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HealthDay - FRIDAY, July 31 (HealthDay News) — In the last 25 years, rates
of severe childhood obesity in the United States have tripled, putting
increasing numbers of children at risk for diabetes and heart disease,
says a new study.

HealthDay - FRIDAY, July 31 (HealthDay News) — In the last 25 years, rates
of severe childhood obesity in the United States have tripled, putting
increasing numbers of children at risk for diabetes and heart disease,
says a new study.

A study by Kansas State University researchers is looking at how children perceive and interact with peers who have various undesirable characteristics, such as being overweight or aggressive. The researchers’ study explored children’s perceptions of the ability of the peer to control or change such traits.

Many experimental studies have found that physical exercise can improve cholesterol levels and subsequently decrease the risks of cardiovascular disease; however, few of these studies have included enough participant diversity to provide ethnic breakdowns.

The Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) this week held an inaugural conference on obesity prevention and control. The CDC’s Division of Nutrition, Physical Activity, and Obesity convened in Washington, D.C. to chart ways to improve access to healthy places, discuss opportunities for obesity prevention, and plan physical education standards in schools through federal policy. Obesity is

The typical dose of a medication considered pivotal in treating tuberculosis effectively is much too low to account for modern-day physiques, UT Southwestern Medical Center researchers said. The finding, reported online and in the August edition of Antimicrobial Agents and Chemotherapy, is particularly important for those living in societies plagued by obesity, said Dr. Tawanda Gumbo, associate professor of internal medicine at UT Southwestern and the study’s lead author.

Sirona Biochem Corp. (TSX-V: SBM), an emerging biotech company focused on diabetes and obesity, announced today that it has now taken delivery of its first batch of unique SGLT compounds from its French partner TFChem (Rouen, France) for screening and evaluation. “The successful production of these new molecules marks a significant company milestone,” said CEO, Dr. Howard Verrico.

Rates of severe childhood obesity have tripled in the last 25 years, putting many children at risk for diabetes and heart disease, according to a report in Academic Pediatrics by an obesity expert at Brenner Children’s Hospital, part of Wake Forest University Baptist Medical Center. “Children are not only becoming obese, but becoming severely obese, which impacts their overall health,” said Joseph Skelton, M.D.

Adults who use less salt in their diet can experience a slight reduction in their blood pressure in the medium term. However, whether in the long term this can also reduce the risk of late complications in people with sustained high blood pressure, otherwise known as essential hypertension, and whether in the long term their anti-hypertensive medication can be reduced remains unresolved.

Researchers at Dana-Farber Cancer Institute have shown that they can engineer mouse and human cells to produce brown fat, a natural energy-burning type of fat that counteracts obesity. If such a strategy can be developed for use in people, the scientists say, it could open a novel approach to treating obesity and diabetes.

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