TOP 100 WEIGHT LOSS SITES
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| Parents' Perception Of Whether Their Children Are Under Or Overweight: More Than 4 In 10 Are Wrong More than four in 10 parents with underweight and overweight children mistakenly believe their children are in the average weight range, according to University of Melbourne research. The study also finds that different methods of assessing children's weight - such as BMI or waist circumference - result in different rates of children being identified as overweight or underweight. According to BMI, more children were classified as overweight, than compared to waist circumference. medicalnewstoday.com |
NPA Supports Availability Of Weight Loss Treatment As A Pharmacy Medicine, UK The National Pharmacy Association (NPA) has welcomed the European Commission's decision to widen access to orlistat, giving pharmacists the ability to help people who are overweight and obese with a well proven and safe medicine. Commenting on the decision John Turk, NPA Chief Executive said: "Our members report that many people seek advice from pharmacists on how best they can lose weight. medicalnewstoday.com |
Greater Risk Of Learning/Attention Problems In Hypertensive Children Children who have high blood pressure are more likely to have learning disabilities and attention deficit hyperactivity disorder (ADHD) than children who are not hypertensive. They are also more likely to have a higher body mass index (BMI), an indicator of body fat. medicalnewstoday.com |
Underweight And Very Severely Obese Patients At Risk Following Liver Transplantation A recent study by doctors at the University of Washington explained that patients who are significantly underweight or very severely obese prior to liver transplantation are at increased risk of death following transplantation surgery. medicalnewstoday.com |
Link Between Fat Around Organs And Decreased Heart Function Researchers from Boston University School of Medicine (BUSM) have shown that fat collection in different body locations, such as around the heart and the aorta and within the liver, are associated with certain decreased heart functions. The study, which appears on-line in Obesity, also found that measuring a person's body mass index (BMI) does not reliably predict the amount of undesired fat in and around these vital organs. medicalnewstoday.com |