TOP 100 WEIGHT LOSS SITES
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| Researchers Find Cause Of Severe Metabolic Disorders A healthy body stores fat in the form of so-called triglycerides in specialized fatty tissue as an energy reserve. Under certain conditions the delicate balance of the lipid metabolism gets out of control and fat is accumulated in the liver, leading to the dreaded fatty liver. This increases the risk of many metabolic diseases, such as the metabolic syndrome known as "deadly quartet". medicalnewstoday.com |
GPs 'Could Do More' To Help Obese Avoid Surgery, UK Obesity could be treated earlier by GPs and healthcare trusts if they invest more time and money in early stage weight management programmes, therefore avoiding the potential need for surgery later on, a senior clinical researcher will report today (Wednesday, 17 December, 2008). He will also say that there is a "post code lottery" for patients suffering from obesity, when it comes to getting access to specialist care. medicalnewstoday.com |
Fitness Guidelines 3 Times More Likely To Be Met By Public Transit Users A new study by researchers at the University of British Columbia suggests taking public transit may help you keep fit. The study, published in the Journal of Public Health Policy, finds that people who take public transit are three times more likely than those who don't to meet the Heart and Stroke Foundation of Canada's suggested daily minimum of physical activity. Doctoral student Ugo Lachapelle and Assoc. Prof. 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 |
2009 Community Health Leaders Award For Work To Reduce Obesity The Robert Wood Johnson Foundation (RWJF) has announced its selection of Rajiv Kumar, founder and chairman of Shape Up RI and a medical student at the Warren Alpert Medical School of Brown University, to receive a Community Health Leaders Award. He is one of 10 extraordinary Americans who received the RWJF honor for 2009 at a ceremony at the Mayflower Hotel in Washington, D.C. medicalnewstoday.com |