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Obesity, diabetes epidemics continue to grow in California, UCLA study finds
......Both conditions — which are related to each other as well as to heart disease — increased significantly in just six years, with the prevalence of diabetes alone jumping nearly 26 percent between 2001 and 2007.
Source: University of California - Los Angeles
date added: 1 September 10
Diabetes educators directed to proactively address obesity as precursor to type 2 diabetes
The American Association of Diabetes Educators (AADE) today issued a formal position statement and set of recommendations urging diabetes educators to proactively address obesity as a means of preventing the onset of type 2 diabetes, managing complications for those who already have the disease, and creating a savings for the overall health care system.
Source: American Association of Diabetes Educators (AADE)
date added: 1 September 10
Scientists discover new protein that gets to the roots of obesity and osteoporosis
New research in the FASEB Journal suggests that the 'Sprouty' protein could be a therapeutic target for patients with obesity and/or osteoporosis, as well as diabetes, osteoarthritis and heart disease
Source: EurekAlert!
date added: 1 September 10
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Even modest weight gain can harm blood vessels, Mayo researchers find
Mayo Clinic researchers found that healthy young people who put on as little as 9 pounds of fat, specifically in the abdomen, are at risk for developing endothelial cell dysfunction.
Source: Mayo Clinic
date added: 20 August 10
Patients with diabetes may need fewer medications after bariatric surgery
Bariatric surgery appears to be associated with reduced use of medications and lower health care costs among patients with type 2 diabetes, according to a report in the August issue of Archives of Surgery, one of the JAMA/Archives journals.
Source: JAMA and Archives Journals
date added: 17 August 10
Putting focus on immediate health effects may improve weight loss success
Most weight loss programs try to motivate individuals with warnings of the long-term health consequences of obesity: increased risk for cancer, diabetes, hypertension, heart disease and asthma.
Source: University of Cincinnati Academic Health Center
date added: 13 August 10
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Larger waist associated with greater risk of death
Individuals with a large waist circumference appear to have a greater risk of dying from any cause over a nine-year period, according to a report in the August 9/23 issue of Archives of Internal Medicine, one of the JAMA/Archives journals.
Source: JAMA and Archives Journals
date added: 10 August 10
Obesity prevention begins before birth
Expectant mothers who gain large amounts of weight tend to give birth to heavier infants who are at higher risk for obesity later in life. But it's never been proven that this tendency results from the weight gain itself, rather than genetic or other factors that mother and baby share
Source: Children's Hospital Boston
date added: 10 August 10
More states reach 30 percent obesity rate
......The CDC Vital Signs report, titled "State-Specific Obesity Prevalence Among Adults – United States, 2009," points out that people who are obese incurred $1,429 per person extra in medical costs compared to people of normal weight, and that the nation's total medical costs of obesity were $147 billion in 2008.
Source: Foodconsumer
date added: 5 August 10
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One high-fat diet, two different outcomes: The path to obesity becomes clearer
Why is it that two people can consume the same high fat, high-calorie Western diet and one becomes obese and prone to diabetes while the other maintains a slim frame?
Source: Yale
date added: 3 August 10
Scientists find unsuspected molecular link between obesity and insulin resistance
A new understanding of insulin resistance and the action of diabetes drugs such as Avandia and Actos could pave the way for improved medications that are more selective and safer, say scientists from Dana-Farber Cancer Institute and The Scripps Research Institute.
Source: Dana-Farber Cancer Institute
date added: 22 July 10
Extra pounds reduce memory
The more an older woman weighs, the worse her memory, according to new research from Northwestern Medicine. The effect is more pronounced in women who carry excess weight around their hips, known as pear shapes, than women who carry it around their waists, called apple shapes.
Source: Northwestern University
date added: 15 July 10
Fat cells play key role in development of type-2 diabetes
Cellular changes in fat tissue—not the immune system—lead to the "hyperinflammation” characteristic of obesity-related glucose intolerance and type 2 diabetes, according to new research from the University of Cincinnati (UC).
Source: University of Cincinnati Academic Health Center
date added: 8 July 10
Inactivity 'no contributor' to childhood obesity epidemic
A new report from the EarlyBird Diabetes Study suggests that physical activity has little if any role to play in the obesity epidemic among children.
Source: The Peninsula College of Medicine and Dentistry
date added: 8 July 10
Politicians hold key to tackling obesity
Politicians could do more to tackle the spread of obesity, a new series of studies suggests.
Source: University of Edinburgh
date added: 15 June 10
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