http://medicineworld.org/news/weight-watch-news.html MedicineWorld.Org brings daily weight watch news from various sources to keep you updated on the latest events in the world on this topic. Medicineworld weight watch news service is the most comprehensive weight watch news service on the internet. We keep an archive of previous few days of news on this site. Please go down through the list to find the older news items. Mon, 18 Jul 2011 14:25:48 GMT en-us http://medicineworld.org/images/weight-watch.jpg http://medicineworld.org/news/weight-watch-news.html 109 87 http://medicineworld.org/stories/lead/7-2011/love-your-body-to-lose-weight.html http://medicineworld.org/stories/lead/7-2011/love-your-body-to-lose-weight.html Mon, 18 Jul 2011 14:25:48 GMT Almost a quarter of men and women in England and over a third of adults in America are obese. Obesity increases the risk of diabetes and heart disease and can significantly shorten a person's life expectancy. New research published by BioMed Central's open access journal International Journal of Behavioral Nutrition and Physical Activity shows that improving body image can enhance the effectiveness of weight loss programs based on diet and exercise........ ]]> http://medicineworld.org/stories/lead/6-2011/bariatric-surgery-among-older.html http://medicineworld.org/stories/lead/6-2011/bariatric-surgery-among-older.html Mon, 18 Jul 2011 14:25:48 GMT The use of bariatric surgery among older, severely obese patients was not linked to a decreased risk of death, as per a research studyin the June 15 issue of JAMA This study is being released early online to coincide with its presentation at the AcademyHealth Annual Research Meeting. "Obesity incidence has stabilized after decades of rapid increases, whereas the prevalence of patients with a body mass index [BMI] greater than 35 increased 39 percent between 2000 and 2005, the prevalence of severe obesity (BMI greater than 40) increased 50 percent, and the prevalence of superobesity (BMI greater than 50) increased 75 percent. Obesity is difficult to treat, and bariatric surgery is the most effective means to induce weight loss for the severely obese. Consequently, obesity surgery rates rapidly increased in tandem," as per background information in the article. "To date, no study to our knowledge has examined the long-term survival of high-risk patients who underwent bariatric surgery"........ ]]> http://medicineworld.org/stories/lead/4-2011/skip-the-coffee-study-says.html http://medicineworld.org/stories/lead/4-2011/skip-the-coffee-study-says.html Mon, 18 Jul 2011 14:25:48 GMT Eating a fatty fast food meal is never good for you, but washing that meal down with a coffee is even worse, as per a new University of Guelph study. Researcher Marie-Soleil Beaudoin has discovered not only that a healthy person's blood sugar levels spike after eating a high-fat meal, but that the spike doubles after having both a fatty meal and caffeinated coffee � jumping to levels similar to those of people who are at risk for diabetes........ ]]> http://medicineworld.org/stories/lead/3-2011/bariatric-surgery-for-type-2-diabetes.html http://medicineworld.org/stories/lead/3-2011/bariatric-surgery-for-type-2-diabetes.html Mon, 18 Jul 2011 14:25:48 GMT Bariatric surgery is an particularly cost-effective treatment for managing Type 2 diabetes in moderately and severely obese patients. These findings and others were presented today at the 2nd World Congress on Interventional Therapies for Type 2 Diabetes, hosted by NewYork-Presbyterian Hospital and Weill Cornell Medical College........ ]]> http://medicineworld.org/stories/lead/3-2011/consumption-of-omega-3s.html http://medicineworld.org/stories/lead/3-2011/consumption-of-omega-3s.html Mon, 18 Jul 2011 14:25:48 GMT A study of Yup'ik Eskimos in Alaska, who on average consume 20 times more omega-3 fats from fish than people in the lower 48 states, suggests that a high intake of these fats helps prevent obesity-related chronic diseases such as diabetes and heart disease. The study, led by scientists at Fred Hutchinson Cancer Research Center and conducted in collaboration with the Center for Alaska Native Health Research at the University of Alaska-Fairbanks, was published online March 23 in the European Journal of Clinical Nutrition....... ]]> http://medicineworld.org/stories/lead/3-2011/length-of-time-lived-with-obesity.html http://medicineworld.org/stories/lead/3-2011/length-of-time-lived-with-obesity.html Mon, 18 Jul 2011 14:25:48 GMT New research shows the number of years individuals live with obesity is directly linked to the risk of mortality, with individuals who live with obesity for more than 15 years tripling their risk. The research, undertaken by experts from Monash University and the University of Copenhagen, shows that the duration of obesity is a strong predictor of mortality - independent of the actual level of Body Mass Index (BMI)........ ]]> http://medicineworld.org/stories/lead/3-2011/low-birth-weight-and-obesity-later-in-life.html http://medicineworld.org/stories/lead/3-2011/low-birth-weight-and-obesity-later-in-life.html Mon, 18 Jul 2011 14:25:48 GMT Providing further understanding of the link between low birth weights and obesity during the later part of life, scientists found nutritionally deprived newborns are "programmed" to eat more because they develop less neurons in the region of the brain that controls food intake, as per an article published recently in the journal, Brain Research....... ]]> http://medicineworld.org/stories/lead/3-2011/online-nutrition-courses.html http://medicineworld.org/stories/lead/3-2011/online-nutrition-courses.html Mon, 18 Jul 2011 14:25:48 GMT Most of us have heard of Phoenix, no, not the mystical bird or the capital of Arizona, but the online university. As per the Babson Survey Research Group, enrollment in online courses is growing faster than overall higher education offerings due to various reasons like the economic downturn. With the increase in demand for online education, a study in the March/April 2011 issue of the Journal of Nutrition Education and Behavior explores nine online nutrition courses........ ]]> http://medicineworld.org/stories/lead/3-2011/weight-loss-surgery-successful-in-adolescents.html http://medicineworld.org/stories/lead/3-2011/weight-loss-surgery-successful-in-adolescents.html Mon, 18 Jul 2011 14:25:48 GMT Bariatric surgery refers to several different surgical procedures designed to assist weight loss by limiting the amount of food someone eats or the amount they absorb during digestion. It has been used for several years to treat obesity in adults. A newly released study reported in the journal Clinical Obesity reveals that bariatric surgery can result in significant weight loss in severely obese adolescents........ ]]> http://medicineworld.org/stories/lead/2-2011/obesity-and-knee-arthritis.html http://medicineworld.org/stories/lead/2-2011/obesity-and-knee-arthritis.html Mon, 18 Jul 2011 14:25:48 GMT More than 14 million visits were made to physicians' offices in 2008 by patients with knee problems. Five new studies presented at the 2011 Annual Meeting of the American Academy of Orthopaedic Surgeons (AAOS) look at the effect that obesity has on knee arthritis and a patient's ability to recover from knee surgery........ ]]> http://medicineworld.org/stories/lead/2-2011/losing-body-fat-before-pregnancy.html http://medicineworld.org/stories/lead/2-2011/losing-body-fat-before-pregnancy.html Mon, 18 Jul 2011 14:25:48 GMT Obesity among women of childbearing age is increasing worldwide. Because babies of obese mothers are themselves predisposed to obesity, society can reasonably expect the epidemic of obese and overweight people to continue through future generations. In the midst of this trend, UT Health Science Center San Antonio obstetrics scientists are studying the question: If mothers lose body fat before pregnancy, does it improve the lifelong health of their children? This could be one way to break the transgenerational cycle. A collaborative study between scientists with the Center for Pregnancy and Newborn Research at the Health Science Center and the National Institute of Nutrition in Mexico City showed that if obese mothers lose weight before pregnancy, it confers health benefits on their offspring........ ]]> http://medicineworld.org/stories/lead/2-2011/tonsillectomy-linked-to-excess-weight-gain.html http://medicineworld.org/stories/lead/2-2011/tonsillectomy-linked-to-excess-weight-gain.html Mon, 18 Jul 2011 14:25:48 GMT Alexandria, VA � Tonsillectomy is the most common major surgical procedure performed in children. Children who undergo the surgical removal of their tonsils (tonsillectomy), with or without the removal of their adenoids (adenoidectomy), are at increased risk for becoming overweight after surgery, as per new research reported in the February 2011 issue of Otolaryngology � Head and Neck Surgery....... ]]> http://medicineworld.org/stories/lead/1-2011/menu-labeling-didnt-change-behavior.html http://medicineworld.org/stories/lead/1-2011/menu-labeling-didnt-change-behavior.html Mon, 18 Jul 2011 14:25:48 GMT An effort in King County, Washington, to add nutrition facts labeling to fast food menus had no effect on consumer behavior in its first year. As part of a comprehensive effort to stem the rise in obesity, the county, which includes Seattle and environs, imposed a required menu labeling regulation on all restaurant chains with 15 or more locations beginning in January, 2009. Restaurants had to disclose calorie information at the point of purchase........ ]]> http://medicineworld.org/stories/lead/1-2011/alcoholism-and-risk-for-obesity.html http://medicineworld.org/stories/lead/1-2011/alcoholism-and-risk-for-obesity.html Mon, 18 Jul 2011 14:25:48 GMT Addiction scientists at Washington University School of Medicine in St. Louis have observed that a risk for alcoholism also may put individuals at risk for obesity. The scientists noted that the association between a family history of alcoholism and obesity risk has become more pronounced in recent years. Both men and women with such a family history were more likely to be obese in 2002 than members of that same high-risk group had been in 1992........ ]]> http://medicineworld.org/stories/lead/11-2010/belly-fat-puts-women-at-risk-for-osteoporosis.html http://medicineworld.org/stories/lead/11-2010/belly-fat-puts-women-at-risk-for-osteoporosis.html Mon, 18 Jul 2011 14:25:48 GMT For years, it was believed that obese women were at lower risk for developing osteoporosis, and that excess body fat actually protected against bone loss. However, a study presented today at the annual meeting of the Radiological Society of North America (RSNA) observed that having too much internal abdominal fat may, in fact, have a damaging effect on bone health........ ]]>