Weight Loss, Dieting & Obesity

Weight Loss & Obesity Research Blog - Archive #0075.

Bariatric surgery patients have fewer complications at high-volume hospitals

July 30, 2007 - EurekAlert / HealthGrades

Bariatric surgery patients had 64 percent fewer complications and a 26 percent shorter hospital stay if they went to a five-star rated hospital compared with a one-star rated hospital.

Obese patients get patchy weight-loss support from their local health surgery

July 30, 2007 - EurekAlert / Journal of Advanced Nursing

Most doctors' surgeries don't provide well-developed support programs for obese patients, and one in five primary care nurses feel awkward or embarrassed speaking to patients about their obesity.

Weight and pregnancy

July 26, 2007 - EurekAlert / BMJ

Gaining or losing weight in between pregnancies can have major health implications for an unborn baby, warn two senior obstetricians.

New NIH-supported study characterizes social networks of family, friends

July 25, 2007 - EurekAlert / The New England Journal of Medicine & Also Here

Obesity spreads within social networks, and the closer the social connection, the greater the influence on developing obesity.

Monell researchers find metabolic defect in liver that can lead to obesity

July 24, 2007 - EurekAlert / Metabolism

Researchers at the Monell Center have identified a genetically transmitted metabolic defect that can lead to obesity.

Diet and regular soft drinks linked to increase in risk factors for heart disease

July 23, 2007 - EurekAlert / Circulation: Journal of the American Heart Association

Drinking more than one soft drink daily, whether it is regular or diet, may be associated with an increase in the risk factors for heart disease.

Obese girls less likely to attend college

July 23, 2007 - EurekAlert / Sociology of Education

Obese girls are half as likely to attend college as non-obese girls.

Obesity found to be a risk factor for multiple myeloma

July 19, 2007 - EurekAlert / Cancer Epidemiology, Biomarkers & Prevention

An obese person is more likely than a lean person to develop multiple myeloma.

New role for protein in fat cells may improve understanding of obesity and diabetes

July 19, 2007 - EurekAlert / Journal of Biological Chemistry

Scientists have shown for the first time that a protein involved in the transfer of fat in the blood may also influence how fat cells store fat.

Links between food cravings, types of cravings and weight management

July 18, 2007 - EurekAlert / International Journal of Obesity

Researchers have found a commonality in food cravings among people. The types of foods people crave are individual, but in general, cravings are common and are for foods high in calories, not for foods specifically high in carbohydrates or fats.

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