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Reuters - Research shows that babies born to obese mothers are at increased risk for dying, particularly in the first weeks of life, compared to babies born to normal-weight mothers.

The American College of Sports Medicine (ACSM) has published its Position Stand “Appropriate Physical Activity Intervention Strategies for Weight Loss and Prevention of Weight Regain for Adults,” updating its previous guidelines, particularly as it relates to the increased levels of physical activity that may be necessary for prevention of weight gain, for weight loss and for prevention of weight regain.

Pacific Islanders in Utah are twice as likely to be obese than the general population but do not seem to have an increased risk for obesity-related diseases, according to a report released on Wednesday by the Utah Department of Health, the Salt Lake Tribune reports.

Two new studies found that exercise may be a factor in recovering from a total knee replacement (total knee arthroplasty or TKA) and knee osteoarthritis (OA). One study involving a progressive quadriceps strengthening program after total knee replacement found that it enhanced clinical improvement almost to the level of healthy older adults.

An Editorial in this week’s Lancet discusses the European Union’s decision to allow the obesity drug orlistat to be sold over the counter (OTC). The drug is already available OTC in the USA and Australia. The Editorial says: “Better accessibility to orlistat may not necessarily be in the best interests of the public. Orlistat has limited effect in the management of obesity-the average weight loss per year is only 2•5 kg.

High-school kids who watch too much TV are likely to have bad eating habits five years in the future. Research published in BioMed Central’s open access International Journal of Behavioral Nutrition and Physical Activity followed almost 2000 high- and middle-school children and found that TV viewing times predict a poor diet in the future.

Mice whose fat cells were allowed to grow larger than fat cells in normal mice developed “healthy” obesity when fed a high-fat diet, researchers at UT Southwestern Medical Center found in a new study. The fat but healthy mice lacked a protein called collagen VI, which normally surrounds fat cells and limits how large they can grow, like a cage around a water balloon. The findings appear online and in a future edition of Molecular and Cellular Biology.

A new study from the US found that moderate weight reduction helped to reduce urinary incontinence among overweight and obese women. The research was the work of first author of Dr Leslee Subak from the University of California, San Francisco (UCSF), and colleagues, and is published online in the 29 January issue of the New England Journal of Medicine. Subak is an obstetrician/gynecologist at the Women’s Continence Center in the UCSF Women’s Health Centre.

A soy allergy means that the person cannot tolerate the soy protein and must avoid all possible sources. Many packaged foods contain some form of soy product. In their book “Better Baby Food”, registered dietitians Daina Kalnins and Joanne Saab provide the following table for words that indicate the presence of soy in a food product. If any of these appears on a label, it is best to avoid the food. Click to Read More.

Some overweight teenagers are more likely than normal weight teens to show symptoms of depression or anxiety, though there are differences by race and ethnicity, according to a study published in the February issue of Pediatrics, Reuters Health reports. The study, by Rhonda BeLue of

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