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Overweight & Obesity

Obesity rates keep rising for U.S. adults

Obesity rates have continued to climb significantly among American adults, but the same hasn't held true for children, a new government report finds.

Mar 23, 2018

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Overweight & Obesity

Researchers reveal childhood predictors of becoming overweight or obese

Childhood predictors of becoming overweight or obese as adults in New Zealand include being male, born into a single-parent family, having parents with larger body size, and limited or no breastfeeding, new University of ...

Mar 23, 2018

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Surgery

Few young patients with severe obesity undergo weight loss surgery

Among U.S. teenagers and young adults with severe obesity, a new study finds that only a small percentage undergo weight loss surgery, even though it is broadly considered the most effective long-term weight loss therapy. ...

Mar 19, 2018

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Diabetes

Study identifies shortcomings when young patients with type 2 diabetes transition from pediatric to adult care

Youth-onset type 2 diabetes is increasing globally as a result of pediatric obesity. A new study in Diabetic Medicine shows that young adults with type 2 diabetes have substantially worse blood sugar control and loss to follow-up ...

Mar 12, 2018

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Overweight & Obesity

USPSTF urges multicomponent behavioral interventions for obesity

(HealthDay)—The U.S Preventive Services Task Force (USPSTF) recommends that clinicians provide adults with a body mass index of 30 kg/m² or higher to intensive, multicomponent behavioral interventions. These findings form ...

Feb 21, 2018

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Cardiology

Some racial/ethnic groups have greater chance of developing high blood pressure

People who are African-American, American Indian/native Alaskan, Asian, or native Hawaiian and other Pacific Islanders have a significantly greater chance of developing hypertension than people who are white or Hispanic who ...

Feb 12, 2018

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Overweight & Obesity

Obesity drives US health care costs up by 29 percent, varies by state

The prevalence of obesity has risen dramatically in the U.S., but there has been little information about the economic impact of this trend for individual states.

Feb 7, 2018

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Overweight & Obesity

Aged garlic extract may help obese adults combat inflammation, study suggests

Aged garlic extract may help obese people ward off painful inflammation and lower cholesterol levels, a new University of Florida study shows.

Jan 18, 2018

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Cardiology

Intensive lifestyle intervention linked to cerebral blood flow

(HealthDay)—A long-term intensive lifestyle intervention (ILI) in overweight and obese adults with type 2 diabetes mellitus is associated with greater cerebral blood flow (CBF), according to a study published recently in ...

Dec 27, 2017

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