News tagged with excess weight
Related topics: body mass index
Probiotics may be able to help you keep slim
Researchers from LIFE - Faculty of Life Sciences at University of Copenhagen are working on a promising research project that seems to indicate that probiotics have a slimming effect.
May 05, 2009 |
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How to ... avoid kidney stones
These solid masses that form in the kidneys can grow big enough to cause severe pain and even infection as they pass into the urinary tract.
Medicine & Health / Diseases, Conditions, Syndromes
Jul 17, 2009 |
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Number of fat people in US to grow, report says
(AP) -- Citizens of the world's richest countries are getting fatter and fatter and the United States is leading the charge, an organization of leading economies said Thursday in its first ever obesity forecast.
Sep 23, 2010 |
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Study suggests gastric banding associated with relatively poor long-term outcomes
In a study of 82 patients who were evaluated 12 or more years after undergoing laparoscopic adjustable gastric banding for morbid obesity, a majority of patients reported that they were satisfied with the procedure, although ...
Mar 21, 2011 |
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Trialing major weight loss for type 2 diabetes in the overweight
In the first trial of its kind in the world, researchers at Monash University's Centre for Obesity Research and Education (CORE) will examine the benefits of a gastric banding procedure on overweight people with Type 2 diabetes.
Oct 14, 2009 |
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Major study highlights weight differences among 3-19 year-olds with type 1 and 2 diabetes
A major study of three to 19 year-olds has provided vital data on the weight problems faced by the growing number of children and young people with type 1 diabetes, which is more prevalent in younger age groups than type ...
Medicine & Health / Diseases, Conditions, Syndromes
Jun 22, 2009 |
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Size matters: Obesity leading risk factor of left atrial enlargement during aging
Aside from aging itself, obesity appears to be the most powerful predictor of left atrial enlargement (LAE), upping one's risk of atrial fibrillation (the most common type of arrhythmia), stroke and death, according to findings ...
Medicine & Health / Diseases, Conditions, Syndromes
Nov 09, 2009 |
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Degree of obesity raises risk of stroke, regardless of gender, race
The higher a person's degree of obesity, the higher their risk of stroke -- regardless of race, gender and how obesity is measured, according to a new study published in Stroke: Journal of the American Heart Association.
Jan 21, 2010 |
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Psychotherapy offers obesity prevention for 'at risk' teenage girls
A team of scientists at the Uniformed Services University of the Health Sciences and the National Institutes of Health have piloted psychotherapy treatment to prevent excessive weight gain in teenager girls deemed 'at risk' ...
Medicine & Health / Psychology & Psychiatry
Dec 15, 2009 |
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