By Karla Gale
NEW YORK (Reuters Health) - Although technically more challenging, laparoscopic Roux-en-Y gastric bypass, a common type of stomach bypass operation, provides greater weight loss in severely obese patients than does placing a plastic band around the stomach to make it smaller, new research shows.
Stomach bypass is also more likely than banding to promote the resolution of diseases often seen in obese patients, such as high blood pressure and diabetes.
Although multiple trials have compared the two procedures, this is the first study to focus specifically on patients with a BMI greater than 50 -- with super morbid obesity -- Dr. George Ferzli and his associates report in their article, published in the Archives of Surgery.
BMI is a measure of body weight for height. Values between 20 and 25 are typically considered normal. Any value of 30 or greater is considered obese. read more
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Thursday, July 20, 2006
Wednesday, July 19, 2006
The war on obesity - Restaurants draw the battle lines
The battle lines are drawn.
At a time when 61 percent of Americans are considered overweight, CKE restaurants, which operates Hardee’s and Carl’s Jr.’s, has unveiled a jumbo-sized cheeseburger containing a whopping 1,420 calories and 107 grams of fat.
A little over the top, you say?
To put it in perspective, the half-pound dressed cheeseburger with French fries and ketchup eaten by millions at McDonald’s every day represents nearly as many calories at 1,345 – without the Coke.
However, patrons making the latter choice can draw a little consolation that they are consuming half of the fat-gram intake that makes up the Monster burger. read more
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At a time when 61 percent of Americans are considered overweight, CKE restaurants, which operates Hardee’s and Carl’s Jr.’s, has unveiled a jumbo-sized cheeseburger containing a whopping 1,420 calories and 107 grams of fat.
A little over the top, you say?
To put it in perspective, the half-pound dressed cheeseburger with French fries and ketchup eaten by millions at McDonald’s every day represents nearly as many calories at 1,345 – without the Coke.
However, patrons making the latter choice can draw a little consolation that they are consuming half of the fat-gram intake that makes up the Monster burger. read more
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Sunday, July 16, 2006
Scientists find obesity and asthma link
A surprise discovery by Australian researchers may finally explain why obese people are more likely to suffer from asthma.
Obesity and asthma are widely prevalent in Australia and rates of both conditions have risen rapidly over the past 20 years.
Scientists know that obese people have a three-fold increased risk of also being asthmatic, but exactly what the connection between the two is has long puzzled them.
Researchers at Sydney's Garvan Institute may have found a molecular answer to the mystery, discovering a protein which is active in people with both conditions. read more
-- article discovered by www.ihr-online.com
Obesity and asthma are widely prevalent in Australia and rates of both conditions have risen rapidly over the past 20 years.
Scientists know that obese people have a three-fold increased risk of also being asthmatic, but exactly what the connection between the two is has long puzzled them.
Researchers at Sydney's Garvan Institute may have found a molecular answer to the mystery, discovering a protein which is active in people with both conditions. read more
-- article discovered by www.ihr-online.com
Tuesday, July 11, 2006
Obesity Makes Labor Tougher on Women
Looking for yet another reason to stay svelte? Labor can be longer for obese pregnant women, a new Saint Louis University study finds.
The research, presented at the annual meeting of the American College of Obstetricians and Gynecologists in May, finds that it takes obese pregnant women who are given medication to induce labor longer to deliver their babies than women of normal body weight.
The obese women also needed more medication – a dinoprostone vaginal insert – to activate labor, and it took longer for the medicine to start working. The obese women also are more likely to have a cesarean deliver than a vaginal delivery. read more
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The research, presented at the annual meeting of the American College of Obstetricians and Gynecologists in May, finds that it takes obese pregnant women who are given medication to induce labor longer to deliver their babies than women of normal body weight.
The obese women also needed more medication – a dinoprostone vaginal insert – to activate labor, and it took longer for the medicine to start working. The obese women also are more likely to have a cesarean deliver than a vaginal delivery. read more
- If you are interested in Lap-Band surgery, please visit www.ihr-online.com
Monday, July 10, 2006
Soccer a weapon against obesity
CAPITALISING on World Cup fever, the Queensland Government yesterday announced it would inject funds into junior soccer as part of an initiative to attack obesity among children.
On the eve of the World Cup final between Italy and France, Premier Peter Beattie committed $500,000 to develop soccer at the grassroots level in Queensland, following a deal struck with Football Queensland and the Queensland Roar.
“Football is one of the few sports that can truly claim to be a world game and it appeals to a wide demographic — boys and girls, young and old, from many cultural backgrounds,” Mr Beattie said. read more
- article discovered by www.ihr-online.com
On the eve of the World Cup final between Italy and France, Premier Peter Beattie committed $500,000 to develop soccer at the grassroots level in Queensland, following a deal struck with Football Queensland and the Queensland Roar.
“Football is one of the few sports that can truly claim to be a world game and it appeals to a wide demographic — boys and girls, young and old, from many cultural backgrounds,” Mr Beattie said. read more
- article discovered by www.ihr-online.com
Friday, July 07, 2006
Death risk rises in women as obesity worsens
NEW YORK (Reuters Health) - Obesity is known to increase a person's risk of death and now, new findings from a study of more than 90,000 women indicate that the risk continues to increase as the severity of obesity worsens.
"It's not good enough to consider obesity alone," principal investigator Dr. Kathleen McTigue of the University of Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania, told Reuters Health. "You need to look at degree of obesity."
In a study published in the Journal of the American Medical Association, McTigue and colleagues evaluated the impact of body weight on death risk in 90,185 women enrolled in the Women's Health Initiative Observational Study. On average, the patients were followed for 7 years.
Body mass index (BMI), a measure of body weight for height, was used to classify the women as normal weight, overweight, or obese. Normal weight was defined as a BMI from 18.5 to 24.9 and overweight was a BMI from 25 to 29.9. The investigators defined three categories of obesity: obesity 1 (BMI of 30 to 34.9), obesity 2 (BMI 35 to 39.9) and extreme obesity (BMI 40 and higher). read more
- article discovered by www.ihr-online.com
"It's not good enough to consider obesity alone," principal investigator Dr. Kathleen McTigue of the University of Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania, told Reuters Health. "You need to look at degree of obesity."
In a study published in the Journal of the American Medical Association, McTigue and colleagues evaluated the impact of body weight on death risk in 90,185 women enrolled in the Women's Health Initiative Observational Study. On average, the patients were followed for 7 years.
Body mass index (BMI), a measure of body weight for height, was used to classify the women as normal weight, overweight, or obese. Normal weight was defined as a BMI from 18.5 to 24.9 and overweight was a BMI from 25 to 29.9. The investigators defined three categories of obesity: obesity 1 (BMI of 30 to 34.9), obesity 2 (BMI 35 to 39.9) and extreme obesity (BMI 40 and higher). read more
- article discovered by www.ihr-online.com
Banning Sugary Drinks a Start in Obesity Fight
No Magic Bullet – But Banning Sugary Drinks a Start in Fight Against Childhood Obesity
Agencies for Nutrition Action (ANA) is extremely disappointed that two health professionals have chosen to criticise the plan to ban sugar-laden soft drinks from schools to help control the obesity epidemic.
Associate Professor Wayne Cutfield and Dr Paul Hofman, diabetes physicians at Starship and Auckland University have publicly criticised the idea as “misguided and based on weak obesity evidence”. read more
-article discovered by www.ihr-online.com
Agencies for Nutrition Action (ANA) is extremely disappointed that two health professionals have chosen to criticise the plan to ban sugar-laden soft drinks from schools to help control the obesity epidemic.
Associate Professor Wayne Cutfield and Dr Paul Hofman, diabetes physicians at Starship and Auckland University have publicly criticised the idea as “misguided and based on weak obesity evidence”. read more
-article discovered by www.ihr-online.com
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