Sep
6
According to a new report, 2 out of every 5 of New York City’s children from kindergarten to eighth grade, are either overweight or obese. This figure, released in a report on Sunday, comes from the latest New York City (NYC) Fitnessgram assessment, a new program that was piloted in 2005-06 and is now in place across the city…
Sep
6
Only about one in every six Americans who have ever been overweight or obese loses weight and maintains that loss, according to Penn State College of Medicine researchers. While that number is larger than most weight-loss clinical trials report, the majority of Americans are still unable to lose weight and keep it off…
Sep
2
Nearly one out of every three American children is clinically overweight or obese. The health and well-being of future generations is undeniably at risk. And yet the fastest-growing fitness club chain in the world is about to launch a nationwide campaign featuring TV commercials and full-page ads in USA Today and People magazine which declare “There is no childhood obesity epidemic…
Aug
19
Recurrent Teen Headaches Linked To Smoking, Overweight And Physical Inactivity
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Teenagers who regularly have headaches may find that their problem is linked to overweight, smoking and/or lack of physical exercise, according to an article published in the medical journal Neurology. The authors found that teenagers with all three factors - those who were overweight, smoked and did very little exercise - were 3…
Aug
4
Orexigen® Therapeutics COR-BMOD Study Published In The Journal Obesity
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Orexigen® Therapeutics, Inc. (Nasdaq: OREX) announced the online publication of results from its COR-BMOD trial of Contrave® (naltrexone SR/bupropion SR) in the journal Obesity. The COR-BMOD trial evaluated intensive behavior modification (BMOD) plus Contrave32 (32mg naltrexone sustained release (SR)/360mg bupropion SR) compared to BMOD plus placebo, in 793 overweight or obese patients…
Jul
29
Obese patients lose weight on new Orexigen drug (Reuters)
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Reuters - Overweight volunteers who took Orexigen’s experimental drug Contrave, designed to reduce cravings, lost about 13 pounds (6 kg) over a year, U.S. researchers reported on Thursday.
Jul
16
Health Providers Need To Do More To Understand And Support Lesbians Who Are Overweight
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Healthcare professionals need to develop greater understanding of the specific needs of lesbian patients and adopt a more sensitive approach to the advice they give them, according to research in the July issue of the Journal of Clinical Nursing…
Jul
9
Weight Loss From Higher-Protein Diets Effective But May Lower Bone Density In Postmenopausal Women
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Overweight and moderately obese postmenopausal women using diets based on higher protein intake also need to be aware of potential bone loss, according to new research from Purdue University…
Jul
1
Obesity Ups Cancer Death Risk in Asia-Pacific Region (HealthDay)
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HealthDay - WEDNESDAY, June 30 (HealthDay News) — Overweight and obese
people in the Asia-Pacific region have a significantly increased risk of
dying from cancer compared to those of normal weight, finds a new
study.
Jul
1
Excess Weight Linked To Increased Risk Of Dying From Cancer In Populations Of Asia-Pacific
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Overweight and obese individuals from the Asia-Pacific region are significantly more likely to die from cancer compared with individuals in the normal weight range. New strategies are urgently needed to tackle the obesity epidemic in Asia to prevent further increases in the cancer burden in this region, concludes an Article published Online First in The Lancet Oncology…