko , Staff Writer, MedPage Today Story Source Action Points Higher urine concentrations of the plastic component bisphenol-A (BPA) in older girls were associated with a twofold risk of weight in the 90th percentile, a study found. Note that the relationship between urine BPA […]
— Supplement more effective than fiber at preventing weight gain. by Kristina Fiore, Staff Writer, MedPage Today December 11, 2014 A short-chain fatty acid propionate powder may boost satiety and help prevent weight gain, researchers found. In a proof-of-concept study, patients who added the ingredient to a normal diet gained less weight during a 24-week […]
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 December 05, 2014 Story Source Very obese young men and women are likely to have diabetes and cardiovascular disease for close to 20 years and die 8 years sooner than their normal-weight peers, researchers have estimated. “We developed this computer model [to] provide a new but clinically meaningful way for healthcare professionals to […]
A mediterranean-style diet and left ventricular mass (from the northern manhattan study) The American Journal of Cardiology, 12/01/2014 Clinical Article Gardener H, et al. – The authors hypothesized that adherence to a DT would be inversely associated with left ventricular (LV) mass in the multi–ethnic population–based Northern Manhattan Study. Greater adherence to a DT is […]
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 […]
Published: Nov 16, 2014 By Wayne Kuznar , Contributing Writer, MedPage Today Obese patients with knee osteoarthritis (OA) who maintain an initial weight loss report fewer symptoms compared with their baseline level of symptoms, Danish researchers reported in Arthritis Care & Research. The improvement in symptoms was similar regardless of the weight maintenance program followed; either […]
New Guidelines: 65% of Americans Need Help With Weight Loss Marlene Busko November 14, 2014
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 […]
Clinical Pain Medicine ISSUE: NOVEMBER 2014 | VOLUME: 12(11) Paris—Triggers for knee and hand osteoarthritis (OA) are different, a new study suggests. Mechanical stress appears to be the most important factor for knee OA, and systemic processes appear to have the most effect on the development of hand OA, according to the researchers. The study […]
Becky McCall October 24, 2014 Story Source High-dose resveratrol, a polyphenolic compound found naturally in nuts and grapes, stimulates formation or mineralization of new bone in obese men with metabolic syndrome, according to results of a new study recently published onlineOctober 16 in the Journal of Clinical Endocrinology and Metabolism. After only 16 weeks of treatment, dose-dependent […]
Marcia Frellick October 20, 2014 Among adults with depression, 43.2% were obese compared with 33.0% of adults without depression, according to an October National Center for Health Statistics (NCHS) data brief. Laura Pratt, PhD, and Debra Brody, MPH, from the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention’s NCHS in Atlanta, Georgia, also report several other major findings: […]
Does the Movie Fed Up Make Sense? Posted by Harriet Hall on October 14, 2014 The 2014 film Fed Up is an advocacy documentary. Its message: There is a worldwide epidemic of obesity. It is endangering our children. Increased sugar consumption is responsible. The food industry is responsible for our increased sugar consumption because it puts hidden […]
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 […]