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Link Between Obesity Rise And Disability Increase Among Elderly In Latin America And The Caribbean
Thanks to rising obesity rates in Latin America and the Caribbean, elderly people there are becoming more likely to suffer from disabilities, according to a paper recently published by University of Texas Medical Branch at Galveston researchers in the American Journal of Epidemiology...
Addressing Mom's Weight Issues Is First Step Towards Overcoming Childhood Obesity
The information gap and general lack of understanding of obesity's unique and disproportionate impact on women contributes to the challenges of the 65 million American women who are considered overweight or obese, said the Strategies to Overcome and Prevent (STOP) Obesity Alliance Task Force on Women at a meeting on Capitol Hill...
Simple Community Program Prevents Weight Gain In Young Australian Mothers
A simple community program has been shown to be effective in preventing excess weight gain commonly experienced by young mothers. The research, published online in the British Medical Journal has found that weight gain can be prevented with a program based on simple health messages, small changes to behaviour, and delivered conveniently in a community setting...
Why A Low Calorie Diet Can Extend Lifespan -- Even If Adopted Later In Life
New research being presented this week is giving scientists new insight into why a restricted diet can lead to a longer lifespan and reduced incidence of age-related diseases for a wide variety of animals...
Health Providers Need To Do More To Understand And Support Lesbians Who Are Overweight
Healthcare professionals need to develop greater understanding of the specific needs of lesbian patients and adopt a more sensitive approach to the advice they give them, according to research in the July issue of the Journal of Clinical Nursing...
Obesity Harms Women's Memory And Brain Function
The more an older woman weighs, the worse her memory, according to new research from Northwestern Medicine. The effect is more pronounced in women who carry excess weight around their hips, known as pear shapes, than women who carry it around their waists, called apple shapes...
Obesity Harms Women's Memory And Brain Function
The more an older woman weighs, the worse her memory, according to new research from Northwestern Medicine. The effect is more pronounced in women who carry excess weight around their hips, known as pear shapes, than women who carry it around their waists, called apple shapes...
Lifelong Doubling In Death Risk For Men Who Are Obese At Age 20 Years
Men who enter adult life obese face a life-long doubling of the risk of dying prematurely, new research has found. In a study presented at the International Congress on Obesity in Stockholm, researchers tracked more than 5,000 military conscripts starting at the age of 20 until up to the age of 80...
New Research Finds That Obese Men Are Less Good At Tasting Fat And Less Responsive To The Effects Of Fat In The Gut Than Lean Me
Research presented at the Annual Meeting of the Society for the Study of Ingestive Behavior (SSIB), the foremost society for research into all aspects of eating and drinking behavior, finds marked differences between obese and lean men in how they respond to the taste of fat...
Weight Loss Helped Overweight And Obese Women Reduce Hot Flushes
A new US study found that overweight and obese menopausal women who lost weight during an intensive diet and exercise program suffered fewer and less severe hot flushes compared to women who did not do the program...
