Sep
9
Link Between Excessive Drinking, Poor Brain Health, Obesity
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Prior research has shown that alcohol abuse and dependence are typically associated with higher rates of obesity, as evidenced by a high body mass index (BMI)…
Sep
3
Overweight? Obese? Or Normal Weight? Americans Have Hard Time Gauging Their Weight
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For many Americans fat is the new “norm.” More and more people are unable to accurately describe themselves using their height-to-weight ratio known as body mass index the scale that determines levels of overweight and obesity, a new Harris Interactive/HealthDay poll found…
Sep
2
As the U.S. launches its first-ever National Childhood Obesity Awareness Month today, scientists say the problem may be even more widespread than was thought. Researchers have found that parents tend to underreport their children’s weight. Estimates of obesity and body mass index (BMI) based on parent-supplied data may miss one in five obese children…
Aug
31
BMI And Thrombogenic Factors In Newly Menopausal Women
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Although having a high body mass index (BMI) is a known risk factor for cardiovascular disease, researchers are only beginning to understand how BMI affects the physiological processes involved in the development of the disease…
Aug
2
Outcomes Of Percutaneous Nephrolithotomy Stratified By Body Mass Index
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UroToday.com - It is generally accepted in the surgical literature that obesity places surgical patients at greater risk of complications. This study specifically looked at the effects of obesity on the outcomes and complications following percutaneous nephrolithotomy (PCNL)…
Jul
27
Many Knee And Hip Replacement Patients Experience Weight Decrease After Surgery
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A Mount Sinai School of Medicine study has found that patients often exhibit a significant decrease in weight and body mass index (BMI) after undergoing knee or hip replacement surgery (arthroplasty). The study is the first of its type to correct for the annual increase in BMI typically found in North Americans between the ages of 29 to 73 years. The study was recently published in Orthopedics…
Jul
7
Body mass index, or BMI, is the most common tool used to describe overweight and obesity in children. But BMI does not adequately describe regional distribution of fat, such as in the upper body, which is a better predictor of some obesity-related complications such as hypertension, diabetes and heart disease…
Jul
5
Strong Relationship Found Between Food Environment, Built Environment And Obesity
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Researchers at the University at Buffalo conducting a neighborhood-scaled exploratory study that tested the association between the food environment, the built environment and women’s body mass index (BMI) have found that women with homes closer to a supermarket, relative to a convenience store, had lower BMIs, and that the greater the number of restaurants within a five minute…
Jun
27
ENS 2010: New Study Connects Body Weight To Higher Alzheimer Risk
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Corpulence is unhealthy! But under certain circumstances a few extra pounds can prove advantageous. People with a lower body mass index (BMI) face a greater risk of common age-related dementia progressing into Alzheimer’s Disease or other forms of profound dementia…
Jun
23
Study Suggests Decay Of Baby Teeth May Be Linked To Obesity, Poor Food Choices
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A preliminary study of young children undergoing treatment for cavities in their baby teeth found that nearly 28 percent had a body mass index (BMI) above the 85th percentile, indicating overweight or obesity…