Slide Into Debt Could Bring Wider Waistline
Aug 8, 2009 Author: Mary | Filed under: MedicineNet
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FRIDAY, Aug. 7 (HealthDay News) — Obesity rates may increase along with rising financial debt, German researchers suggest.In their study, Eva Munster and her colleagues at the University of Mainz tracked the weight of more than 9,000 people.They found that while 11% of those who were not in debt were classified as obese, a full quarter of those who were in debt met the medical criteria for obesity.Writing in the early online edition of BMC Public Health, the researchers say they took into account the income of the participants, and the link between debt and obesity “was …
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Snoozing May Help Women Shed Baby Weight
Jul 28, 2009 Author: Mary | Filed under: MedicineNetBy Karen Pallarito
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FRIDAY, July 24 (HealthDay News) — New moms who can’t zip up their pre-pregnancy jeans might not be catching enough zzzs.Getting a good night’s sleep, in fact, may be just as important as diet and exercise for shedding baby weight.One study of new mothers found that those who slept five or fewer hours a day six months after giving birth were three times as likely to hold onto those extra pounds as were women who got seven or more hours of sleep. Short sleep duration “stood out as an independent risk factor” for weight retention, said Erica P. Gunderson, a research scientist and epidemiologist at Kaiser Permanente in Oakland, Calif., who worked on the study.For many women, postpartum weight retention is a serious issue because it can lead to long-term weight gain. Some studies show that up to 20% of women retain at least 11 pounds at six to 18 months after giving birth, Finnish researchers reported. Lifestyle …
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Eating Habits in the Obese May Echo Drug Addicts’ Patterns
Jul 24, 2009 Author: Mary | Filed under: MedicineNetBy Amanda Gardner
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WEDNESDAY, July 22 (HealthDay News) — When it comes to weight control, it might not be the kind of snack that matters, but who eats it.When researchers gave similarly “sinful” snacks to obese and non-obese women, the healthy-weight women wanted less of the treat over time, but obese women kept wanting more.”Obese and non-obese women respond to high-energy, high-density snacks in different ways,” said Jennifer Temple, lead author of the study, which appears in the August issue of the American Journal of Clinical Nutrition. “For us, this underscores a need for really doing detailed studies comparing obese and non-obese women in terms of how they respond to food to try to understand things that work better to improve healthy eating.”"You can’t take what you see in non-obese women and think it will automatically have the same effect in obese women,” added Temple, an assistant professor in exercise and nutrition science at the University at Buffalo, in New York.Such information could one day be useful in tailoring dieting strategies for different people.According to background information in the study, only 10% of people who lose weight through dieting and exercise manage to keep that weight off for five years.Scientists have postulated that one reason for the high failure rate is that people feel deprived of their favorite foods and end up …
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Weight-Loss Enzyme Identified
Jul 23, 2009 Author: Mary | Filed under: MedicineNet
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TUESDAY, July 21 (HealthDay News) — Reducing levels of a brain enzyme may curb appetite and boost energy, thereby helping people to control their weight, says a new study. Prolylcarboxypeptidase (PRCP) regulates the alpha-melanocyte stimulating hormone (alpha-MSH), a body chemical that reduces hunger while revving up the body’s energy levels. If PRCP enzyme is blocked, alpha-MSH levels stay high and keep appetite in check. When researchers at Yale School of Medicine in New Haven, Conn., blocked PRCP in mice, the rodents lost weight, maintained their energy levels and reduced …
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In New York City, Trans Fat Ban Is Working
Jul 22, 2009 Author: Mary | Filed under: MedicineNetBy Kathleen Doheny
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- Probiotics May Help After Gastric Bypass Surgery
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MONDAY, July 20 (HealthDay News) — When the New York City Health Department mandated that city restaurants change their menus to restrict trans fats, known to be a health hazard, the action was greeted with resistance and grumbling.”There were the usual ‘nanny state’ comments,” said Dr. Lynn Silver, assistant commissioner of the department’s Bureau of Chronic Disease Prevention and Control.Initially, the campaign was voluntary, Silver said. “But after one year, there was no change,” she said, so public health officials decided to make the ban mandatory.In December 2006, the city required that artificial trans fats be phased out of restaurant food, and the mandate was in full effect by November 2008. Silver and colleagues from the city’s Department of Health and Mental Hygiene report on the effort in the July 21 issue of Annals of Internal Medicine.And they deem it a success. Total saturated fat and trans fat in French fries, for instance, decreased by more than 50% in New York City restaurants, according to the report. Overall, the health officials found, the use of trans fats for frying, baking or cooking and in spreads declined from 50% to less …
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Probiotics Supplement May Help After Gastric Bypass Surgery
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Weight Loss Without Exercise & Negative Calorie Balance
Jul 20, 2009 Author: Susan | Filed under: LifeTipsThough you know that the best weight loss strategy is combining diet and exercise, sometimes, people need a diet-only plan, for example after a surgery, which can limit their performance. Dr. Atkins stated that on his diet, there’s no need to exercise at all. Can it be true?
For a long time, nutritionists warned us against such an approach. However, in Spring of 2005, the Journal of Nutrition and Biochemistry published an article titled "Beneficial effects of intermittent fasting and caloric restriction on the cardiovascular and cerebrovascular systems." The authors concluded that "...cellular and molecular effects of intermittent fasting and calorie restriction on the cardiovascular system and the brain are similar to those of regular physical exercise, suggesting shared mechanisms."
It is thought that one of the shared mechanisms can be that of negative energy balance. So what is this intermittent fasting? In fact, this is a …
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Youthful Obesity Linked to Pancreatic Cancer
Jul 17, 2009 Author: Mary | Filed under: WebMD
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Louise Chang, MD
June 23, 2009 — Teens and young adults who are overweight or obese may be more likely to develop pancreatic cancer later in life, a new study shows.
The study, published in The Journal of the American Medical Association, compares the self-reported weight of 841 pancreatic cancer patients and 754 healthy people studied at the University of Texas M.D. Anderson Cancer Center.
Participants recalled and reported their weight starting at age 14. Here are the key findings:
- People who had been overweight from age 14-39 were 67% more likely to be pancreatic cancer patients.
- People who were obese from age 20-49 were about 2.5 times more likely to be pancreatic cancer patients.
- Pancreatic cancer began two to six years earlier in people who were overweight or obese from age 20-49.
- Among pancreatic cancer patients, people who were overweight or obese in the year before their pancreatic cancer diagnosis had a worse survival rate, regardless of the stage of their tumor or whether they had surgery to remove their tumor.
Youth a Key Time
Obesity had already been linked to greater risk of pancreatic cancer. But the …
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What is a Tummy Tuck?
Jul 16, 2009 Author: Mary | Filed under: About
What is a Tummy Tuck?
Tummy Tuck is a Serious Surgery with Risks
By Jennifer R. Scott, About.com
Updated: December 22, 2008
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Tummy tuck is a nickname given to a surgical procedure known as abdominoplasty. A tummy tuck doesn’t actually lead to weight loss in and of itself. It’s often done after a significant weight loss in order to improve the patient’s appearance.
What it Is; What it Does
Abdominoplasty is done to remove excess skin and fat from the stomach area. It also results in tightening of the abdominal wall muscles. The result? This procedure can significantly reduce the protrusion of the mid- and lower-sections of the stomach.
Serious Surgery
While the euphemism ‘tummy tuck’ may sound benign, abdominoplasty is in fact a major surgery. Loose skin is removed, skin that has stretch marks may also be removed, and the abdominal muscles are tightened up with sutures. 2
Possible Side Effects
The surgery results in permanent scarring and carries risk factors such as suture rupture, slow healing, seroma, bleeding, 1 and adverse reactions to anesthesia. Serious complications, however, are fairly unusual for abdominoplasty.
Insurance & Costs
Since this procedure is considered an aesthetic one (for appearance’s sake, not health), it is not generally covered by insurance. According to Smart Tummy Tucks.com, the average cost of the tummy tuck itself can range between $5,000 to $9,000, not including related fees. 3 The charges vary somewhat among individual patients.
If you are still interested in this procedure, talk it over with your physician and ask her to refer you to a qualified bariatric surgeon in your area. You may also wish to visit http://www.smarttummytuck.com.
Thanks for sending in your question. Good luck with your weight loss efforts!
1 Smart Plastic Surgery.com: http://www.smartplasticsurgery.com/tummytucks.html risks/complications, 14 October 2004.
2 Surgery.org: Tummy Tuck: http://www.surgery.org/public/procedures-tummytuck4.php, 12 January 2005.
3 Smart Tummy Tuck.com: Costs: http://www.smarttummytucks.com/costs.html, 18 January 2005.
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