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Weight Loss & Obesity Research Blog - Archive #0048.The Cytokine diet: The next fad in weight loss?June 21, 2006 - EurekAlert / International Congress of Neuroendocrinology Might we be able to turn our immune system against another kind of foe besides infections and viruses? How about fat? 'Food insecure' Appalachians more likely to be obese, diabeticJune 19, 2006 - Preventing Chronic Disease Members of rural Appalachian households who lack access to food or experience hunger are more likely to be obese and have diabetes Are our cities making us fat?Fitness experts call for new urban design to fight America's obesity problem Proposed changes to obesity guidelines may harm children in the USJune 15, 2006 - EurekAlert / British Medical Journal New guidelines on obesity in the US may end up harming children. An accompanying article questions the financial links between the organisation promoting these proposals and the pharmaceutical industry. If implemented, the proposals would see many more children classified as overweight or obese - and thus eligible for treatment with obesity drugs. A link between obesity and memory?June 13, 2006 - EurekAlert / Peptides Low levels of leptin also could be related to cognitive programs in disorders like type 2 diabetes Vitamin A deficiency linked to major intestinal surgeryJune 12, 2006 - EurekAlert / British Journal of Ophthalmology Major intestinal surgery, including stomach reduction for obesity, may boost the chances of subsequent vitamin A deficiency Politics weighs in: Obesity dominates in the former Soviet blocJune 6, 2006 - EurekAlert / European Journal of Public Health Western European countries have a lower obesity rate than Central and Eastern European countries that comprised the former Soviet bloc Is being overweight all in the brain?June 5, 2006 - EurekAlert / Society of Nuclear Medicine's 53rd Annual Meeting By using positron emission tomography (PET) to study the brain's neuroreceptors in relation to obesity, scientists may be getting closer to determining important information about the neurobiological mechanisms involved Study of obesity in prostate cancer screening uncovers new predictor of disease for overweight menJune 4, 2006 - EurekAlert / American Society of Clinical Oncology Recent studies suggest that testing blood for prostate specific antigen (PSA) alone does not produce an ideal predictor of prostate cancer, and emerging data suggest this is especially true for obese men. Overweight and obesity enlarges teenagers' heartsJune 2, 2006 - EurekAlert / Journal of the American College of Cardiology The effects of excess weight on heart health can be seen even in adolescents, with abnormal enlargement and impaired pumping function evident in subjects by age 20. |
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