obesity

Researcher Frank Biro said rising rates of obesity could be a major reason why girls seem to be developing faster.

What was encouraging was that we saw some decline in obesity, (but) we saw an increase in the racial disparities.

Exactly what that factor is -- from increased childhood obesity to competitive training -- sparked a bit of debate among pediatricians.

The association made the warning on the eve of an obesity-testing operation it was to carry out in 83 French towns and villages.

The presence of hepatic fibrosis seems to be associated with known host and viral factors as well as the presence of abdominal obesity.

Obesity as a signal of unhealthy lifestyles cannot be masked, just as the high costs of care cannot be masked.

Tang-Peronard says that it is impossible, now, to tease out how much of obesity is caused by chemicals, and how much by energy balance.

It was that information the NEJM authors mined to explore obesity in the context of a social network.

"But, as the amount of sleep became shorter and the regularity of sleep became less organized, the risk for obesity increased, " he said.

In 2010, we still rank as the world's fattest developed nation, with an obesity rate more than double that of many European nations.

Obesity is a complex disorder with a diverse range of causal factors, which makes it a complex and challenging disorder to tackle.

David Haslam, chairman of the National Obesity Forum, said: 'There is no doubt modern lifestyles are fuelling the epidemic.

Obesity seems to be a main culprit; the authors found a high correlation between rising rates of diabetes and a rise in body mass index.

For people trying to solve the national obesity epidemic, or just to lose a few pounds, exercise is more fun than dieting.

Just as you cannot hide obesity, you cannot hide the huge costs of these diseases to economies and societies.

So those seem like two bifurcated problems, but I kind of started to think about, you know, what is obesity and hunger.

He said that even Dolly, the famous sheep that was the first mammal to be cloned, suffered from obesity and brain abnormalities.

That continued to be so when the other variables, from beauty to race to obesity, were controlled for statistically.

Hoping to understand obesity, brain researchers continued to hunt for molecules that, like leptin, control food intake.

She said a "troubled" relationship with food caused mass obesity in the general population and made young girls consider going on diets.

Having outlined all his research, Ong points out, in an equally cautious tone, that it could also be that early puberty triggers obesity.

This seems to put obesity into the realm of a disability, which is a whole other topic of discussion!

"We suspect that these estimates will be just as high, " she said at a WHO-sponsored conference on obesity in Istanbul.

And in America, a lot of what we eat has led to obesity and has led to a real change in sort of what our diet is in the last 30 years.

The association between sleep deprivation and obesity seems to be strongest in young-adults.

And, he added, when the same sort of effects show up in the spread of obesity as in the decline of smoking, that should be a signal.

And mice bred without MCH remain lean - and fertile - which has made it a popular candidate for anti-obesity drugs as well.

We've brought together the best and most up-to-date research about obesity to see what treatments work.

One of the most startling findings of the study shows a strong correlation between obesity and the length of your commute.

Red wine appears to protect the heart and prolong life. Now a new study suggests it may also be a weapon against obesity .

However, muscle wasting in RA is "usually accompanied by a concomitant increase in body fat , the so-called 'cachetic obesity. "

Shiva belongs to a colony of monkeys who have been fattened up to help scientists study the twin human epidemics of obesity and diabetes.

And yet if it really were easy, obesity would not be the nation's number-one lifestyle-related health concern.

Type 2 diabetes is often associated with obesity, although several inheritable genes have also been linked to the condition.

Just yesterday, Sanofi-Aventis said it was abandoning its drug Acomplia, which had been approved in Europe to treat obesity.

Expert said, the rate of sleepless in West Virginia is twice higher than other states, for the sake of obesity and other healthy problems.

He said that there was no evidence yet that trying to slow down mealtimes for children would have an impact on future obesity rates.

Their vulnerability to obesity is much more the result of societal inequalities than of any character flaw.

She said these will help fight childhood obesity "one child, one family and one community at a time. "

In the U. S. , health advocates who say Coca-Cola contributes to an epidemic of obesity have put the company on the defensive.

Morgan Spurlock, said the reasons for the increase in obesity worldwide, is one of the U. S. fast-food culture output.

Yet, new research finds that this group has rates of obesity and physical inactivity similar to those of the general population.

A spokesperson said: "Prevention is always better than cure and our public health campaigns on drinking and obesity reflects this. "

Its prominence also made it a frequent subject of public debates about obesity, corporate ethics and consumer responsibility.

All the children were similar in height, weight and body mass index (BMI; a ratio of height to weight used to measure obesity).

This extra fatis especially concerning considering the childhood obesity epidemic we arecurrently trying to deal with.

The British govt has decided to wipe out the obesity epidemic through a novel strategy - by offering fat people cash incentives.

Both investigators say their research shows that obesity is not just a private medical issue, but a public health problem.

Austrian crematorium officials have blamed a deceased woman's obesity for causing a blaze which had to be tackled by firefighters.

"If it works in humans, it could treat obesity, " he said, while touting the safety and effectiveness of the two drugs.

Among children, too, there was no change in obesity rates except among the very heaviest boys, whose numbers increased slightly.

The goal is to be able to understand this system well enough to manipulate it so obesity and diabetes can be avoided.

Obesity rates in China have surged over the years, leading some to think China is starting to look a lot more like the U. S these days.

e. g. There are so many couch potatoes and of course over big issue with obesity which is going to come forward over the next few years.

Kathleen Sebelius, the health secretary, says that "fighting obesity is at the heart" of health reform.

"We don't fully know the causes of the obesity epidemic that the U. S. is experiencing, " he said in a press release.

"Obesity is something airlines are taking very seriously, primarily because higher passenger loads affect their fuel consumption, " he said.

No one will raise moral psychology of the question of obesity, for fear of sounding uncompassionate and reactionary.

Bottle-feeding small babies with extra nutrition formula can set them up for a life of heart disease and obesity, a new study suggests.

Roberto's health was also affected by his obesity. The doctor found that his life was under threat of heart attack due to being overweight.

The body mass index (BMI), calculated with an equation that incorporates height and weight, is a simple metric for assessing obesity.

But there was one recent study that implied that one of her DNA sequences might signify a slightly higher risk of obesity.

Ligibel agreed, noting that exercise might be valuable enough to counteract the strain on the body caused by obesity.

Call it an anti-obesity program or a way of spending quality time as a kid, I'm sure it would be a great idea.

Another, 2002 study of 499 adults found a four-fold increased risk of obesity for those who reported skipping breakfast 25% of the time.

Moreover, in subjects with severe obesity, the heart was unable to relax and contract normally.

Obesity can be defined as an abnormal accumulation of fat in the stores of adipose tissue throughout the body.

The issue of obesity seems to run into the same wall of tradition, health experts here said.

If such a strategy can be developed for use in people, the scientists say, it could open a novel approach to treating obesity and diabetes.

The team from Monash University, Australia, said the findings provide a critical link in addressing the obesity epidemic.

Researchers at Yale University said the fIndIngs highlight the difficulty In tacklIng the stigma around obesity.

"One obvious experiment is to see what happens when temperatures in obesity-prone populations are lowered, " said Eckel.

Obesity satisfies the definition of morbid obesity when it reaches the point of significant risk for obesity-related comorbidities.

Researcher Professor Nada Abumrad said the finding could help treat obesity by finding a way to increase sensitivity to it.

Bottle-feeding small babies can set them up for a life of heart disease and obesity, according to a new study.

The findings found women had a 63 percent increased risk of obesity, while men did not in the first year of marriage.

In terms of obesity rate, the U. S. population is not far off from the overweight population model in this study.

Obesity is becoming a real public health challenge in transitioning countries, as it already is in high-income nations.

Cereal, however, appears mainly to prime the body to break down only carbohydrates, the International Journal of Obesity reports.

And suddenly it had become trendy to speak about the "obesity epidemic. "

By contrast, the positive association between IL-6 and diabetes appeared to be independent of obesity and insulin resistance.

The other sort of diabetes, Type 1, is not linked to obesity and usually develops in childhood or adolescence.

Psychologically and physically, obesity is an issue that can be resolved with a simple increase in activity and awareness.

That's one point on which traditional obesity researchers and environmental scientists agree: Eat plenty of fresh, organic vegetables.

However, in the long term, increasing the amount of exercise is not the root method to combat obesity.

These results overturn conventional wisdom, at least in the medical specialty that concerns itself with obesity and related diseases.

That finding, by researchers and brothers Brian and Craig Wansink, is dished up in the International Journal of Obesity.

Studies show that obesity, in addition to its other health risks, may also make people more susceptible to infections like the flu.

FTO will not be the only gene that influences obesity, and inheriting a particular variant will not necessarily make anyone fat.

For kids who got breast milk, there was no difference in obesity tied to when solid foods were introduced.

And with child obesity becoming an epidemic, they decided to make Cookie Monster a healthier role model.

Perhaps as a result of this increase in exercise, adults and kids with pets also tend to have lower rates of obesity.

There was no increase in the prevalence of obesity in black boys, except in the severely obese category, which peaked in 2007.

He's planning on becoming a dietician, a job that he did for a week whilst in Mississippi - a state that suffers from widespread obesity.

Excess weight, obesity in particular, has been shown to affect the heart's elasticity as well.

Obesity and stress are likely factors for the giant land mammals' early demise in captivity, she said.

Obesity-related diseases account for nearly 10 percent of medical spending in the United States or an estimated $147 billion a year.

It has been responsibly estimated that obesity and overweight add $150 billion a year to the nation's medical bill.

For three of the four BMI cut points, the prevalence of obesity continued to increase through 2008 for black and American Indian girls.

Real 'learning' would have resulted in a large-scale positive change in behavior, and of course, decline in obesity levels.

Obesity treatment demands combined measures, in which drug is a significant therapeutic tool of the total.

Obesity or excessive weight can be a strong contributing factor in cruciate rupture.

Britain is in the grip of an obesity epidemic, with just 35% of men and 24% of women taking regular exercise.

Over the centuries cardamom has been used as a tooth cleaner, a perfume and even as a cure to obesity.

She expects to talk about fighting obesity when she travels with President Obama overseas, she said.

Heads of industry would probably argue that they are not trying to create an obesity epidemic.

The team from Mon. ash University, Aus. tralia, said the findings provide a critical link . in addressing the obesity epidemic. . .

Although obesity and eating-disorders research tend to be separate fields, the two are now converging in an intriguing manner.

A high risk exists as well for obesity drugs to be misused by people seeking inappropriately low body weights for nonmedical reasons.

Age and obesity had made her inapt for love, but she took a keen interest in the amatory affairs of the young.

A more efficient anti-obesity tax, in principle, but utterly infeasible politically, would be a head tax measured by weight.

Obesity is increasing throughout the world and is now recognized as a major global public health concern.

And a plateau in the obesity rate would make some kind of reform a bit less expensive.

"Obesity in the United States is a major problem, " he said.

Human diet is the most likely to commit the fault of excessive eating, excessive eating is one of the reasons leading to obesity.

I'm not in the least suggesting that it will cure world wide obesity, but it's something that could make a difference.

It also significantly increases your risk of obesity, high cholesterol, hypertension, heart disease and a number of other killer ailments.

While widespread obesity is a modern invention, bad breath is not. The phenomenon goes back thousands of years.

Outside experts are intrigued but worry about people blaming all obesity on viruses, when this may be just one of many causes.

"A roughly similar number of people suffer from obesity as those from malnutrition, " he said.

Obesity is one manifestation of a group of symptoms known as metabolic syndrome.

A previous study of American pensioners found that obesity ages the brain by up to 16 years.

But for women, too much weight tacks on an additional danger: Studies have linked obesity and breast cancer in a variety of ways.

Dr. Aaron also rejects any parallels drawn between the "sin tax" placed on alcohol and cigarettes and a "fat tax" levied to fight obesity.

The researchers found that men with a body mass index, or BMI, indicating obesity, had a higher blood volume and lower PSA concentrations.

Greece, the heart of the "Mediterranean eating plan" , has an explosion in childhood obesity.

Still, one thing is clear from the research: Western determinants of and solutions for obesity might not always apply to China.

The increase in obesity cannot be entirely explained by changes in diet, physical activity, television watching, and food advertisement.

BMI is one of the most widely used measurements for obesity. The BMI approximates body mass using a mathematical ratio of weight and height.

As an adipocytokine, resistin was initially thought to be a link between obesity and insulin resistance, type 2 diabetes mellitus.

But Obesity Society chief Dr Tim Gill believes obese people should not be singled out for penalties.

The lack of correlation of lymphoid tissue size with obesity suggests that this hypertrophy is caused by other mechanisms.

Growing rates of obesity are the tell-tale signal that the root causes of these diseases are not being addressed.

Second, in many developing nations, obesity and diabetes is still seen as an epidemic that mainly affects the rich.

When most of the population is malnourished, politicians do not see a need to introduce new legislation for obesity and diabetes.

"We can say that 50 percent of the burden of obesity can be contributed by having no leisure time physical activity, " she said.

The female were bound to be led to obesity under pressure of life.

The American Medical Association has said it's "unlikely that HFCS contributes more to obesity or other conditions than sucrose. "

Since the World Health Organization labeled obesity an "epidemic" in 2000, reports on its fearful consequences have come thick and fast.

International Diabetes: Since obesity seems to vary among different ethnic-groups, do you think that ethnicity is a factor in obesity?

More obesity will lead to more diabetes -- and a growing insurance crisis: it's a time-bomb waiting to go off.

This is the first day in a week-long Washington Post series on childhood obesity, exploring its causes, its impact and possible remedies.

However, how obesity affects people with established heart disease has been unclear because previous studies have had contradictory results.

Obesity and television were directly linked, according to the study, but there was no connection at all with computers.

Bray is chief of the Clinical Obesity Center at Louisiana State University and a spokesman for the Endocrine Society.

The article went on to note that incorporating exercise training into obesity treatment had led to "inconsistent" results.

Insulin resistance is also an important correlate of BMI and is perceived as a more accurate marker of the metabolic effect of obesity.

Critics charge the cereal companies are irresponsible , preying on kids at a time when childhood obesity is a growing crisis.

All the reformers recognize that cafeteria chicken fingers and grilled cheese sandwiches are not the sole culprits behind childhood obesity.

Therefore, early detection of hypertension should focus on family history or obesity in adolescents and the elderly over the age of 40.

Obesity is a significant public health problem in most developed countries and carries with it substantial morbidity and mortality.

This is of great concern especially since obesity is now recognized as a major, independent risk factor for heart disease.

Obesity in that country has reached epidemic proportions mainly due to a lack of health programmes and guidelines for the citizens.

Tooth decay was the longtime threat; more recently, the global spread of obesity has prompted fears of the "empty calories" in candy.

That means the sons of men who smoke in prepuberty will be at higher risk for obesity and other health problems well into adulthood.

Objective: Our objective was to test whether adipocyte size better predicts metabolic characteristics of obesity than body composition.

At least five federal agencies have put forward some kind of national strategy on obesity.

On the face of it, the obesity epidemic in rich countries presents exactly the opposite problem.

The discoveries will be important for the global fight against obesity, one of the greatest public health problems of the 21st century.

Obesity has become a worldwide epidemic: it is associated with increased rate of infertility and with many pregnancy complications.

Not only were the stressed mice much fatter, they began to exhibit the metabolic and cardiovascular consequences of obesity, Kuo said.

But their starch is quickly converted by the body into blood sugar, called glucose, and raises the risk of diabetes and obesity.

Lest you think I'm advocating the acceptance of obesity, I'm not.

Hormones alone aren't the sole cause of obesity but they might be a factor that links obesity to diabetes.

"There's no question in my mind that it is largely dietary and directly related to the childhood obesity epidemic, " he said.

High ACE scorers who do not overeat, smoke or take drugs still have high rates of obesity, heart disease, depression and diabetes.

Network interventions might be effective against obesity too, says economist Scott Carrell of UC Davis.

Designed to get America's young people in motion, it is one of a number of efforts to attack the nation's obesity epidemic.

The U. S. is depicted as a fraying empire of obesity, ignorance, debt, gridlock, stagnation, and mindless war.

Obesity is also a state of sympathetic activation, which may contribute to increase in headache frequency.

Consuming animal protein at the current rate has sent obesity, cancer rates and heart disease through the roof over the last 50 years.

French children are catching up to their US counterparts in the obesity stakes , a group of French paediatricians said .

Therefore, dietary factors, the main result of fat rather than sugar human obesity.

The growing prevalence of obesity throughout many populations is not an indicator of a failure of individual will power.

The study, however, did not look directly at the possible link between food and beverage advertising to kids and childhood obesity.

Obesity does not occur evenly across all socioeconomic strata in the U. S. ; it is far more prevalent in middle to lower income groups.

Poor diet, lack of exercise, obesity, and a smoking habit are commonly cited as the big factors.

'If new medicines can be designed that limit neuron injury during overeating, they may be effective in combating the obesity epidemic. '

Of course, how the obesity epidemic will eventually play out no one really knows--the population's weight changes happen slowly.

When it comes to a potentially new treatment for obesity, what better strategy than to utilize something we already have in abundance?

The authors said their study suggests that the availability of fast food isn't the only driver of obesity in poor groups.

Obesity is epidemic in the U. S. , and the average clothing size is expanding as well.

As obesity rates increase around the country, fire departments and emergency medical workers are responding similarly.

With the rise of obesity in the U. S. , many drug makers have long sought a pill that could suppress appetite and be marketed to the masses.

This Tuesday, government researchers reported that obesity is close to overtaking smoking as the number one cause of death in the US.

Posner considers in most detail the issue of growing obesity that continues a discussion we have had in this blog and elsewhere.

But the bottom line, according to most obesity experts, is to set realistic goals.

Obesity, with an increasing prevalence, has become one of the most common metabolic diseases.

But over the last few years researchers have noticed that obesity in middle age is linked with cognitive problems in the aged.

To describe existing federal policies and regulatory approaches on obesity as a patchwork is an insult to quilts everywhere.

Speaking via Skype, Lubetkin pointed to a clear link between the lack of exercise and the bad health consequences of obesity.

Christakis agreed. When overweight or obesity becomes normal in a given social circle, people may be more likely to become obese themselves.

Simple obesity is a dangerous factor in diabetes, hyperlipidemia, cerebrovascular and other diseases, which are harmful to the body.

Since 1980 the obesity rate in the United States has doubled; two-thirds of the population is now overweight.

"Obesity is the biggest health problem we face this century, " said Hawkey, president of the British Society of Gastroenterology.

The health impacts of obesity have been widely studied. It has been found that mortality increases with the degree of obesity.

When it comes to obesity we have to do more to help people reduce their intake of food.

There is a strong link in obesity between mothers and daughters and fathers and sons, but not across the gender divide, research suggests.

Obesity has not been recognized as a risk factor in either past pandemics or seasonal influenza.

The authors suggest that there may be a connection between rising obesity and changing modes of payment.

Conclusion Overweight and obesity had become prevalent in Shanxi province's adults, and obesity might continue to increase in future.

Van Cauter is exploring the idea that insufficient sleep may be partly behind the obesity epidemic in the United States.

Study leader Dr Sarah Anderson said: 'The routines were protective even among groups that typically have a high risk for obesity.

Obesity results from excessive accumulation of fat that exceeds the body skeletal and physical standards.

The papers were released early to coincide with presentations slated to be made Saturday at the Obesity Society annual meeting in San Diego.

By his calculation, for instance, obesity is contagious. So is loneliness.

Convince one of them you can disprove the general belief that the obesity trend is related to our business.

For men, there was a small rise in obesity over the same period, but no change in the past three years.

Childhood obesity is not just personal diet and physical health problems, but a cultural lag phenomenon.

Instituting incentives for improved behaviors can certainly be helpful, but in the case of obesity the causes and cures are too diffuse.

No doubt the government will also promote sports as a remedy for and preventive of obesity.

Eat breakfast. It may seem counterintuitive, but experts believe that skipping breakfast actually encourages obesity.

Obesity is a well-documented problem in the U. S. , but blood pressure receives relatively little attention, Murray noted.

The symptom of metabolic syndrome that appears first is usually obesity, so this is generally regarded as the underlying cause.

Obesity was most common among the long term home makers (38%) and least common among women who had fulfilled all three roles (23%).

It fights obesity, diabetes, and heart disease all day.

Child obesity and hormone-laden chemicals that have got into the food or water cycle have been blamed for this.

The gene could be a target for a range of human therapies, including vaccines and anti-virals, to treat obesity, said Pasarica.

Conclusions Some of over weight and obesity subjects only have insulin resistance and have no metabolism syndrome.

Public health researchers say it is largely the result of the increases obesity, smoking and high blood pressure.

This type 2 form is due to the high-fat Western diet and resulting obesity, and occurs at least nine times more frequently than type 1.

Fast food meals and TV time shouldn't take all the blame for the U. S. obesity problem, according to a research review published Tuesday.

Obesity is characterized by an increase in adipocyte number and size.

With an "obesity epidemic" raging throughout many parts of the world, the demand for weight-loss surgery is higher than ever before.

And a genetic predisposition to obesity can be counteracted by exercise.

This change has been thought to be due to lifestyle changes, the rise in overweight and obesity, and exposure to toxins and pollutants.

Clinical and biochemical evaluations of spirulina with regard to its application in the treatment of obesity.

Though the USDA's goals seems wholesome enough, few believe the guide has made much of a dent in the country's burgeoning obesity epidemic.

My esteemed colleague Becker has argued, however, that American obesity is not excessive in an economic sense.

The survey found that adult obesity rates rose for a second straight year in 16 states and a third consecutive year in 11 states.

She suspects there may be a link between humans' increased exposure to light at night and the increase in rates of obesity nationwide.

After decades of skyrocketing growth in obesity, some experts have suggested that the rate may be leveling off.

Earlier studies by the two researchers described the effects of social networks on obesity and efforts to stop smoking.

In the United States, about 11 percent of adults have diabetes. Most have type 2 diabetes, the kind closely linked to obesity.

Smoking and obesity are the top two causes of preventable death in the United States.

However, so far, geneticists have found only rare gene mutations that contribute to isolated cases of obesity.

That's a big change from how he felt a year ago, shortly after his book was released, when we first spoke about obesity.

Excess dietary protein is not a risk-free indulgence; it has been linked to obesity, kidney disease and osteoporosis.

Obesity and heart disease are two of many problems associated with a sedentary lifestyle.

Genes determine obesity , blood pressure. Out of the 30 billion possibilities, one might contain the potential for human flight.

Some preliminary studies suggest that obesity, and especially extreme obesity, may be a risk factor for more severe disease.

He also hopes to monitor these children long-term to determine whether they have higher rates of obesity or diabetes down the road.

But the conclusion that obesity may be a factor in some swine flu deaths opens up a new line of investigation for epidemiologists.

By two thousand eight, the rate of obesity among women was almost fourteen percent.

Past studies have linked obesity with a dampened libido and increased risk of erectile dysfunction, the researchers note.

In addition neuropeptides in the brain governing sleep and obesity appear to overlap, he said.

Suddenly a bicycle seems like the remedy for many modern ills, from petrol prices to pollution and obesity.

Last month, the members of the White House Task Force on Childhood Obesity presented its action plan.

With over 66% of the adult population overweight, obesity continues to be a long-standing health issue for Plymouth.

The alarming increase in the prevalence of obesity in the United States is associated with many chronic health problems.