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'Obesity genes' may influence food choices, eating patterns
Blame it on your genes? Researchers say individuals with variations in certain "obesity genes" tend to eat more meals and snacks, consume more calories per day and choose the same high fat, sugary foods.
Childhood obesity increases likelihood of a cranial disorder that may cause blindness
Children who are overweight or obese -- particularly older, non-Hispanic white girls -- are more likely to have a neurological disorder known as idiopathic intracranial hypertension, a rare condition that can result in blindness, according to a new Kaiser Permanente study published in the Journal of Pediatrics. Researchers analyzed electronic health records in this cross-sectional, population ...
Washington, DC Weight Loss Surgeons Discuss New Link Between Obesity Surgery and Diabetes Treatment
WASHINGTON, DC-- - Thanks to two recent studies published in The New England Journal of Medicine, researchers and surgeons have established a tangible link between bariatric surgery and the treatment of ...
Behavioral Treatment Helps Very Obese Children, But Not Severely Obese Adolescents
Researchers have found that severely obese children respond well to behavioral treatment, but not severely obese adolescents. The study, conducted by Dr. Pernilla Danielsson, Karolinska Institutet, Stockholm, Sweden, was presented at the 19th European Congress on Obesity in Lyon, France. The researchers evaluated 643 children who began behavioral obesity treatment at Sweden's National Childhood ...
Weight Loss Improves SDB and Metabolic Dysregulation
Weight loss improved both metabolic parameters and sleep-disordered breathing (SDB) in obese children in a new study from researchers in Belgium, confirming links between metabolic dysregulation, SDB and obesity.
Weight loss improves SBD and metabolic dysregulation in obese children
Weight loss improved both metabolic parameters and sleep-disordered breathing (SDB) in obese children in a new study from researchers in Belgium, confirming links between metabolic dysregulation, SDB and obesity.
Obesity, sedate lifestyles drive diabetes crisis
While cancer gets most of the headlines, another equally vexing disease is increasing fast. Your chances of suffering diabetes has risen to one in three.
EndoBarrier® Therapy to Be Featured at Digestive Disease Week 2012
GI Dynamics, Inc. announced today that EndoBarrier® Therapy, a breakthrough treatment for type 2 diabetes and/or obesity, will be the subject of several presentations an
US panel gives nod to new obesity drug
A panel of experts on Thursday urged US regulators to approve what could be the first new anti-obesity drug on the market in more than a decade -- Lorcaserin, made by Arena Pharmaceuticals.
Arena obesity pill wins over U.S. advisers
SILVER SPRING, Maryland (Reuters) - An experimental obesity pill from Arena Pharmaceuticals Inc won the support of U.S. advisers on Thursday, as public health advocates push for new solutions to the nation's growing obesity epidemic. A panel of outside experts to the Food and Drug Administration voted 18 to 4 to recommend approval of lorcaserin, bringing the drug a step closer to U.S. approval ...
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