TOP 100 WEIGHT LOSS SITES
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| Link Discovered Between A Mother's Stress And Her Child Becoming Overweight A mother's stress may contribute to her young children being overweight in low income households with sufficient food, according to a new Iowa State University study that is published in the September issue of Pediatrics, the professional journal of the American Academy of Pediatrics. The study analyzed data collected from 841 children in 425 households in the 1999-2002 National Health and Nutrition Examination Survey. medicalnewstoday.com |
A Tax on Many Soft Drinks Sets Off a Spirited Debate State officials said the tax would reduce obesity and raise more than $400 million a year for health programs, but some New Yorkers, nutrition experts and officials in the beverage industry have vowed to fight the proposal. nytimes.com |
Lower Rate Of Liver Disease In African-Americans May Be Explained By Difference In Fat Storage Where different ethnic groups store fat in their bodies may account for differences in the likelihood they'll develop insulin resistance and non-alcoholic fatty liver disease, researchers at UT Southwestern Medical Center have found. According to research reported in the online edition and the March issue of Hepatology, African-Americans with insulin resistance might harbor factors that protect them from this form of metabolic liver disease. medicalnewstoday.com |
Surgeons Use USGI Medical's Incisionless Operating Platform To Reduce Pouch, Stoma Size In Gastric Bypass Patients New data show that surgeons can use USGI Medical Inc.'s (USGI) Incisionless Operating Platform(TM) (IOP) to durably reduce the size of the stomach pouch and stoma in Roux-en-Y Gastric Bypass (RYGB) patients who are regaining weight because this portion of their anatomy has stretched since their original surgery. medicalnewstoday.com |
Being Overweight Super-Sizes Both Risk And Consequences Of Sleep-Disordered Breathing Overweight individuals are not just at greater risk of having sleep-disordered-breathing (SDB), they are also likely to suffer greater consequences, according to new research. medicalnewstoday.com |