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12/17/15 - Slow eating keeps childhood obesity at bay, study finds

12/17/15 Slow eating keeps childhood obesity at bay, study finds

News-Medical.net

 

That's the conclusion of a study published in the Dec. 15 issue of the journal Pediatric Obesity by an international team of researchers, including bioengineers at ...

12/16/15 - Rising obesity puts strain on nursing homes

12/16/15 Rising obesity puts strain on nursing homes

Healthcare Finance News

 

Chism is severely obese, unable to leave her bed without a mechanical lift and a team of nurses. She has not walked in years. Her life is circumscribed by the ...

12/16/15 Study examines obesity in relation to breast cancer related ...

12/16/15 Study examines obesity in relation to breast cancer related ...

Medical Xpress

 

"Obesity is an established risk factor not only for breast-cancer related lymphedema but also for breast cancer occurrence, recurrence, and fatality," says Mei R.

12/9/15 - Can Weight Loss Improve Asthma?

12/9/15 Can Weight Loss Improve Asthma?

Medscape

 

It has been said that we are experiencing an "epidemic of obesity." The relationship between asthma and obesity, if present, is not clear; nor has it been shown ...

12/8/15 - Researchers unveil relationship between ovarian cancer and obesity

12/8/15 Researchers unveil relationship between ovarian cancer and obesity

News-Medical.net

 

However, the influence of obesity on ovarian cancer metastasis had not been evaluated. Researchers from the University of Notre Dame and its affiliated Harper ...

12/7/15 ​Big grocery chains leave US "food deserts" parched

12/7/15 ​Big grocery chains leave US "food deserts" parched

CBS News

 

The Partnership for a Healthier America, which also promotes good nutrition and exercise in its anti-obesity mission, considers improving access to fresh food a ...

11/30/15 - Weight loss can slow degeneration of knee cartilage in obese people

11/30/15 Weight loss can slow degeneration of knee cartilage in obese people

News-Medical.net

Obese people who lose a substantial amount of weight can significantly slow the degeneration of their knee cartilage, according to a new MRI study presented ...

11/30/15 - Even In Your 20s, Fitness Cuts Risk for Later Heart Disease, Major ...

11/30/15 Even In Your 20s, Fitness Cuts Risk for Later Heart Disease, Major ...

WBUR

... the lead authors say, and underscores the importance of starting good fitness habits early — not just in later years, when the health price of inactivity is already ...

11/23/15 - High-fat diet prompts immune cells to start eating connections ...

11/23/15 High-fat diet prompts immune cells to start eating connections ...

Medical Xpress

When a high-fat diet causes us to become obese, it also appears to prompt normally bustling immune cells in our brain to become sedentary and start ...

11/23/15 - Obesity and Stress May Push Girls' Puberty Earlier

11/23/15 Obesity and Stress May Push Girls' Puberty Earlier

Medscape

Obesity and stress are the two main drivers of early puberty in girls, and early puberty comes with physical and psychologic repercussions, said Louise ...

11/20/15 - Diabetes Diets Work Differently in People with Different Gut Bacteria

11/20/15 Diabetes Diets Work Differently in People with Different Gut Bacteria

Scientists say the difference in people's gut bugs may explain why the customary diet used to control or prevent diabetes — more complex carbohydrates, fewer ...

11/20/15 - States with the best and worst diets

11/20/15 States with the best and worst diets

USA TODAY

While exercise habits have remained roughly unchanged among Americans over the past several decades, obesity rates have skyrocketed. The eating habits of ...

11/16/15 - Mayo Clinic Study: One Energy Drink May Increase Heart Disease ...

11/16/15 Mayo Clinic Study: One Energy Drink May Increase Heart Disease ...

Alaska Native News

This raises the concern that these response changes could increase the risk of cardiovascular events, according to a study presented today at the American ...

11/13/15 - US Adult Obesity Rate Hits Almost 40%; Youth Rate Stays Stable

11/13/15 US Adult Obesity Rate Hits Almost 40%; Youth Rate Stays Stable

Medscape

The US obesity rate for adults has climbed to 37.7%, up from 32.2% 10 years ago, according to a report released Thursday by the Centers for Disease Control ...

11/12/15 - Obesity is still a growing problem for American adults, CDC says

11/12/15 Obesity is still a growing problem for American adults, CDC says

Los Angeles Times 

For the most part, the older Americans got, the more likely they were to become obese. Younger adults in their 20s and 30s had a comparatively low rate of obesity — 32.3%. For middle-aged people in their 40s and 50s, that figure rose to 40.2%, then ...

 

11/10/15 - Being normal weight with belly fat more deadly than obesity

11/10/15 Being normal weight with belly fat more deadly than obesity

CBS News

It's common knowledge by now that obesity causes a range of health problems, including heart disease, type 2 diabetes and earlier death. But there's growing ...

11/9/15 - Eating more homemade meals may lower type 2 diabetes risk

11/9/15 Eating more homemade meals may lower type 2 diabetes risk

Medical News Today 

Eating homemade meals around twice a day may reduce the risk for type 2 diabetes, researchers find. Study coauthor Geng Zong, PhD, a research fellow at the Harvard T. H. Chan School of Public Health in Boston, MA, and colleagues suggest eating more ...

11/4/15 - How much does severe obesity cost California? About $9.1 billion

11/4/15 How much does severe obesity cost California? About $9.1 billion

Los Angeles Times

We know obesity increases your risk of having high blood pressure, getting diabetes and being diagnosed with certain cancers. Now it turns out it can also increase costs for your state government. A study published Monday in the journal Health Affairs ...

11/3/15 - Study: Visceral fat in early pregnancy can increase risk of gestational diabetes

11/3/15 Study: Visceral fat in early pregnancy can increase risk of gestational diabetes

News-Medical.net 

Women who have high levels of abdominal fat during their first trimester of pregnancy have a higher risk of developing diabetes later in their pregnancy, according to a new study published today in Diabetes Care. The study looked at nearly 500 women ...

11/3/15 - Researchers find rise in state-level obesity-related health care costs

11/3/15 Researchers find rise in state-level obesity-related health care costs

News-Medical.net

Nearly 11 percent or $8 billion of the cost to treat severe obesity was paid for by Medicaid in 2013, ranging from a low of $5 million in Wyoming to $1.3 billion in ...