Obesity Linked to Heart Failure Risk
(HealthDay)
HealthDay - TUESDAY, April 7 (HealthDay News) -- Swedish studies add
heart failure to the list of cardiac problems linked to overweight and
obesity.
Very obese adults almost completely sedentary
(Reuters) Reuters
- Morbidly obese adults are sedentary for more than 99 percent of the
day, getting only a fraction of the amount of walking that experts
recommend for staying healthy, a small study suggests.
Study finds 1 in 5 obese among 4-year-olds
(AP) AP
- A striking new study says almost 1 in 5 American 4-year-olds is
obese, and the rate is alarmingly higher among American Indian
children, with nearly a third of them obese. Researchers were surprised
to see differences by race at so early an age.
Obesity Boosts Gum Disease Risk (HealthDay) HealthDay
- SATURDAY, April 4 (HealthDay News) -- Obese adults are at higher risk
of gum disease than are normal-weight people, a new study finds.
Atkins Diet Tougher on Heart After Weight
Loss (HealthDay) HealthDay
- WEDNESDAY, April 1 (HealthDay News) -- In the "maintenance" phase
that occurs after initial weight loss, the popular Ornish and South
Beach diets seem to be easier on the heart than the high-fat,
low-carbohydrate Atkins regimen, a new study finds.
School PE Programs Don't Lower Child Obesity
(HealthDay) HealthDay
- MONDAY, March 30 (HealthDay News) -- Physical fitness programs in
schools improve many aspects of children's health, but they don't
appear to combat obesity, a new study in the Canadian medical
publication CMAJ shows.
Fire and ambulance recruits often overweight
(Reuters) Reuters
- A new study suggests that many young recruits for fire and ambulance
services are overweight and already have risk factors for heart disease
-- a problem that poses a threat to public safety, researchers say.
Most New EMS Recruits Overweight or Obese
(HealthDay) HealthDay
- FRIDAY, March 20 (HealthDay News) -- More than 75 percent of
candidates for fire and ambulance services in Massachusetts are either
overweight or obese, a situation that has major consequences for public
health and safety, researchers say.
Researchers find gene that turns carbs into
fat (Reuters) Reuters
- U.S. researchers have found a gene responsible for turning a plate of
pasta into fat, offering new clues about how the body metabolizes
carbohydrates and how they contribute to obesity.
Obesity Tied to Poor Pancreatic Cancer
Surgery Outcomes (HealthDay) HealthDay
- WEDNESDAY, March 18 (HealthDay News) -- Obese pancreatic cancer
patients are more likely than non-obese patients to have worse outcomes
after surgery to treat their cancer, say U.S. researchers.
Moderate-protein diet may beat high-carb diet
(Reuters) Reuters
- People lose weight when they cut calories, but a diet with some extra
protein may be especially effective at trimming body fat and improving
blood fats, a new study suggests.
Study: Being obese can take years off your
life (AP) AP
- Being obese can take years off your life and in some cases may be as
dangerous as smoking, a new study says. British researchers at the
University of Oxford analyzed 57 studies mostly in Europe and North
America, following nearly one million people for an average of 10 to 15
years. During that time, about 100,000 of those people died.