TOP 100 WEIGHT LOSS SITES
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| Weight-Loss Surgery Weighed as Diabetes Rx (HealthDay) HealthDay - FRIDAY, Sept. 12 (HealthDay News) -- International health expertswill convene in New York City next week to discuss an unconventional andarguably radical approach to treating people with type 2 diabetes:weight-loss surgery. us.rd.yahoo.com |
Psoriasis Patients Have Higher Levels Of Obesity Hormone Leptin The skin disease psoriasis has been associated with higher levels of the protein leptin, according to an article released on December 15, 2008 in Archives of Dermatology, one of the JAMA/Archives journals. Psoriasis is a chronic autoimmune disease whose primary symptom is the presence of a persistent red, scaly rash. medicalnewstoday.com |
Link Between Infant Weight Gain And Childhood Obesity As childhood obesity continues its thirty-year advance from occasional curiosity to cultural epidemic, health care providers are struggling to find out why - and the reasons are many. Increasingly sedentary environments for both adults and children, as well as cheap and ubiquitous processed foods no doubt play a role, but researchers are finding more evidence that the first clues for childhood obesity may begin as far back as early infancy. medicalnewstoday.com |
New Report Finds Obesity Epidemic Increases, Mississippi Weighs In As Heaviest State Adult obesity rates increased in 23 states and did not decrease in a single state in the past year, according to F as in Fat: How Obesity Policies Are Failing in America 2009, a report released today by the Trust for America's Health (TFAH) and the Robert Wood Johnson Foundation (RWJF). In addition, the percentage of obese or overweight children is at or above 30 percent in 30 states. "Our health care costs have grown along with our waist lines," said Jeff Levi, Ph.D. medicalnewstoday.com |
The Eye of the Beholder In New Jersey’s gubernatorial race, a candidate’s weight is now an issue. As Americans get fatter, who will be qualified to run for office? nytimes.com |