Obesity

Overweight kids may have more anxiety, depression

Compared with their thinner peers, overweight children may be more prone to developing depression and anxiety symptoms by the time they reach middle school,…    

Pediatric Obesity May Alter Thyroid Function and Structure

In addition to its strong associations with hypertension, cardiovascular disease, and diabetes, pediatric obesity may induce alterations in thyroid function and structure, according to…    

4 in 10 parents wrong on whether their child is under or overweight

More than 4 in 10 parents with underweight and overweight children mistakenly believe their children are in the average weight range, according to University…    

TAU computer scientists are cracking the code on the metabolism of human tissues

Scientists know that different normal and diseased tissues behave differently. But a method that tells them just how they do so may one day…    

Abdominal obesity raises dementia risk years later

Having an “apple-shaped,” rather than a “pear-shaped” body at middle-age appears to increase the later-life risk of dementia, California researchers report.

Moreover,…    

Heavy breathing—an obscure link in asthma and obesity

There is a strong link between obesity and asthma and as the prevalence of both conditions has been increasing steadily, epidemiologists have speculated that…    

Non-parental care of infants tied to unfavorable feeding practices

With more new mothers in the workplace than ever before, there has been a corresponding increase in the number of child-care facilities in the…    

Extreme Obesity Affects Chances of Kidney Transplantation

For patients on the waiting list for a kidney transplant, severe and morbid obesity are associated with a lower chance of receiving an organ,…    

‘Tweens’ double use of diabetes drugs

America’s tweens more than doubled their use of type-2 diabetes medications between 2002 and 2005, with girls between 10 and 14 years of age…    

Overweight toddlers and those not in day care at risk

A study by UT Southwestern Medical Center researchers has found that overweight toddlers and those not enrolled in day care are at high…    

Milk and Dairy Products Protect Against “Metabolic Syndrome”

A daily pinta or a helping of dairy foods protect against the clustering of abnormal body chemistry known as the metabolic syndrome, suggests…    

Breastfeeding’s weight benefit occurs in infancy

Children who were breastfed may be less likely to be overweight than their bottle-fed peers, and most of that benefit can be attributed to…    

Impact of Exercise on Body Fat Is Different for Boys and Girls

The impact of exercise on body fat differs for boys and girls, suggests research published ahead of print in the British Journal of Sports…    

Genes, lifestyle raise macular degeneration risk

New research suggests that one’s genetic make-up interacts with two modifiable risk factors—obesity and smoking—to multiply the risk of developing age-related macular degeneration (AMD),…    

Overweight 9-year-old girls at heart risk

Girls as young as age 9 who are overweight are at heightened risk for serious short-term and long-term health problems that put them at…    

Heart experts target childhood obesity

The dire health effects associated with the ballooning waistlines of children and adolescents in the United States have prompted the American Heart Association to…    

U.S. child obesity dragging down health gains

Child obesity has more than tripled in three decades and the increased health risk associated with being fat has wiped out progress…    

Stomach Surgery Helps Obese Patients with Reflux

For obese patients with gastroesophageal reflux disease (GERD) that persists after standard surgery, relief may come from a type of “keyhole” operation that reduces…    

Toy companies make getting off the couch fun

The battle of the bulge has expanded into the toy aisles.

As more American adults dabble in fad diets and the    

Obesity linked to leukemia in older women

• Obesity • Nov 11 04

Being obese more than doubles the risk of a type of leukemia—acute myelogenous leukemia (AML)—in older women, according to a new report. The…    

Risk of leukemia high in older obese women

New research has found a higher risk of leukemia among older overweight women, offering another piece of evidence that carrying extra pounds can increase…    

Overweight urged to slim down to cut diabetes risk

Half the world’s depression cases could be eliminated by curbing the soaring number of people who are overweight, health experts said on…    

Obesity, child mortality slowing US health gains

Rising obesity rates and the number of people without health insurance are placing a drag on health gains for the American population, according…    

Obesity as unhealthy as heart failure -study

Very obese people are as unhealthy, and probably as likely to die, as patients with heart failure, U.S. researchers reported on Sunday.

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Heavy Passengers Weigh On Airlines’ Bottom Lines

America’s bulging waistlines are now weighing down the airline industry, as it takes more and more fuel to get planes in the air.

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