TOP 100 WEIGHT LOSS SITES
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| Pregnant Women After Bariatric Surgery Show Fewer Complications In comparison with pregnant women who are obese, the rates of negative outcomes for mothers or pregnant women and newborn babies may be lower after the woman has undergone bariatric surgery, according to an article released on November 19, 2008 in JAMA. Bariatric surgery, sometimes known as weight loss surgery, can help obese people achieve a healthier body weight. medicalnewstoday.com |
Obese Middle-Aged Adults And Underweight Older Adults Appear To Have Increased Risk For Dementia Midlife obesity may be associated with risk for dementia, but after age 65, the relationship between body mass index and dementia appears to reverse so that underweight individuals are at higher risk. Annette L. Fitzpatrick, Ph.D., of the University of Washington, Seattle, and colleagues analyzed data from 2,798 adults (average age 74.7) without dementia. Participants reported their weight at age 50 (midlife) and had their height and weight measured at age 65 or older (late life). medicalnewstoday.com |
Discovery Of Association Between Obstructive Sleep Apnea And Weight Gain According to a research abstract presented at SLEEP 2009, the 23rd Annual Meeting of the Associated Professional Sleep Societies, a link exists between the severity of obstructive sleep apnea (OSA) and weight gain. Results indicate that people with an apnea-hypopnea index (AHI), the average of the combined episodes of apnea and hypopnea that occur per hour of sleep, of over 15 had an increase in body mass index (BMI) of 0. medicalnewstoday.com |
Childbearing Increases Risk Of Metabolic Syndrome Childbearing is associated directly with future development of the metabolic syndrome abdominal obesity, high triglycerides, insulin resistance and other cardiovascular disease risk factors and for women who have had gestational diabetes, the risk is more than twice greater, according to a study co-authored by University of Alabama at Birmingham (UAB) researchers published in the American Journal of Obstetrics and Gynecology. UAB Professor of Preventive Medicine Cora E. Lewis, M. medicalnewstoday.com |
Healthy diet may benefit women's mental health (Reuters) Reuters - Women who suffer from depression and anxiety may want to take a look at their diet as possible contributors to these conditions, study findings hint. us.rd.yahoo.com |