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Obesity a major problem all over the world - 07 Jul 2007
Untitled Document July 07: Obesity is growing into a major problem of the world. Obesity is next stage to overweight and not at all a healthy condition. Whether a person suffers from obesity can be made out from the body mass

Greed, not laziness, to be blamed for obesity epidemic - 01 Jan 2008
obesity rates throughout the world, says a new research. The study has shown... obesity rates in the developed world, but few studies have measured whether lifestyle... the people studied burned through physical activity. The obesity epidemic had

Mushrooms may help prevent obesity - 01 Jan 2008
Washington, Aug 16 (ANI): Eating mushrooms in large quantities can help prevent or treat obesity, says a new study. According to the study, which was led... beef, is a strategy for preventing or treating obesity.  To reach

Obesity gene 'makes it harder to control appetite' - 01 Jan 2008
London, July 28 (ANI): A gene linked to obesity might make it harder for people... of the National Obesity Forum, said the research was "very interesting".  ..., but what we don't want to say is 'we have got the gene for obesity, therefore we

Brain's 'reward system' may spur obesity - 01 Jan 2008
, movement and motivation plays a key role in obesity, according to a new study... has demonstrated a link between a predisposition to obesity and defective... release was significantly attenuated in the brain reward systems of obesity-prone

Obesity is top health concern for US kids in 2008 - 01 Jan 2008
that childhood obesity is now the No. 1 health concern for US kids in 2008. ... that adults in America are very concerned about the problem of childhood obesity... that the childhood obesity epidemic may be leveling off, the results of this poll reveal

Obesity prevention efforts should begin as early as age two: Experts - 01 Jan 2008
Washington, Aug 2 (ANI): With obesity rates reaching new highs worldwide... a "tipping point" in a progression that leads to obesity later in life. Over the last decade, childhood obesity has grown into an epidemic, reflected in soaring

Now, a herbal remedy that may spell the end of obesity, heart disease - 01 Jan 2008
that may help fight obesity and heart disease. Dr Nils Roos from the Max... could be incorporated into a food supplement, which may not only reduce obesity... a potential use in treating obesity," Roos said.  "However, as coronary heart

Junk food diet fuelling obesity epidemic in Brit pets - 01 Jan 2008
London, July 21 (ANI): Pet owners in Britain are fuelling pet obesity epidemic by feeding their animals with unhealthy junk food, warns a charity. The pet... from obesity symptoms uch as low energy levels, breathing problems, arthritis

Genes linked with obesity identified - 01 Jan 2008
.  As to whether the use of flies in a study of human obesity may prove... implicated in diabetes and obesity."  The study has been published in the open

Body clock-metabolism link may offer diabetes, obesity treatments - 01 Jan 2008
Washington, July 25 (ANI): Researchers at the University of California, Irvine found a molecular link between circadian rhythms, our own body clock, and metabolism - a discovery that will lead to treatments for diabetes, obesity and other

Obesity may increase risk of dementia - 12 May 2013
to data presented at the European Congress on Obesity, stemming the rise in obesity will cut down the risk of dementia, the BBC reported.The Alzheimer's Society

SAARC obesity and diabetes conference starts today in Delhi - 03 Nov 2007
countries that today a conference is being held on obesity and diabetes in Delhi... two-day SAARC obesity and diabetes conference being organised by the department.... This is to be known that graph of obesity affected people in Asia is on a rapid rise

New drug Alli to fight obesity - 28 Dec 2007
the myth that obesity can be cured by simply popping the pill which may weaken

Study finds relation between obesity and sleep duration - 02 Apr 2008
finds a link between obesity and those who slept either too short and or for too... that are prevalent in our society and that contribute to weight gain and obesity. “Since preventing obesity is important, a pragmatic approach adding sleep

Obesity surgery numbers skyrocket Down Under - 01 Jan 2008
, a new study suggests. The increase is a blend of rising obesity rates... patients had the same survival rates as the general population - a good sign as obesity.... The researcher also stressed the most important intervention against obesity

Flavour enhancer MSG use linked to obesity - 01 Jan 2008
," he said. The study is published in the journal Obesity. (ANI) 

New Gene variants liable for obesity in Indians, Research says - 06 May 2008
has found the new gene variants among Indians’ body, which boost obesity... for obesity and diabetes. The variants map close to a gene called MC4R... for severe familial obesity. The MC4R protein plays a vital role in human body including

New smartphone app to help fight obesity - 13 May 2013
Melbourne, May 13 (ANI): A simple smartphone app to click images of meals could be a helpful slimming aid for obese people, according to the doctors.

'Exergaming' could help prevent childhood obesity - 18 May 2013
Washington, May 18 (ANI): Fewer than 50 percent of primary school-aged boys and fewer than 28 percent of girls meet the minimum levels of physical activity required to maintain health.

UK social service teams may soon crack down on child obesity - 01 Jan 2008
to a report in The Independent, Britain is facing a worsening "obesity epidemic... said Britain was fast becoming the "obesity capital of the world

Clumsy kids more likely to be obese adults - 01 Jan 2008
and coordination in childhood are linked to an increased risk of obesity in later... index (BMI) was measured. Obesity was defined as a BMI of 30 or over. ..., poorer function at age 11 was linked to obesity at age 33. The results

Oz govt to pay for weight-loss surgery - 01 Jan 2008
Melbourne, Aug 3 (ANI): In a bid to tackle growing obesity rates... clinics to deal with obesity-related conditions such as diabetes, kidney failure... to beat the obesity epidemic.  "We don't have anything that's logical

Soon a detailed study on 'diabesity': Doctors - 16 May 2013
better therapy to control the double-barrel menace of diabetes coupled with obesity... to obesity at a younger age and diabetes is a growing menace. The study... obesity) will be supported by University of Dresden, Germany and Beijing Genomics

Not enough REM sleep makes kids, teens overweight - 01 Jan 2008
obesity, as per a new study. According to lead researcher Xianchen Liu and his colleagues, in just 30 years the obesity rate has tripled among children aged 6... activity, has been known to lead to obesity. Other factors affecting

Peers' jeers may cause obese teens to be distressed in later life - 01 Jan 2008
Washington, Aug 7 (ANI): A new study has suggested that traits such as obesity... for victimization, such as obesity, may cause, but a risk factor for victimization, such as obesity, will also make it more likely that the adolescent

Exercise ineffective in making obese kids slim - 01 Jan 2008
London, June 30 (ANI): Pushing your overweight child to exercise might be of no use, for a new study has revealed that exercising does not prevent childhood obesity. Experts believe that children are programmed to be sporty

UK, US guidelines on kids' physical activity levels need to be revised - 01 Jan 2008
London, June 30 (ANI): UK and US guidelines explaining how much physical activity children need to improve their health and ward off obesity need to be revised... an hour every day, in a bid to stave off obesity and its attendant health risks

World Heart Day: Care your heart with care - 29 Sep 2007
to our irregular lifestyle. Obesity, diabetes and dietary habits are the various

Researchers shed light on function of glucose transport molecule - 01 Jan 2008
for improved treatments for diabetes, obesity and cancer. These transport... with the goal of facilitating better drug design for the treatment of diabetes, obesity

Ten people a day turning to stomach-stapling ops - 01 Jan 2008
London, Aug 3 (ANI): With obesity crisis getting worse day by day, at least ten people a day are having stomach-stapling operations on the National Health... for the National Obesity Forum, said thousands more obese people could benefit

58pct of World's population 'will be obese by 2030' - 01 Jan 2008
will be overweight or obese. The data examined in "Global Burden of Obesity... estimate for obesity. The researchers compiled results from population-based... and obesity, combined with their concomitant health risks makes it a particularly relevant

Nearly 86% Americans could be obese by 2030 - 01 Jan 2008
anticipated that US is likely to witness an obesity epidemic, with health care costs... and obesity-related costs," Wang added. May A. Beydoun, a former... costs attributable to obesity and overweight are expected to more than double

Abdominal fat can stimulate hunger pain: study - 18 Apr 2008
can detect NPY early and identify those at risk for abdominal obesity, we can... easier to use drugs to prevent obesity than to treat the diseases caused by obesity, “he added. The study would be able provide more insight

Ministry of WCD planning to make nutrition policy for children - 26 Apr 2008
on a “colloquium on Obesity in children and adolescents” said &ldquo..., and factors contributing to obesity and related problems in children... that a viable strategy would be prepared for effective intervention to combat obesity

Body fat makes arteries stiffer after middle age - 16 May 2013
appear to be able to compensate for the effects of obesity. But after middle age... is needed to find out when the effects of obesity lead to irreversible damage..., but by middle age the cumulative exposure to years of obesity may start to cause

Beijing Olympics turned Chinese citizens into an 'army of couch potatoes' - 01 Jan 2008
are predicting that obesity can double by 2028, posing a serious threat to China's... of poor diet, inactivity and obesity on medical costs, labour productivity

Overweight People are on high risk of Bad Breath - 18 Dec 2007
obesity and bad breath is surprising and “This finding should hold... proportional relationship of obesity with bad breath. “The more you obese... evidence was already there. However, the finding that correlated obesity to bad

Having fat pals can make you put on weight - 01 Jan 2008
being aware of it, leading to a 'spiral of obesity'. The study suggests... Massachusetts in a paper entitled Imitative Obesity and Relative Utility at the NBER.... Some have argued that obesity has been produced by cheaper food, but if fatness

Yahoo unveils new search engine tool 'Glue' - 13 May 2008
; displays the result from classic search, groups: obesity, news: obesity, answers: obesity and Google blog search: obesity. Speaking on the launching occasion, Gopal

Junk food diet during pregnancy may harm your baby's health - 01 Jan 2008
and the appetite-promoting hormone leptin making them very prone to obesity. ... that obesity and poor health is inevitable and it is important that we take care

Phelps' Kellogg's sugar cereal endorsement draws flak from health experts - 01 Jan 2008
obesity is an alarming issue.  "For a guy like Michael Phelps who isn't worried about obesity because he's burning thousands of calories as an athlete

Obese men run the risk of being childless - 01 Jan 2008
obesity and increased DNA damage in the sperm, which can be associated with reduced... obesity affects semen production, said Dr. Shayeb.  "The mechanism..., or that the lifestyle and diet that leads to obesity could also lead to poorer semen

Two-egg breakfast is the key to lose more weight - 01 Jan 2008
professor in the laboratory of infection and obesity at Pennington Biomedical... recently that not getting enough high-quality protein may contribute to obesity... was published online in the International Journal of Obesity. (ANI) 

Kids with chronic ear infections likely to be obese in adulthood - 01 Jan 2008
childhood disease and obesity is a growing problem worldwide. Any potential association..., taste, food choice and obesity.  Among middle-aged women, those with taste... from ear infections may alter food choice and thus lead to obesity risk," said

Kids with chronic ear infections likely to be obese in adulthood (Re-issue) - 01 Jan 2008
childhood disease and obesity is a growing problem worldwide. Any potential association..., taste, food choice and obesity.  Among middle-aged women, those with taste... from ear infections may alter food choice and thus lead to obesity risk," said

Workplace stress heightens diabetes risk - 13 May 2013
is more commonly associated with risk factors such as obesity, high blood pressure

Blame your genes for you being fat - 01 Jan 2008
he subscribed to the model that obesity was caused by genetic make-up.  

Diabetes linked to one in 10 deaths in England - 01 Jan 2008
version of the disease, which is linked to unhealthy lifestyles and obesity. (ANI

Studying body's response to stress may help improve BP treatment - 01 Jan 2008
adults to learn more about what factors like genes, stress and obesity contribute

Lesbians nearly twice as likely to be obese than straight women - 01 Jan 2008
for discovering how to target obesity in a lesbian population.  Sarah Fogel, Ph.D.... obesity develops in different populations is a pressing concern. Fogel

High level of certain protein linked to increased diabetes risk - 01 Jan 2008
of obesity is a major contributing factor. However, diabetes does not develop in all... and was irrespective of sex, race, and obesity status.  The association was moderately

A fourth of Britons 'in denial' about being obese - 01 Jan 2008
of the problems of obesity among the general public.  Figures suggest that 53 per cent... the public about the problems of obesity it seems fewer are recognising the problem

Sleeping less may life less - 12 Sep 2007
as a predictor or risk factor for conditions like obesity and diabetes,&rdquo... in obesity. "There's an association between (poor, inadequate) sleep and obesity," said Dr. Joseph Ojile, head of the Clayton Sleep Institute

Single mechanism underlying hypertension, insulin resistance, immune suppression identified - 01 Jan 2008
be important to people suffering from obesity as well as hypertension. "With the national and international emphasis on obesity and its attendant... about the same percentage of humans as does serious obesity and an even higher

Hope for Patients with Type 2 Diabetes - 31 Aug 2007
;The incidence of the disease has risen to epidemic proportions, and obesity.... This Type of diabetes may result in renal failure, blindness, hypertension and obesity

Gastric bypass surgery linked to greater risk of kidney stones - 27 Jun 2008
is the most commonly performed surgical intervention for morbid obesity. During... for morbid obesity, nephrolithiasis (the formation of kidney stones) has recently

Subway not much healthier than McDonald's - 12 May 2013
to contribute toward overeating and obesity, according to the researchers.Adolescents.... Processed meats in general are associated with obesity, cardiovascular disease

89 percent of food products aimed at kids lack nutrition - 01 Jan 2008
is especially important given the current rates of childhood obesity," stated Professor...-based journal Obesity Reviews. (ANI) 

Living in walkable neighbourhoods may help you stay in shape - 01 Jan 2008
in affecting residents' risk of obesity. "It is difficult for individuals to change... with less obesity among residents, can serve as models for future residential

Now, a pill that helps you shed weight sans exertion - 01 Jan 2008
and others with disabilities as well as obesity and a slew of associated metabolic... to weight gain, even when fed a high-fat diet that caused obesity in ordinary

Fat folks can be healthy too - 01 Jan 2008
provide evidence that a metabolically benign obesity can be identified... of such a beneficial phenotype in obesity," they added. In a second study

Pets may help reduce heart disease risk - 10 May 2013
Washington, May 10 (ANI): Having a pet might lower your risk of heart disease, an American Heart Association scientific statement has said.

Stressful work conditions can up diabetes risk - 10 May 2013
associated with risk factors such as obesity, high blood pressure, and physical

Fatty liver disease may increase heart disease risk in overweight, obese kids - 01 Jan 2008
accumulation in the liver may play a more important role than obesity itself

On the job weight loss programs help shed the pounds - 01 Jan 2008
potential in making a dent in the obesity epidemic.  Benedict and colleague David

UK govt turning teachers into "social workers and surrogate parents" - 01 Jan 2008
directing schools to monitor obesity rates, drug taking and teenage pregnancy

Fat, insulin resistant women at higher risk of advanced breast cancer diagnosis - 01 Jan 2008
and other hormones associated with obesity and diabetes risk. Insulin

Sugary snacks may improve kids' concentration - 01 Jan 2008
with obesity," he added. In the research, Benton gave 16 nine and ten-year-olds

Work stress and unhealthy lifestyle ups heart disease risk - 14 May 2013
, physical activity/inactivity and obesity (body mass index). A "healthy

Urgent action urged to cut women's exposure to cancer-causing chemicals - 14 May 2013
be implicated in other health problems such as infertility, obesity, prostate

Burgers to blame for most of the global warming - 01 Jan 2008
of the world's waters.  Also, high cholesterol and heart disease, hypertension, obesity

Surgeons carryout first non-invasive gall bladder removal - 01 Jan 2008
surgery and director of the Center for Obesity Surgery at NewYork-Presbyterian

Binge drinking linked to increased metabolic syndrome risk - 01 Jan 2008
Washington, July 31 (ANI): A new study has found that binge drinking is associated with an increased risk for metabolic syndrome. The metabolic syndrome consists of a series of risk factors and conditions including obesity, high blood

King prawns set to outdo burgers as Brits' 'Fav Barbeque Food' - 01 Jan 2008
obesity have persuaded others to cut back on meat. Sales of king prawns have

Young women 'less healthy' than similar aged men before heart attacks - 16 May 2013
associated with heart disease: diabetes (40 percent vs. 27 percent); obesity (55

Sports Minister favours boxing rings in Brit schools to tackle gang culture - 01 Jan 2008
in tackling obesity, is great for discipline and, as many an ex-boxer will tell

Sports Minister favours boxing rings in Brit schools to tackle gang culture - 01 Jan 2008
in tackling obesity, is great for discipline and, as many an ex-boxer will tell

Soon, 'brain tricking' healthier foods that taste better - 01 Jan 2008
generations at risk of obesity.  San Diego firm Senomyx will have its

20pc of American men have undergone prostate cancer test - 01 Jan 2008
with increasing obesity, as well as with higher household income and education level

Poor sleep in teens associated with high BP - 01 Jan 2008
adjusted for gender, body mass index (an indicator of overweight or obesity

Poor sleep in teens associated with high BP - 01 Jan 2008
adjusted for gender, body mass index (an indicator of overweight or obesity

Death fears over 'lizard saliva diabesity' drug - 01 Jan 2008
scourges of type two diabetes and obesity.  The drug mimics a hormone found

Damage to appetite control cells over time behind overeating as we age - 01 Jan 2008
-onset obesity. "A diet rich in carbohydrate and sugar that has become more

Rich carbohydrate diet with high glycemic index may cause liver failure in Children - 25 Sep 2007
Foundation funded this study and were published in the journal Obesity. Boston... hardened over time. This may lead to liver failure. Other then obesity, diabetes

Blood clots in veins double the risk of heart attack: Research - 27 Nov 2007
far as researchers claimed. “Obesity could be a key factor.” said

Anxiety risks paramount cause of heart attack - 12 Jan 2008
and beyond what can be explained by blood pressure, obesity, cholesterol, age

Wrong kind of sugar ups risk of diseases - 26 Jun 2008
such substances were to blame for obesity and diabetes.  "The question is, what

Workouts will soon be compulsory for three-year-old Aussie kids! - 01 Jan 2008
Melbourne, July 5 (ANI): Preschoolers in Australia will now be undergoing two hours of compulsory exercise regimes.  The New South Wales Government's anti-obesity program has decided to phase out junk food from kids' diet

New weight loss device quells hunger pangs to make people eat less - 01 Jan 2008
Atkinson, editor of the International Journal of Obesity.  "But what I hope

Beijing pollution may lead to heart attacks, strokes - 01 Jan 2008
, diabetes, obesity, lung disease, a current smoking habit or a family member

Women with gestational diabetes more likely to develop type 2 diabetes - 01 Jan 2008
. However, the study could not 'assess the effect of ethnicity, obesity

Statins cut dementia risk in elderly - 01 Jan 2008
, obesity and hypertension.  "The bottom line is that if a person takes statins

Nightclub refuses entry to 'too fat' girls! - 01 Jan 2008
the problem of obesity, then perhaps some good has come of this. I am overweight

Statins may cut exercise benefits for obese adults - 16 May 2013
cholesterol and prevent heart disease in individuals with obesity, diabetes

Growth hormone treatment improves abdominal fat, worsens glucose level in HIV patients - 01 Jan 2008
obesity and growth hormone deficiency.  They have revealed

Recreation and park agencies key to healthy lifestyles - 01 Jan 2008
in the fight against childhood obesity, sedentary lifestyles, and chronic diseases

Low vitamin D levels 'up death risk' - 01 Jan 2008
on blood pressure, the body's ability to respond to insulin, obesity and diabetes

False memories can have long-term effects on behaviour - 01 Jan 2008
suggestive therapy.  The study might also influence obesity treatments

Hollywood goes Bollywood way, abstains from glamorizing smoking scenes - 12 May 2007
open the door to advocacy groups for the environment, obesity, alcoholism