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Study: Missing DNA May Be Cause of Childhood Obesity
Monday, December 07, 2009
Some children get severely obese because they lack particular chunks of DNA, which kicks their hunger into overdrive, researchers report.
The British researchers checked the DNA of 300 children who’d become very fat, on the order of 220 pounds by age 10. They looked for deletions or extra copies […]
Obesity surgery in mom leaves babies healthier
Study suggests the womb may be key to breaking cycle of fat, diabetes
By Linda Carroll
msnbc.com contributor
http://www.msnbc.msn.com/id/32692882/ns/health-diabetes/
Obese women who manage to shed excess pounds before becoming pregnant may be able to break the cycle of inherited weight problems and pass along better health to their children, a new study shows.
Researchers found that children were less likely […]
Heaviest man eyes slimming record
Thursday, 31 July 2008
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By Duncan Kennedy
BBC News, Mexico
Losing 185kg (29 stones) in body weight might seem like an extreme way to get into the record books.
But that is what Manuel Uribe from Monterrey, Northern Mexico, has done.
Manuel says reading The Bible has encouraged him during his diet
Now the world’s heaviest man is on track to […]
60 Minutes
Sunday, April 20, 2008
The Bypass Effect: Stopping Diabetes?Â
Gastric bypass surgery has long been an effective weapon in the battle against obesity, but could it also force type 2 diabetes into almost instant remission? If so, why aren’t more people eligible for the operation? Lesley Stahl went looking for answers.
http://60minutes.yahoo.com/segment/160/the_bypass_effect
This link will take you to 60 […]
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Mexico Builds Hospitals to Lure Medical Tourists From America
By [bn:PRSN=1] Thomas Black []
March 27 (Bloomberg) — The only way Bridget Flanagan, a 21-year-old college student from Olympia, Washington, could afford the obesity surgery she needed was to go to Mexico. Her health insurance didn’t cover the treatment.
Traveling 2,000 miles for gastric […]
Study: Gastric band works better than 500-calorie diet
By Nanci Hellmich, USA TODAY
Adjustable gastric banding is much more effective long-term than a very low-calorie diet for people who are about 50 pounds overweight, a study shows.
Medical guidelines support this surgical procedure — which puts a band around the top of stomach to create a feeling of fullness — in patients who are extremely […]
Gastric Lap-Band Surgery Can Send Diabetes Into Remission
TUESDAY, Jan. 22 (HealthDay News) — New research suggests that gastric lap-band surgery isn’t only for the most obese; it can also combat diabetes in people who aren’t severely fat.
Still, the surgery is extremely expensive and carries risks. However, the findings show promise for people with diabetes who need alternative ways to shed pounds, said […]
Dementia
Another reason to get rid of the belly fat: Dementia
Erin Allday, Chronicle Staff Writer
Thursday, March 27, 2008
(03-26) 13:02 PDT SAN FRANCISCO — Middle-aged people with excess visceral fat - usually apparent in the thick waist or pot belly of an apple-shaped body - are nearly three times more likely to suffer from dementia in […]
Obesity surgery seen as potential diabetes cure
CHICAGO, Illinois (AP) — A small new study gives the strongest evidence yet that obesity surgery can cure diabetes. Patients who had surgery to reduce the size of their stomachs were five times more likely to see their diabetes disappear over the next two years than were patients who had standard diabetes care, according […]
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