Copyright 2007 Q-FIT Latest Obesity / Weight Loss / Fitness News From Medical News Today. http://www.medicalnewstoday.com/sections/fitness-obesity/ admin@medicalnewstoday.com admin@medicalnewstoday.com en-us Mon, 19 Mar 2007 18:00:00 PDT http://www.medicalnewstoday.com/medicalnews.php?newsid=65240&nfid=crss As scientists learn more about the key role of inflammation in diabetes, heart disease and other disorders, new research from Washington University School of Medicine in St. Louis suggests that fat in the belly may be an important promoter of that inflammation.Excess fat is known to be associated with disease, but now the researchers have confirmed that fat cells inside the abdomen are secreting molecules that increase inflammation. [click link for full article] Sun, 18 Mar 2007 03:00:00 PDT http://www.medicalnewstoday.com/medicalnews.php?newsid=65320&nfid=crss Indiana University School of Medicine researchers are taking a closer look at a disease whose incidence is rising as obesity in children increases. Non-Alcoholic Steatohepatitis, more popularly known as Fatty Liver Disease, occurs in approximately 15% of obese children. Fatty Liver Disease, in which fat accumulates in the liver, while not life threatening in children, can lead to cirrhosis (scarring) of the liver, sometimes requiring transplantation by adulthood. [click link for full article] Sun, 18 Mar 2007 00:00:00 PDT http://www.medicalnewstoday.com/medicalnews.php?newsid=65470&nfid=crss According to figures published by the World Health Organitzation (WHO), in the year 2015 some 2.3 billion adults will be overweight and more than 700 million will suffer from obesity, a pathology which is increasingly being seen in children. In addition, for some time now the high incidence of obesity in developed countries has coincided with an increase in the consumption of beverages sweetened with fructose, a powerful sweetener. [click link for full article] Sun, 18 Mar 2007 00:00:00 PDT http://www.medicalnewstoday.com/medicalnews.php?newsid=65461&nfid=crss Academics at the University of Hertfordshire are conducting the first UK study to investigate how health professionals based in general practice can help adolescents who are obese to lose weight. [click link for full article] Sun, 18 Mar 2007 00:00:00 PDT http://www.medicalnewstoday.com/medicalnews.php?newsid=65452&nfid=crss What can radiology contribute to the treatment of obesity (adipositas)? Evidently a great deal, as was made clear at the European Congress of Radiology (ECR 2007) at Austria Center Vienna. [click link for full article] Sat, 17 Mar 2007 19:00:00 PDT http://www.medicalnewstoday.com/medicalnews.php?newsid=65312&nfid=crss Exposure to phthalates, a common chemical found in everything from plastics to soaps, already has been connected to reproductive problems and now, for the first time, is linked to abdominal obesity and insulin resistance in adult males, according to a study by the University of Rochester Medical Center. [click link for full article] Sat, 17 Mar 2007 05:00:00 PDT http://www.medicalnewstoday.com/medicalnews.php?newsid=65297&nfid=crss A small but telling study from the Johns Hopkins Children's Center reveals an ominous trend: more than expected, obesity shadows Baltimore's homeless children and their caregivers, putting them at high risk for heart disease, stroke and type 2 diabetes, among other conditions."Not long ago, homeless people were undernourished. [click link for full article] Sat, 17 Mar 2007 00:00:00 PDT http://www.medicalnewstoday.com/medicalnews.php?newsid=65443&nfid=crss Studies indicate more than one-third of adults are trying to lose weight, but few have long-term success. Many can't stick to diets and exercise routines and struggle to stay afloat in a sea of popular diets, fitness programs and foods with "healthy" claims.But weight-loss seekers have someone to turn to. [click link for full article] Fri, 16 Mar 2007 16:00:00 PDT http://www.medicalnewstoday.com/medicalnews.php?newsid=65213&nfid=crss Smokers should do short bouts of exercise to help them resist the temptation to light up, say experts at the University of Exeter. A review, recently published in the international journal 'Addiction', concludes that when smokers abstain from smoking, exercise can help them to manage withdrawal symptoms and resist the urge to smoke. [click link for full article] Fri, 16 Mar 2007 00:00:00 PDT http://www.medicalnewstoday.com/medicalnews.php?newsid=65334&nfid=crss Up to two million Americans are affected each year by DVT, with up to 600,000 hospitalized. Its primary complication, pulmonary embolism (PE), claims up to 300,000 lives annually - more than breast cancer and AIDS combined. The Coalition to Prevent Deep-Vein Thrombosis (DVT) recently sponsored an online survey of a nationally representative sample of consumers and physicians. [click link for full article] Thu, 15 Mar 2007 00:00:00 PDT http://www.medicalnewstoday.com/medicalnews.php?newsid=65248&nfid=crss Obese men who are diagnosed with prostate cancer have more than two-and-a-half times the risk of dying from the disease as compared to men of normal weight at the time of diagnosis, according to a study by researchers at Fred Hutchinson Cancer Research Center. The findings by senior author Alan Kristal, Dr.P.H., and colleagues appear online and will be published in the March 15 print edition of the journal Cancer. [click link for full article] Wed, 14 Mar 2007 06:00:00 PDT http://www.medicalnewstoday.com/healthnews.php?newsid=65242&nfid=crss Even short bouts of light exercise such as strolling can help smokers quit by reducing cigarette cravings and withdrawal symptoms, say scientists at the University of Exeter in the UK. The study is published in the April edition of the journal Addiction. The scientists suggest that a short session of moderate exercise, lasting for as little as five minutes, is sufficient to reduce cravings for a cigarette. [click link for full article] Wed, 14 Mar 2007 00:00:00 PDT http://www.medicalnewstoday.com/medicalnews.php?newsid=65180&nfid=crss Obese patients have a significantly higher risk of complications following surgery, including heart attack, wound infection, nerve injury and urinary tract infection, according to a new study from researchers at the University of Michigan Health System. [click link for full article] Wed, 14 Mar 2007 00:00:00 PDT http://www.medicalnewstoday.com/medicalnews.php?newsid=65082&nfid=crss It is important for obesity surgery patients to take their prescribed vitamin supplements and to be alert for symptoms such as vomiting, confusion, lack of coordination and visual changes signs of a serious neurological condition that can develop after the surgery. [click link for full article] Wed, 14 Mar 2007 00:00:00 PDT http://www.medicalnewstoday.com/medicalnews.php?newsid=65080&nfid=crss Weight loss surgery, such as gastric bypass surgery, can lead to a vitamin deficiency that can cause memory loss and confusion, inability to coordinate movement, and other problems, according to a study published in the March 13, 2007, issue of Neurology®, the scientific journal of the American Academy of Neurology. The syndrome, called Wernicke encephalopathy, affects the brain and nervous system when the body doesn't get enough vitamin B1, or thiamine. [click link for full article] Wed, 14 Mar 2007 00:00:00 PDT http://www.medicalnewstoday.com/medicalnews.php?newsid=65076&nfid=crss Individuals with a higher body mass index (BMI) tend are less likely to be discharged directly home after hospitalization for an ischemic stroke, according to a report in the March issue of Archives of Neurology, one of the JAMA/Archives journals. An ischemic stroke occurs when the flow of blood to a part of the brain is blocked or reduced and sufficient amounts of oxygen cannot be delivered to brain tissue. [click link for full article] Tue, 13 Mar 2007 13:00:00 PDT http://www.medicalnewstoday.com/healthnews.php?newsid=65169&nfid=crss A new US study suggests that obesity surgery such as gastric bypasses can cause vitamin deficiency that leads to memory loss, confusion, co-ordination, and other neurological problems.The study is published in the journal Neurology.A neurological sydrome called Wernicke encephalopathy occurs mostly in patients who vomit a lot after they have had weight loss surgery (also known as bariatric surgery). [click link for full article] Tue, 13 Mar 2007 10:00:00 PDT http://www.medicalnewstoday.com/medicalnews.php?newsid=64781&nfid=crss A team of researchers at the University of New Hampshire is investigating whether the increasing ubiquity of chemical flame retardants found in foam furniture, carpeting, microwaves and computers might be related to the climbing rate of obesity in the United States. [click link for full article] Mon, 12 Mar 2007 18:00:00 PDT http://www.medicalnewstoday.com/medicalnews.php?newsid=64619&nfid=crss Food scientists in Taiwan are reporting new evidence from laboratory experiments that capsaicin - the natural compound that gives red pepper that spicy hot kick - can reduce the growth of fat cells. The study is scheduled for the March 21 issue of the ACS' Journal of Agricultural and Food Chemistry, a bi-weekly publication. [click link for full article] Mon, 12 Mar 2007 00:00:00 PDT http://www.medicalnewstoday.com/medicalnews.php?newsid=64978&nfid=crss Obesity rates have escalated dramatically in the last several decades and the condition negatively affects health, but its connection to conditions such as cardiovascular disease (CVD) is complex and not fully understood. In the March issue of the Journal of Investigative Medicine experts say more research is needed to discover the links between obesity and CVD, with particular attention to biological differences between women and men. [click link for full article] Sun, 11 Mar 2007 19:00:00 PDT http://www.medicalnewstoday.com/medicalnews.php?newsid=64721&nfid=crss Critical portions of the brain in those who are obese don't really know they are overweight, researchers have reported in the March issue of the journal Cell Metabolism, published by Cell Press. These findings in obese mice show that a sensor in the brain that normally detects a critical fat hormone - causing a cascade of events that keeps energy balance in check - fails to engage. Meanwhile, the rest of the metabolic pathway remains ready to respond. [click link for full article] Sun, 11 Mar 2007 12:00:00 PDT http://www.medicalnewstoday.com/medicalnews.php?newsid=64713&nfid=crss If both partners in a couple are overweight or obese, they are more likely to have to wait longer before successfully conceiving a child, according to new research published online in Europe's leading reproductive medicine journal, Human Reproduction. [click link for full article] Sun, 11 Mar 2007 04:00:00 PDT http://www.medicalnewstoday.com/medicalnews.php?newsid=64877&nfid=crss Steroid use starts early, decreases as teens grow olderParticipation in sports with real or perceived weight requirements, such as ballet, gymnastics, and wrestling, is strongly associated with unhealthy weight control behaviors and steroid use in teens, according to researchers at the University of Minnesota. [click link for full article] Sun, 11 Mar 2007 00:00:00 PDT http://www.medicalnewstoday.com/medicalnews.php?newsid=64951&nfid=crss In an article now being published in the leading American journal PNAS, a research team led by Barbara Cannon and Jan Nedergaard at the Wenner-Gren Institute, Stockholm University in Sweden, together with British and American scientists, have managed to show for the first time that the cells that become the so called brown or white fat tissue already know from the very beginning what sort of fat tissue they will be. [click link for full article] Sat, 10 Mar 2007 15:00:00 PDT http://www.medicalnewstoday.com/medicalnews.php?newsid=64692&nfid=crss A new study in the March issue of the journal Cell Metabolism, published by Cell Press, has identified a common link between multiple assaults on the body, including saturated fats, obesity, and certain types of drugs, all of which can lead to insulin resistance. The researchers found that these metabolic stresses lead to an upswing in production of a particular kind of fat molecule, known as ceramide. [click link for full article]