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Weight Loss & Obesity Research Blog - #Archive #0084.Scientists find high-fat diet disrupts body clockNovember 6, 2007 - EurekAlert / Cell Metabolism For the first time, a Northwestern University and Evanston Northwestern Healthcare study has shown that overeating alters the core mechanism of the body clock. Low dose of serotonin-acting chemical improves blood sugar toleranceNovember 6, 2007 - EurekAlert / Cell Metabolism An appetite-suppressing chemical also improves glucose tolerance and lowers insulin levels in obese and diabetic mice. Risk of disability increasing among older obese individualsNovember 6, 2007 - EurekAlert / JAMA The older obese population in the U.S. appear to be experiencing more impairments in functional abilities related to movement, although there have been improvements in the cardiovascular health of this population. Researchers chart the genetic mechanisms behind the genesis of fat cellsNovember 6, 2007 - EurekAlert / AACR Centennial Conference on Translational Cancer Medicine. Obesity is a well known risk factor for prostate, breast and colon cancer, but recent studies have shown that a protein responsible for generating fat cells also plays an important role in cancer. Study examines association between weight amount and cause of deathNovember 6, 2007 - EurekAlert / JAMA Obesity is associated with a significantly increased mortality from cardiovascular disease (CVD), diabetes and kidney disease, but with reduced mortality from other non-cancer non-CVD causes of death. Penn researchers find increase in disability among older, obese adultsNovember 6, 2007 - EurekAlert / JAMA First-ever study links obesity to changing disability rates among older Americans. Overweight and obesity cause 6,000 cancers a year in UK womenNovember 6, 2007 - EurekAlert / British Medical Journal The study shows that overweight and obese women in the UK are at a higher risk of developing and dying from cancer. UCSD researchers discover inflammation, not obesity, cause of insulin resistanceNovember 6, 2007 - EurekAlert / Cell Metabolism Researchers have discovered that inflammation provoked by immune cells called macrophages leads to insulin resistance and Type 2 diabetes. Modest gain in visceral fat causes dysfunction of blood vessel lining in lean, healthy humansNovember 5, 2007 - EurekAlert / American Heart Association’s Scientific Sessions 2007 When lean healthy young adults gained about 9 pounds, the functioning of their blood vessel lining became impaired - but shedding the weight restored proper functioning. Overweight mothers run greater risk of having hyperactive childrenNovember 1, 2007 - EurekAlert / International Journal of Obesity If a woman is overweight when she becomes pregnant, the probability is much greater that her child will evince ADHD-like symptoms when he/she reaches school age. |
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