Weight Loss and Nutrition
Laparoscopic gastric bypass provides better results (Reuters)
Reuters - Performing gastric bypass surgery to reduce the weight of morbidly obese patients using a laparoscopic method, rather than the conventional more invasive "open" abdominal method, reduces postoperative complications, the need for a second operation, and shortens hospital stays, new research shows. Nevertheless, laparoscopic gastric bypass is more expensive. More »
Newest fertility treatment may be a diet (Reuters)
Reuters - The newest low-tech fertility treatment may be a diet, researchers said on Wednesday after learning that obese men have more abnormal sperm and make less semen. More »
Obesity levels in China rising fast, study finds (Reuters)
Reuters - Obesity levels in China are rising fast, with more than one quarter of the population overweight or obese, as people add more meat and dairy products to their diet causing serious health problems, according to a new study. More »
Kids' Obesity May Lead to Epidemic of Adult Diabetes (HealthDay)
HealthDay - TUESDAY, July 8 (HealthDay News) -- The current childhood obesity epidemic in the United States may lead to large numbers of young adults developing type 2 diabetes in the future, along with serious diabetes-related health complications, warns a University of Michigan researcher. More »
Quarter of Chinese adults are overweight, obese: US study (AFP)
AFP - Declining physical activity and a shift towards a Western diet are driving up obesity rates in China, with more than 25 percent of adults now considered overweight or obese, a study warned Tuesday. More »
Kids' Obesity May Lead to Epidemic of Adult Diabetes (HealthDay)
HealthDay - TUESDAY, July 8 (HealthDay News) -- The current childhood obesity epidemic in the United States may lead to large numbers of young adults developing type 2 diabetes in the future, along with serious diabetes-related health complications, warns a University of Michigan researcher. More »
Hardwired for fat: scientists identify obesity gene (AFP)
AFP - British and French scientists have identified several variants of a single gene that boost the risk of obesity, according to a study published Sunday in the British journal Nature. More »
Obesity may offer some protection after stenting (Reuters)
Reuters - Paradoxically, obesity may offer some protection against heart-related "events," like heart attack, in people who have a stent placed to prop open a clogged coronary artery, research shows. More »
Kidney stones a risk after stomach bypass surgery (Reuters)
Reuters - Morbidly obese adults who undergo a particular type of stomach bypass surgery called Roux-en-Y gastric bypass (RYGB) appear to be at increased risk of developing kidney stones earlier than previously thought. The increase in stone risk was evident just three months after the surgery. More »
Fatty Liver Disease Ups Heart Risks for Obese Kids (HealthDay)
HealthDay - MONDAY, June 30 (HealthDay News) -- More than 6 million children in the United States have a condition called nonalcoholic fatty liver disease (NAFLD), which can boost their odds for heart disease, researchers report. More »