The Inquisitr (Free subscription) | yesterday
Boston, MA (AHN) – New research from the Harvard School of Public Health suggests obesity in the teen years may be associated with a high risk of developing multiple sclerosis as an adult. Specifically, the study says that obese teenage women may be more than twice as likely to develop MS compared to their non-obese peers. [...]
Docuticker (Free subscription) | 6 hours ago
The Stigma of Obesity: A Review and Update Source: Obesity Obese individuals are highly stigmatized and face multiple forms of prejudice and discrimination because of their weight (1,2). The prevalence of weight discrimination in the United States has increased by 66% over the past decade (3), and is comparable to rates of racial discrimination, especially among [...]
Physorg (Free subscription) | yesterday
(PhysOrg.com) -- In the last three decades, childhood obesity in the United States has become a massive public-health problem. According to the Centers for Disease Control, between 1980 and 2006 the percentage of obese teenagers in the United States grew from 5 to 18, while the percentage of pre-teens suffering from obesity increased from 7 to 17. Such children often become overweight adults, leaving...
bharatbook | 39 minutes ago
Booming Global Obesity Drug Market Latest research on the obesity market, states that the prevalence of obesity is increasing globally at alarming rates. Obesity drugs market has shown a radical growth in recent times but in contrast, the market for weight loss drugs has failed to match this growth. By 2012, it’s expected that more than two billion people will be overweight and 600 Million will
Business Wire (Free subscription) | 1 hour ago
STOCKHOLM--(BUSINESS WIRE)--Regulatory News: In collaboration with Eira Hospital in Helsinki, Global Health Partner (STO:GHP) has started up obesity treatment operations and the first bariatric surgery procedure has now been performed. Finland has the highest obesity prevalence in the Nordic countries. However, the number of bariatric surgery procedures has so far been very low. “We see Finland...
Red Orbit (Free subscription) | yesterday
Aside from aging itself, obesity appears to be the most powerful predictor of left atrial enlargement (LAE), upping one's risk of atrial fibrillation (the most common type of arrhythmia), stroke and death, according to findings published in the November 17, 2009, issue of the Journal of the American College of Cardiology.This prospective study—the first to evaluate factors affecting left atrial...
Medical News Today (Free subscription) | 3 hours ago
Three Singapore biomedical institutions have launched a major, long-term study of pregnant mothers and their fetuses as well as infant children to determine just how profoundly environmental factors early in life influence the onset of diseases such as obesity and diabetes in later years.
FitSugar (Free subscription) | yesterday
I panic every time I see another "exercise doesn't work!" story - until I read between the lines and learn once again that exercise is a good thing. On the heels of its conversation-starting cover story on the exercise "myth," Time is tackling a new study of teen obesity that claims inactivity is only partly to blame for heavier kids. Obesity rates in teenagers have triple between...
Weighty Matters (Free subscription) | 1 hour ago
Ok, maybe not so shocking. In my talks on childhood obesity I'll always point out that the simple act of sitting on a sofa doesn't in and of itself cause weight gain and on my blog I'll also regularly point out that the rise in childhood obesity isn't a consequence of a lack of physical activity, but rather an increase in food. Putting those two together I've always presumed that TV watching was symptomatic...
PR News Wire (Free subscription) | yesterday
NEW YORK, Nov. 10 /PRNewswire/ -- African-Americans are killing themselves, slowly, and quietly, little by little, every day and the killer is not likely to grab headlines or to bloody the streets. The murderous weapon is food, and many African-Americans are, quite simply, eating themselves to death. African-Americans are more overweight and obese than any other racial group and at risk for developing...
Medical News Today (Free subscription) | yesterday
Teenage women who are obese may be more than twice as likely to develop multiple sclerosis (MS) as adults compared to female teens who are not obese, according to a study published in the November 10, 2009, print issue of Neurology®, the medical journal of the American Academy of Neurology. The research involved 238,371women from the Nurses' Health Study and Nurses' Health Study II who were 25...
Physorg (Free subscription) | 11/10/2009
Aside from aging itself, obesity appears to be the most powerful predictor of left atrial enlargement (LAE), upping one's risk of atrial fibrillation (the most common type of arrhythmia), stroke and death, according to findings published in the November 17, 2009, issue of the Journal of the American College of Cardiology.
Gawker (Free subscription) | 11/09/2009
You thought you could guzzle fruit juice forever without getting fat, fatty? No! Scientists warn the calories in fruit juice make you fat just like the calories in soda. Other "danger" foods that put...
The Huffington Post (Free subscription) | 11/09/2009
The fact that parents don't let their kids play outside has translated into an ever-growing epidemic of childhood obesity.
The Telegraph (Free subscription) | yesterday
The claim that French woman stay forever slim has been exposed as a myth after new statistics revealed that 15.1 per cent of France's women are classed as clinically obese.
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bharatbook | 39 minutes ago
Booming Global Obesity Drug Market Latest research on the obesity market, states that the prevalence of obesity is increasing globally at alarming rates. Obesity drugs market has shown a radical growth in recent times but in contrast, the market for weight loss drugs has failed to match this growth. By 2012, it’s expected that more than two billion people will be overweight and 600 Million will be
bharatbook | 2 hours ago
The UAE has emerged as one the fastest growing healthcare markets in the Middle East. The country’s healthcare sector has grown at double digit rate to keep pace with incessantly rising demand for quality treatment and diagnostic facilities. Driven by various factors such as rapidly increasing population, rising prevalence of lifestyle diseases, such as obesity, diabetes and hypertension, and the lack
aarkstore | 11/10/2009
Report Description The healthcare industry has recently witnessed the adoption of many new technologies that increase the efficiency of various medical treatments. Minimally invasive surgery (MIS) is one of the most important developments among all such cutting-edge medical technologies. This report uses the term ‘minimally invasive surgery’ to include non-invasive surgeries as well. The increasing...
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