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Many Medical Students Have Anti-Fat Bias, Study Finds
Posted 1 day 7 hours ago by Drugs.com
FRIDAY, May 24 – Two out of five medical students have an unconscious bias against obese people, a new study found. The study authors, from Wake Forest Baptist Medical Center, noted the anti-fat stigma is a significant barrier to the treatment of obesity. They concluded that teaching medical students to recognize this bias is necessary to improve care for the millions of Americans who are overweight or obese. "Bias can affect clinical care and the doctor-patient relationship, and even a patient's willingness or desire to go see their physician, so it is crucial that we try to deal with any bias during medical school," study lead author Dr. David Miller, associate professor of internal medicine at Wake Forest Baptist Medical Center, said in a center news release. "Previous research has shown that on average, physicians have a strong anti-fat bias similar to that of the general ... Read more
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Too Few Kids Use Fast-Food Calorie Info, Study Finds
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THURSDAY, May 23 – While some fast-food chains are required to provide calorie and other nutritional information to help customers make informed choices, kids who eat fast food at least twice a week are 50 percent less likely to use this information than kids who eat fast food less often, according to a new U.S. study. Those most likely to use the calorie information are girls and children who are obese, said the researchers from the U.S. Centers for Disease Control and Prevention. The study was published online May 23 in the Journal of Public Health. "Our findings are important given the high prevalence of obesity among youth and the adverse health effects associated with obesity," study lead author Dr. Holly Wethington said in a journal news release. "It is encouraging that a large number of youth, particularly youth who are obese, reported using the calorie information. "This may ... Read more
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Abused Children at Risk for Obesity as Adults: Study
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WEDNESDAY, May 22 – Children who are physically, sexually or emotionally abused or neglected are at greater risk for obesity later in life, a new review suggests. British researchers found that abused children are 36 percent more likely to be obese as adults. They concluded that child abuse could be viewed as a modifiable risk factor for obesity. "We found that being maltreated as a child significantly increased the risk of obesity in adult life," study author Dr. Andrea Danese, a child and adolescent psychiatrist at King's College London's Institute of Psychiatry, said in a news release from King's College. "Prevention of child maltreatment remains paramount, and our findings highlight the serious long-term health effects of these experiences." In conducting the study, the researchers examined data on more than 190,000 people enrolled in 41 studies around the world. They found the ... Read more
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Americans Still Making Unhealthy Choices: CDC
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TUESDAY, May 21 – The overall health of Americans isn't improving much, with about six in 10 people either overweight or obese and large numbers engaging in unhealthy behaviors like smoking, heavy drinking or not exercising, a new government report shows. Released Tuesday by the U.S. Centers for Disease Control and Prevention, the report found Americans continuing to make many of the lifestyle choices that have led to soaring rates of heart disease, diabetes and other chronic illnesses, including the following: About six of 10 adults drink, including an increase in those who reported episodic heavy drinking of five or more drinks in one day during the previous year. Twenty percent of adults smoke, and less than one-half of smokers attempted to quit in the past year. Only one in five adults met federal guidelines for both aerobic activity and muscle-strengthening exercise. One in three ... Read more
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Losing Weight May Ease Chronic Heartburn
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MONDAY, May 20 – Obese and overweight men and women who suffer from heartburn often report relief when they lose weight, a new study shows. The researchers tracked the effects of weight loss over a year in patients who had a persistent form of heartburn known as gastroesophageal reflux, or GERD. "If you lose weight, you will have improvements in your reflux symptoms," said study author Dr. Preetika Sinh, a gastroenterology fellow at the University of Kansas School of Medicine. In women, but not men, long-term exercise also helped reduce symptoms, she added. Sinh was scheduled to present the findings Monday at the Digestive Disease Week annual meeting in Orlando, Fla. Previous research also has linked weight loss with a decline in GERD symptoms. Heartburn, or acid indigestion, is very common, with more than 60 million Americans having it at least once a month, according to the American ... Read more
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ADHD in Childhood May Raise Risk for Obesity in Adulthood
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MONDAY, May 20 – Boys who are diagnosed with attention deficit-hyperactivity disorder (ADHD) are twice as likely to become obese adults as those who didn't have the disorder when they were young, a new 30-year study shows. Researchers found that men with childhood ADHD tended to have a higher body-mass index (BMI) and obesity, even if they no longer had symptoms of the disorder. Socioeconomics made no difference; well-off or poor, they tended toward obesity. "The bottom line is, boys who were hyperactive when followed up for more than 30 years turn out to be more likely to be obese than comparable kids from their same communities," said study co-author Dr. Francisco Xavier Castellanos, a professor of child and adolescent psychiatry in the Child Study Center at NYU Langone Medical Center in New York City. "That really seems to be reflective of their early hyperactivity. It doesn't ... Read more
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Age Amplifies Damage From Obesity, Study Finds
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FRIDAY, May 17 – After age 50, excess body fat hardens the arteries, potentially increasing the risk of dying from cardiovascular disease, according to a new study. The blood vessels of young people can adapt to the effects of obesity, but this ability is lost after middle age, British researchers found. As body fat accumulates, arteries become stiffer, they cautioned, suggesting years of being overweight could lead to irreversible damage. "The effects of having more fat seem to be different depending on your age. It looks like young people may be able to adapt to excess body fat, but by middle age the cumulative exposure to years of obesity may start to cause permanent damage to the arteries," said study leader Dr. Declan O'Regan, of the Medical Research Council Clinical Sciences Center at Imperial College London. One implication of the study, published in the June print issue of the ... Read more
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Living Near Fast-Food Outlets Might Boost Obesity Risk
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THURSDAY, May 16 – Having a fast-food restaurant nearby might be a convenience, but living within two miles of one may be a little too convenient. According to a new study, black Americans who live near these businesses have a higher body-mass index than those living farther away. Researchers at the University of Texas M.D. Anderson Cancer Center found this was particularly true for those with a lower income. Body-mass index (BMI) is a measurement of body fat that takes into account a person's height and weight. The findings are significant because black people are at greater risk for the negative health effects associated with obesity, such as diabetes and heart disease, the study authors pointed out. "According to prior research, African-Americans, particularly women, have higher rates of obesity than other ethnic groups, and the gap is growing," study leader Lorraine Reitzel, an ... Read more
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Gene Variations May Explain Weight Gain Among Men, Women
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WEDNESDAY, May 15 – Weight gain in men and women is predicted by two different genetic variations – so-called polymorphisms, according to a new study from the Netherlands. Men with a certain mutation of the FTO gene had an 87 percent greater risk for gaining weight over 10 years. Meanwhile, women with a different variation on the MMP2 gene had a two and a half times increased risk for weight gain over the course of a decade, the researchers found. The research involved two groups of people: The first group, which consisted of 259 people, maintained a stable weight; the second group consisted of 237 people who were considered weight gainers. These participants gained about 17 pounds over 10 years. Starting body-mass index – a measurement of body fat based on a person's ratio of height to weight – for the participants ranged from normal to obese. Participants were between 20 and 45 ... Read more
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Obesity Crisis May Be Fueling Big Jump in Sleep Apnea Cases
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FRIDAY, May 10 – The widening American waistline may be feeding an epidemic of sleep apnea, potentially robbing millions of people of a good night's rest, a new study suggests. The research didn't definitively link the rise in obesity to sleep apnea, and it only looked at 1,520 people, almost all white, in Wisconsin. But study author Paul Peppard believes the findings show a big spike in sleep apnea cases over the past two decades – as much as 55 percent – and may translate to the entire United States. "There are probably 4 million to 5 million people who are more likely to have sleep apnea due to the obesity epidemic," estimated Peppard, an assistant professor of population health sciences at the University of Wisconsin-Madison. "It's certainly an uncalculated cost of the obesity epidemic, an epidemic of its own." The researchers looked at adults aged 30 to 70 who were monitored as ... Read more
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Gene Test May Help Predict Success of Weight-Loss Surgery
Posted 2 May 2013 by Drugs.com
THURSDAY, May 2 – Weight loss after gastric bypass surgery varies widely, and scientists say they have identified a genetic variation that may help explain the discrepancy. The discovery, detailed in a study published May 2 in the American Journal of Human Genetics, is already driving creation of a gene test that may one day help patients predict how many pounds they might shed after weight-loss surgery. Some patients lose 60 percent of their weight after the surgery, and others just 15 percent. Factors such as age, activity level and whether a patient has other health problems, such as diabetes, help doctors estimate a patient's potential results. But sometimes, patients who seem like great candidates for the surgery don't slim down as much as they'd hoped. "This is heartbreaking for those folks who have been brave enough and struggled enough to get to the point of having surgery and ... Read more
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Study Supports Broader Access to Lap-Band Weight-Loss Surgery
Posted 2 May 2013 by Drugs.com
THURSDAY, May 2 – The Lap-Band weight-loss procedure should not be restricted only to patients who are very severely obese, a new study suggests. Still, some experts disagreed, saying further research will be needed before the procedure is used in a wider range of patients. The Lap-Band is a strategy in which an adjustable band is placed around the upper part of the stomach in order to create a pouch. The newly-created pouch restricts how much food a patient can eat at one time and helps reduce appetite. In 2001, the U.S. Food and Drug Administration approved the Lap-Band for use in patients who are very severely obese (a body-mass index of 40 or higher) and for patients who are severely obese (BMI of 35 to 39.9) with an obesity-related condition such as high blood pressure or diabetes. BMI is a measurement of body fat based on a ratio of weight to height. Obesity is typically defined ... Read more
Younger Men Biggest Consumers of Added Sugars: CDC
Posted 1 May 2013 by Drugs.com
WEDNESDAY, May 1 – Young U.S. adults are consuming more added sugars in their food and drinks than older – and apparently wiser – folks, according to a new government report. Released Wednesday, data from the U.S Centers for Disease Control and Prevention showed that from 2005 to 2010, older adults with higher incomes tended to consume less added sugar – defined as sweeteners added to processed and prepared foods – than younger people. Sugary sodas tend to bear the brunt of the blame for added sugar in the American diet, but the new report showed that foods were the greater source. One-third of calories from added sugars came from beverages. Of note, most of those calories were consumed at home as opposed to outside of the house, the study showed. The report, published in the May issue of the National Center for Health Statistics Data Brief, found that the number of calories ... Read more
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How Weight-Loss Surgery Improves Diabetes Control
Posted 30 Apr 2013 by Drugs.com
TUESDAY, April 30 – Gastric bypass – a widely used weight-loss procedure – appears to change the hormones and amino acids produced during digestion, which could explain how the surgery eliminates symptoms of type 2 diabetes, according to a small new study. The findings could lead to new treatments for type 2 diabetes, the researchers said. Untreated, diabetes can lead to heart disease, blindness, amputations and kidney disease. In gastric bypass surgery, the stomach is divided into two sections. Food is then directed to the smaller section, so people feel full after eating less food. This study included four women who had gastric bypass surgery. During the operation, a catheter was inserted into the larger, bypassed section of each patient's stomach. After the surgery, the researchers sent food through the catheter into this part of the stomach and analyzed the hormones produced. ... Read more
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Too Much Drinking, Weight May Harm Liver
Posted 28 Apr 2013 by Drugs.com
FRIDAY, April 26 – Being overweight and drinking too much alcohol can cause severe harm to the liver, two new studies warn. One study found that overweight and obese women who were heavy drinkers had a significantly increased risk of developing and dying from chronic liver disease. The other study found an increased risk of liver cancer in people with alcoholic cirrhosis who also have fatty liver disease, type 2 diabetes and are overweight or obese. The first study included more than 107,000 women in the United Kingdom. They were classified as having either a low or high body mass index (BMI, a measure of body fat based on height and weight), and low or high alcohol consumption. Low was between zero and 15 units of alcohol per week while high was more than 15 units per week. According to the U.K.'s National Health Service, 15 units of alcohol per week would work out to a little more ... Read more
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