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| Focusing On Deadly Epidemic At 15-State Southern Obesity Summit With Thanksgiving and end-of-the-year holidays coming soon, many Americans will eat, drink and get heavier. It is a challenging season for those working to control and reverse our nation's obesity epidemic. Luckily this is an opportune time to remind everyone of the problem and discuss ideas and projects to combat obesity, especially in children, according to organizers of the annual 15-state Southern Obesity Summit. The 2008 gathering will be held Nov. medicalnewstoday.com |
Mediterranean diet may help prevent spina bifida (Reuters) Reuters - Moms-to-be can help prevent their babies from developing a serious spinal cord defect by eating a Mediterranean diet, Dutch researchers say. us.rd.yahoo.com |
Protective Footwear For Diabetics At A High-Street Price Diabetes rates have risen sharply in developed countries in the wake of the obesity epidemic, and an estimated 30 million Europeans live with the condition. Foot problems are the most common cause of admission to hospital for diabetics, who are at risk of serious complications such as nerve damage and problems with the blood supply to their feet. Both conditions can lead to slow-healing wounds and foot ulcers which, if they get infected and become gangrenous, can lead to amputation. medicalnewstoday.com |
Weight Loss Surgery Study Announced Researchers presented data in Paris at the World Congress of the International Federation for the Surgery of Obesity and Metabolic Disorders claiming that people with Type 2 diabetes benefit from weight loss surgery (bariatric surgery). The study of more than 135,000 people with Type 2 diabetes showed that 86.6 per cent achieved normal or improved blood glucose levels after surgery. The research also showed that these improvements were maintained two years after surgery. medicalnewstoday.com |
It's Easier To Resist 'Killer Cookies' Your ability to resist that tempting cookie depends on how a big a threat you perceive it to be, according to a new study in the Journal of Consumer Research. Authors Ying Zhang, Szu-Chi Huang and Susan M. Broniarczyk (all University of Texas at Austin) studied techniques that enable us resist food and other temptations... medicalnewstoday.com |