World Heath Matters: Denmark: Weight loss without bone loss?
by Gary Finnegan: Rapid weight loss can lead to a loss of bone mass and an increased risk of bone fractures. A study by University of Copenhagen, Hvidovre… read more.
by Gary Finnegan: Rapid weight loss can lead to a loss of bone mass and an increased risk of bone fractures. A study by University of Copenhagen, Hvidovre… read more.
Banning sodas from school vending machines, building walking paths and playgrounds, adding supermarkets to food deserts and requiring nutritional labels on restaurant menus: Such changes to the environments… read more.
Global progress towards tackling obesity has been “unacceptably slow”, with only one in four countries implementing a policy on healthy eating up to 2010, according to a major… read more.
Evidence suggests childhood obesity comes before asthma. For years, doctors have known that there is a link between childhood obesity and asthma, but have found it difficult to… read more.
Obesity, especially excessive belly fat, is a risk factor for chronic obstructive pulmonary disease (COPD), according to an article in CMAJ (Canadian Medical Association Journal) Excessive belly fat… read more.
by Bruce Sylvester – For managing uncontrolled type 2 diabetes in obese patients, gastric bypass and sleeve gastrectomy are each more effective than intensive medical therapy alone.
by Bruce Sylvester – The combination of obesity and low vitamin D deficiency appears to cause a greater risk of insulin resistance than either factor alone, researchers reported… read more.
By Bruce Sylvester – In a 3-decade study of adults recruited in the United States, researchers report positive correlations between durations of overall obesity and abdominal obesity and… read more.
World Health Matters – France – by Gary Finnegan – The detrimental effects of obesity are well-documented with public health specialists warning of a tidal wave of diabetes… read more.
by Gary Finnegan – EMA Highlights – The EMA has given its backing to a number of medicines including:
Prostate cancer is one of the most common cancers in men and early treatment is usually very successful. However, like other cancers, obesity increases the risk of aggressive… read more.
by Bruce Sylvester – Normal weight persons with weight concentrated in their belly run a higher death risk of CVD-related death than obese-only individuals, researchers reported at ESC.
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