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| First Study To Look At Impact Of Body Mass Index On Older Kids Involved In Car Crashes Children who are overweight or obese are over two and a half times more likely to suffer injuries to their upper and lower extremities following a motor vehicle crash compared with normal weight children, according to a new report from the Johns Hopkins Bloomberg School of Public Health's Center for Injury Research and Policy. medicalnewstoday.com |
Obesity Associated With Worse Outcomes After Pancreatic Cancer Surgery Obese patients with a body mass index (BMI) of more than 35 appear more likely to have cancer that has spread to their lymph nodes, lower rates of survival and higher rates of recurrence following surgery for pancreatic cancer, according to a report in the March issue of Archives of Surgery, one of the JAMA/Archives journals. Obesity rates have dramatically increased in the United States over the past 20 years, according to background information in the article. medicalnewstoday.com |
Annals Of Internal Medicine Tip Sheet For June 16, 2009, Issue Calcium Supplementation Has No Weight-loss Benefit for Obese Patients One in three American adults is overweight or obese, with a body mass index (BMI) of 25 or greater. As the obesity rate continues to rise, researchers seek an approach that can prevent weight gain or promote weight loss. Some studies suggest that people who eat more dairy products weigh less. Dairy products are a good source of calcium. medicalnewstoday.com |
Does This Pencil Skirt Have an App? A mother wonders if a new iPhone app called Lose It is enough help to get into her new purchase. nytimes.com |
Five Questions You Should Ask Your Doctor About Losing Weight The American Society of Bariatric Physicians (ASBP) works with physicians so they're better prepared to deal with society's obesity epidemic. Even though people focus on weight loss more in January than any other month, successful weight loss is a year-round long-term initiative that goes far beyond just diet and exercise... mnt.to |