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(HealthDay)—Reviews that are funded by industry tend to find the evidence weak for a causal link between sugar-sweetened beverages (SSBs) and the increasing prevalence of obesity, while other reviews consider the evidence well founded, according to research presented at the annual meeting of the European Congress on Obesity, held from May 12 to 15 in Liverpool, U.K. http://medicalxpress.com/news/2013-05-eco-industry-funded-query-sweet-obesity.html Overweight and Obesity Tue, 14 May 2013 17:50:01 EST news287771296 For young women in high school, the risk of childbearing may depend on the prevalence of obesity in their schools, according to sociologists, who found that as the prevalence of obesity rises in a school, so do the odds of obese high school students bearing children. http://medicalxpress.com/news/2013-05-obese-students-childbearing-varies-high.html Overweight and Obesity Thu, 09 May 2013 10:32:01 EST news287314311 As parents, physicians and policymakers look for ways to curb childhood obesity, they may need to look no further than a child's own backyard. http://medicalxpress.com/news/2013-05-childhood-obesity-home.html Overweight and Obesity Sat, 04 May 2013 05:20:01 EST news286860678 New research reveals that advanced fibrosis is a significant predictor of mortality in patients with nonalcoholic fatty liver disease (NAFLD), largely brought about by cardiovascular causes. NAFLD alone was not associated with increased mortality according to findings published in the April issue of Hepatology, a journal of the American Association for the Study of Liver Diseases. http://medicalxpress.com/news/2013-04-cardiovascular-issues-mortality-patients-advanced.html Diseases, Conditions, Syndromes Wed, 10 Apr 2013 15:10:02 EST news284823912 The intrauterine environment plays an important role in the health of the offspring. Now, experts from the University of Navarra affirm that the mother's stress, due to socio-economic or psycho-social causes, is associated with the development of pathologies related with obesity. http://medicalxpress.com/news/2013-04-relationship-prenatal-stress-obesity-rats.html Health Tue, 09 Apr 2013 12:01:35 EST news284727686 The prevalence of obesity within the military is currently 13 percent. This rising epidemic, also rampant throughout the general population, could result in military career setbacks, negatively impact operational readiness, and jeopardize Department of Defense operations. To combat the epidemic, a team of researchers chose the military cafeteria as the venue to observe and evaluate eating behavior and the positive impact of modest changes to promote healthy eating and food selection. The results are captured in a new report published by the Journal of the Academy of Nutrition and Dietetics. http://medicalxpress.com/news/2013-03-modest-military-dining-facilities-healthier.html Overweight and Obesity Fri, 22 Mar 2013 13:30:01 EST news283175911 New research from Wake Forest Baptist Medical Center shows that a diabetes prevention program led by community health workers is effective at reducing blood glucose and potentially reducing diabetes over the long term. http://medicalxpress.com/news/2013-03-approach-effective-diabetes.html Diabetes Mon, 18 Mar 2013 01:00:01 EST news282762099 (Medical Xpress)—New research analysing 36 years' data for children when they were aged five and six shows that obesity rates are now generally falling except in more deprived communities where obesity levels continue to climb. http://medicalxpress.com/news/2013-03-obesity-problem-boys-poor-backgrounds.html Overweight and Obesity Thu, 07 Mar 2013 07:40:05 EST news281862277 (Medical Xpress)—Low-income children may be overweight in part because they have less access to open green space where they can play and exercise, reports a Cornell study of obesity in Europe published in Social Science and Medicine (December 2012; Vol. 75). http://medicalxpress.com/news/2013-02-poor-kids-heaviness-linked-access.html Health Thu, 21 Feb 2013 08:30:42 EST news280657834 Over eating, sedentary lifestyles, cultural attitudes, and lack of prevention programmes are to blame for the rising epidemic of obesity in the Asia Pacific region. Overweight and obesity has quadrupled in China and societies still label people of healthy weight as poor. http://medicalxpress.com/news/2013-02-epidemic-obesity-asia-pacific-region.html Overweight and Obesity Wed, 20 Feb 2013 20:30:01 EST news280605510 With one of the highest rates of obesity in the world, the Gulf region is facing an epidemic of cardiovascular disease. At least 50% of the population is below the age of 25 and the high prevalence of risk factors signals a massive wave of cardiovascular disease in 10-15 years. Cardiovascular centres are already bursting at the seams and prevention services are nonexistent. http://medicalxpress.com/news/2013-02-cvd-gulf-region-years.html Cardiology Tue, 12 Feb 2013 18:40:02 EST news279912060 (Medical Xpress)—"You are what you eat," the saying goes, but is what you eat playing a role in how much you sleep? Sleep, like nutrition and physical activity, is a critical determinant of health and well-being. With the increasing prevalence of obesity and its consequences, sleep researchers have begun to explore the factors that predispose individuals to weight gain and ultimately obesity.  Now, a new study from the Perelman School of Medicine at the University of Pennsylvania  shows for the first time that certain nutrients may play an underlying role in short and long sleep duration and that people who report eating a large variety of foods – an indicator of an overall healthy diet – had the healthiest sleep patterns. The new research is published online, ahead-of-print in the journal Appetite. http://medicalxpress.com/news/2013-02-dietary-nutrients-patterns.html Health Thu, 07 Feb 2013 06:50:02 EST news279441752 (HealthDay)—For patients undergoing abdominoplasty, weight loss is associated with having a preoperative body mass index ≥24.5 kg/m² and is attributed to increased satiety in most patients, according to a study published in the February issue of Plastic and Reconstructive Surgery. http://medicalxpress.com/news/2013-02-factors-affecting-weight-loss-abdominoplasty.html Surgery Wed, 06 Feb 2013 15:50:01 EST news279386737 As some Pacific island cultures have "westernized" over the last several decades, among the changes has been a dramatic increase in obesity. Researchers don't understand all the reasons why, but even a decade ago in American Samoa 59 percent of men and 71 percent of women were obese. A new Brown University study finds that the Samoan epidemic of obesity may start with rapid weight gain in early infancy. http://medicalxpress.com/news/2013-02-samoan-obesity-epidemic-birth.html Overweight and Obesity Tue, 05 Feb 2013 12:10:06 EST news279288600 In a study examining possible factors regarding the associations between fructose consumption and weight gain, brain magnetic resonance imaging of study participants indicated that ingestion of glucose but not fructose reduced cerebral blood flow and activity in brain regions that regulate appetite, and ingestion of glucose but not fructose produced increased ratings of satiety and fullness, according to a preliminary study published in the January 2 issue of JAMA. http://medicalxpress.com/news/2013-01-imaging-effect-fructose-brain-regions.html Health Tue, 01 Jan 2013 16:08:24 EST news276278891 Obesity rates among small children may finally be on the decline after more than tripling in the United States the past 30 years, a study out Wednesday indicated. http://medicalxpress.com/news/2012-12-childhood-obesity-dips-decades.html Overweight and Obesity Thu, 27 Dec 2012 06:41:46 EST news275812895 "Obesity and extreme obesity in childhood, which are more prevalent among minority and low-income families, have been associated with other cardiovascular risk factors, increased health care costs, and premature death. Obesity and extreme obesity during early childhood are likely to continue into adulthood. Understanding trends in extreme obesity is important because the prevalence of cardiovascular risk factors increases with severity of childhood obesity," writes Liping Pan, M.D., M.P.H., of the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention, Atlanta, and colleagues. National trends in extreme obesity among young children living in low-income families have not been known. http://medicalxpress.com/news/2012-12-obesity-declining-preschool-aged-children-low-income.html Overweight and Obesity Tue, 25 Dec 2012 16:00:05 EST news275576788 Asian-American children have been at low risk for being overweight or obese compared to other racial and ethnic groups in the U.S., but that may be changing. Yet as rates of overweight and obesity rise, the risk appears to vary depending on the Asian country of origin, according to an article in Childhood Obesity. http://medicalxpress.com/news/2012-11-group-asian-american-children-highest-obesity.html Overweight and Obesity Thu, 29 Nov 2012 14:57:48 EST news273423455 Could the impact of chronic stress explain why American black girls are more likely to be overweight than white girls? According to Dr. Tomiyama of the University of California, Los Angeles in the U.S., and her colleagues, higher levels of stress over 10 years predict greater increases in body weight over time in both black and white girls. However, the experience of chronic stress appears to have a greater negative effect on black girls' weight, which may explain racial disparities in obesity levels. The work is published online in Springer's journal, Annals of Behavioral Medicine. http://medicalxpress.com/news/2012-09-weight-gain-stressed-black-girls.html Health Wed, 19 Sep 2012 12:06:21 EST news267275175 A new study finds that Americans living in rural areas are more likely to be obese than city dwellers. Published in the National Rural Health Association's Fall 2012 Journal of Rural Health, the study indicates that residential location may play an important role in the obesity epidemic. http://medicalxpress.com/news/2012-09-obesity-common-rural-residents-urban.html Overweight and Obesity Fri, 14 Sep 2012 01:00:02 EST news266778953 (HealthDay) -- In low- and middle-income developing countries, socioeconomic status (SES) plays an important role in the development of obesity, particularly in women, according to research published online July 5 in Obesity Reviews. http://medicalxpress.com/news/2012-07-obesity-linked-economic-status-countries.html Overweight and Obesity Wed, 18 Jul 2012 17:20:01 EST news261849911 A study suggests bariatric surgery to treat obesity was not associated with reduced health care expenditures three years after the procedure in a group of predominantly older men, according to a report in the July issue of Archives of Surgery. http://medicalxpress.com/news/2012-07-health-care-expenditures-bariatric-surgery.html Surgery Mon, 16 Jul 2012 16:00:17 EST news261673112 (HealthDay) -- People who shop at lower-cost supermarkets are more likely to be obese than those who shop at higher-priced stores, according to a new study. http://medicalxpress.com/news/2012-06-discount-supermarkets-tied-obesity.html Health Tue, 19 Jun 2012 19:20:02 EST news259348394 (HealthDay) -- Increased body mass index (BMI) correlates with non-specific foot pain in the general population, and with chronic plantar heel pain in a non-athletic population, according to a meta-analysis published online April 13 in Obesity Reviews. http://medicalxpress.com/news/2012-04-high-bmi-tied-non-specific-foot.html Health Mon, 23 Apr 2012 18:30:03 EST news254421262 (HealthDay) -- The prevalence of obesity, inadequate exercise, and poor diet among prisoners may put them at risk for non-communicable diseases (NCDS), according to a review published online April 20 in The Lancet. http://medicalxpress.com/news/2012-04-prisoners-non-communicable-diseases.html Health Fri, 20 Apr 2012 14:50:01 EST news254149908 Nearly 18 percent of U.S. school-aged children and adolescents are obese, as the rate of childhood obesity has more than tripled in the past 30 years. The prevalence of obesity puts children at greater risk of developing heart disease, type 2 diabetes, stroke and other illnesses, and of suffering severe obesity as adults. New study results indicate that where a child lives, including factors such as the neighborhood's walkability, proximity to higher quality parks, and access to healthy food, has an important effect on obesity rates. Researchers found that children living in neighborhoods with favorable neighborhood environment attributes had 59 percent lower odds of being obese. http://medicalxpress.com/news/2012-04-code-important-genetic-childhood-obesity.html Health Tue, 10 Apr 2012 16:43:10 EST news253294981 Calorie listings on fast-food chain restaurant menus might meet federal labeling requirements but don't do a good job of helping consumers trying to make healthy meal choices, a new Columbia University School of Nursing (CUSON) study reports. http://medicalxpress.com/news/2012-02-fast-food-menu-calorie-legally-compliant.html Health Thu, 23 Feb 2012 13:14:25 EST news249225255 We are getting fatter - no matter which way we look at it, a Deakin University analysis of two popular obesity testing methods has found. http://medicalxpress.com/news/2012-02-fatter.html Arthritis & Rheumatism Fri, 03 Feb 2012 07:03:06 EST news247474952 There has not been significant change in the prevalence of obesity in the U.S., with data from 2009-2010 indicating that about one in three adults and one in six children and teens are obese; however, there have been increases in certain demographics, according to two studies being published by JAMA. The studies are being released online first because of their public health importance. http://medicalxpress.com/news/2012-01-prevalence-obesity-high-years.html Health Tue, 17 Jan 2012 14:32:16 EST news246033126 Body Mass Index (BMI) appears to be associated with 30-day mortality risk following surgical procedures, and patients with a BMI of less than 23.1 appear to be at highest risk of death, according to a report published Online First by Archives of Surgery. http://medicalxpress.com/news/2011-11-body-mass-index-short-term-mortality.html Other Mon, 21 Nov 2011 16:00:14 EST news241102813