Temple to study how to help students lose weight
May 19th, 2010 by Kristina KellyIt is not news that students live busy and sometimes unhealthy lifestyles. Having an irregular pattern of eating, drinking, sleeping, stress, and studying can make it difficult to stay healthy in college. Nicole Patience, a clinical dietitian at Temple Student Health Services, believes that there are not many weight loss plans designed for college students [...]
Fat Behaves Differently in Patients With Polycistic Ovary Syndrome
May 19th, 2010 by Kristina KellyRicardo Azziz, M.D.,M.P.H., director of the Center for Androgen-Related Research and Discovery at the Cedars-Sinai Medical Center, and principal investigator on a recent study, found that fat tissue acts very differently in women with PCOS than in other women. He argued that discoveries as such might help to better understand the causes underlying the disorder, [...]
Obesity — Mild or Severe — Raises Kidney Stone Risk
May 19th, 2010 by Kristina KellyDr. Brian R. Matlaga, assistant professor of urology at the Johns Hopkins University School of Medicine and director of stone diseases and ambulatory care at Hopkins’ James Buchanan Brady Urological Institute, was the lead author of a study that explored the effects of excess weight in relation to kidney stone development, and was published in the [...]
Overweight Middle-Aged Adults at Greater Risk for Cognitive Decline in Later Life
May 19th, 2010 by Kristina KellyThe Journal of Gerontology: Medical Sciences Editor Luigi Ferrucci, MD, PhD, of the National Institute on Aging, published a set of ten articles examining the consequences and causes of obesity in older populations. He argued that the risk of obesity is not only limited to physical detriments but also can impair neurological functioning too. A study [...]
Airlines grapple with overweight passengers
May 19th, 2010 by Kristina KellyThe weight issue has been a delicate one for airlines trying to respond to concerns from both large passengers and those feeling crushed while sitting next to them. Film director Kevin Smith was recently kicked off a flight because of his size. He focused his anger on Southwest, but the incident put the spotlight on [...]
More than 20 percent of U.S. teens have abnormal cholesterol
April 22nd, 2010 by Kristina KellyIn a study, published in the CDC’s Morbidity and Mortality Weekly Report, researchers analyzed data collected from 3,125 youths by the National Health and Nutrition Examination Survey, which is conducted every two years to gather a variety of health information. Ashleigh May, an epidemic intelligence service officer in the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention [...]
Pregnant Women Who Are Overweight Put Their Infants at Risk, Study Finds
April 22nd, 2010 by Kristina KellyMerrie Rebecca Walters, RN, and Julie Smith Taylor, PhD, RNC, WHNP-BC, reviewed the potential consequences of maternal obesity in a study that was published in the journal Nursing for Women’s Health. A relationship was investigated between obesity in pregnant women and the risk for childhood and adult obesity in infants of these mothers. ScienceDaily (Jan. [...]
Dieting vs. newer approaches to losing weight
April 22nd, 2010 by Kristina KellyDieting? Lifestyle changes? Cutting calories? What to do when trying to lose weight. Well there is not one simple answer it turns out. Bonnie Taub-Dix, a registered dietitian and spokeswoman for the American Dietetic Association, argues for an “introspective approach.” In a country where two thirds of the population is overweight, it is crucial to understand [...]
Premature Death Could Await Obese Kids
April 22nd, 2010 by Kristina KellyLead researcher of a study published in the New England Journal of Medicine, Paul William Franks, an associate professor of experimental medicine and head of the genetic epidemiology and clinical research group at Umea University Hospital in Umea, and his team investigated the effects of early prevention and childhood obesity. In their analysis, the researchers [...]
Overweight kids will lead to fat bills for all of us
April 22nd, 2010 by Kristina KellyAccording to the American Academy of Child & Adolescent Psychology, more than 300,000 people die annually from “unhealthy weight gain due to poor diet and lack of exercise.” That rising number of obese individuals leads to increased spending to the tune of $100 billion a year in medical care. BY JAMES H. BURNETT III JBURNETT@MIAMIHERALD.COM [...]