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First lady takes obesity campaign to Philly school
First lady Michelle Obama says too many people across the country don’t have a grocery store nearby where they can get fresh food. Mrs. Obama visited the Fairhill Elementary School in North Philadelphia on Friday afternoon as part of her campaign to curb childhood obesity. She announced plans for more than $400 million in funding to help [...]
Continue reading...For obese, vaccine needle size matters
8. February 2010
Our ever-expanding waistlines may have outgrown the doctor’s needle, researchers say, in what could be another casualty of the obesity epidemic. In a new study, the researchers report that using a standard 1-inch needle to immunize obese adolescents against hepatitis B virus produced a much weaker effect than using a longer needle. “As obesity rises in the [...]
Continue reading...Anti-Hunger Smells Could Battle Obesity
28. December 2009
Anti-hunger aromas that make one feel full could help fight the global obesity epidemic, scientists now suggest. Everyone is familiar with scents that arouse the appetite, as well as odors that turn the stomach. But apparently molecules that make up a food’s aroma can also activate areas of the brain that trigger the feeling of fullness. As [...]
Continue reading...New study sharpens focus on problems of obesity
23. December 2009
Cardiovascular disease linked to obesity may be worse than thought while health problems associated with being underweight may have been overstated, according to a study published by the British Medical Journal (BMJ) on Wednesday. The paper, written by doctors in Britain and Sweden, seeks to finetune a well-known tool — the body mass index (BMI) — [...]
Continue reading...On-off fasting helps obese adults shed pounds
13. November 2009
Fasting every other day can help obese people lose weight, a small study hints. Even though the study participants ate whatever they wanted on their non-fasting days, they lost an average of 5.6 kilograms (about 12 pounds) after eight weeks, Dr. Krista A. Varady of the University of Illinois at Chicago and her colleagues found. What’s more, [...]
Continue reading...Obesity causes 100,000 US cancers every year
6. November 2009
Obesity causes more than 100,000 incidents of cancer in the US every year, the American Institute for Cancer Research said in estimates published Friday. The group, which funds research on the link between diet and the disease, said 49 percent of endrometrial cancers, which originate in the womb, and 35 percent of esophageal cancers are linked [...]
Continue reading...Takeda and Amylin to co-develop obesity drugs
1. November 2009
Japan’s Takeda Pharmaceutical and U.S. Amylin Pharmaceuticals said on Monday they will co-develop and commercialize drugs to treat obesity, including two Amylin drugs in mid-stage trials. Takeda, Japan’s biggest drug maker and best known for its diabetes drug Actos, will pay Amylin $75 million in a one-time up-front payment under the exclusive worldwide agreement. Amylin, maker of [...]
Continue reading...Orexigen obesity drug shows added benefits
24. October 2009
Nearly half of patients who completed 56 weeks of treatment with Orexigen Therapeutics Inc’s experimental obesity treatment, Contrave, lost at least 10 percent of their weight in a late-stage study and the drug also appeared to help cholesterol and blood sugar levels. The drug demonstrated an even greater improvement in non- weight loss measures in patients [...]
Continue reading...Unhooking the Obesity Diabetes Connection
26. July 2009
SUNDAY, July 26 (HealthDay News) — Scientists may be closer to solving a medical mystery with huge implications for personal and public health: Why obese people are prone to developing type 2 diabetes. A series of studies appearing online July 26 in Nature Medicine suggest that inflammation within the fat tissues of heavy individuals could trigger [...]
Continue reading...Obesity emerges as risk factor in severe flu
12. July 2009
WASHINGTON (Reuters) – People who are obese but otherwise healthy may be at special risk of severe complications and death from the new H1N1 swine flu virus, U.S. researchers reported on Friday. They described the cases of 10 patients at a Michigan hospital who were so ill they had to be put on ventilators. Three died. [...]
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- First lady takes obesity campaign to Philly school
- For obese, vaccine needle size matters
- Anti-Hunger Smells Could Battle Obesity
- New study sharpens focus on problems of obesity
- On-off fasting helps obese adults shed pounds
- Obesity causes 100,000 US cancers every year
- Takeda and Amylin to co-develop obesity drugs
- Orexigen obesity drug shows added benefits
- Unhooking the Obesity Diabetes Connection
- Obesity emerges as risk factor in severe flu
21. February 2010
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