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| Obese And Overweight Teenagers More Likely To Have Considered Suicide Teenagers who are overweight or obese are more likely to have considered suicide than those who are a normal weight, according to new research presented at a meeting of the Royal College of Psychiatrists' Child and Adolescent Faculty. Researchers from the University of Liverpool measured the height and weight of 799 Year 9 students from five comprehensive schools in Cheshire. This was used to calculate each student's body mass index (BMI). medicalnewstoday.com |
Weight Loss Surgery Patients Face Holiday Eating Challenges Head On For most of us, the holidays are a non-stop food fest that challenges our resolve to eat healthy. From office parties and cookie exchanges to holiday parties and tasty gifts, the temptations are all around. Holiday challenges are even greater for people who have undergone weight loss surgery. "Because people who have undergone weight loss surgery can only eat a half cup of food at a time, they have to focus on portion control," said Gregory Barnes, M.D. medicalnewstoday.com |
Children and teens being prescribed significantly more diabetes and blood pressure drugs Between 2004 and 2007, Joshua N. Liberman, Ph.D. and colleagues of CVS Caremark in Hunt Valley, Md., reveal that the number of children and teens prescribed with high blood pressure or diabetes medications have increased. Their evaluation was carried out with information about prescription records of more than five million commercially insured individuals covered by a pharmacy benefits manager between the ages of 6 to 18. medicalnewstoday.com |
Weight loss surgery no cure for sleep apnea (Reuters) Reuters - Patients who undergo weight loss surgery should not expect it to cure the nighttime breathing disorder known as obstructive sleep apnea, according to a paper in the June issue of The American Journal of Medicine. us.rd.yahoo.com |
El Paso County Serves As A Model For Obesity Prevention Researchers at the Michael & Susan Dell Center for Advancement of Healthy Living at The University of Texas School of Public Health Austin Regional Campus found the obesity prevention efforts in the El Paso region were the most effective in Texas in decreasing the prevalence of childhood obesity. Deanna Hoelscher, Ph.D. medicalnewstoday.com |