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Obesity In The News
Age 11 is key to future weight
Eleven seems to be the cutoff point. According to a study from Great
Britain, 11-year-olds who are overweight or obese are more likely to carry
the extra pounds into adulthood. That's why parents need to establish good
eating and exercise habits early for their children. Some obvious tips?
Avoid sodas and fast-food and engage in calorie-busting activities such as
walking and bike riding.
(Orlandosentinel.com)
Contributed by [Deactivated Member] — May 8, 2006
Stepping out against childhood obesity
Of course a school’s primary function is to help expand the minds of
young learners. However, due to drastic increases in childhood obesity,
school officials are making an attempt, wherever they can, to encourage
students to take a step forward — literally — in the fight
against America’s ever-expanding waistline.
(Direct Xpress)
Contributed by [Deactivated Member] — May 5, 2006
Surgeons to open obesity practice
PeaceHealth has recruited a pair of surgeons from Northern California to
head up a new weight-loss center at Sacred Heart Medical Center.Drs. Neal
Gorrin and Thomas Umbach said Wednesday that they'll open the Oregon
Bariatric Center, located in the Physicians & Surgeons Building South,
across from Sacred Heart, on May 16. Bariatric is the branch of medicine
that deals with the causes, prevention and treatment of obesity. The center
will provide both surgical and medical treatment for obesity.
(Register-Guard.com)
Contributed by [Deactivated Member] — May 4, 2006
World children exercise to fight obesity
As children exercised in unison in school yards across the world Wednesday,
sweat flowed, calories burned, and, perhaps some lives will be saved.At
least, that's the hope of Len Saunders, a grinning New Jersey elementary
school gym teacher who started Project ACES in 1989. Students in all 50
states and at least 50 other countries were urged to exercise en masse for
15 minutes Wednesday, all to curb alarming rates of childhood obesity. ACES
stands for All Children Exercise Simultaneously.
(seattlepi)
Contributed by [Deactivated Member] — May 4, 2006
Pregnancy After Obesity Surgery Carries Risks
Obesity has become an epidemic in this country, so it's no surprise that
the number of people getting bariatric surgery (often called obesity
surgery) has skyrocketed.
While the procedure is very effective for weight loss, the operation
carries some special risks for women who get pregnant.
(WNBC.com)
Contributed by [Deactivated Member] — May 4, 2006
Scripps reporting sterilization concern
Nearly 300 people who had stomach-reduction procedures at Scripps Memorial
Hospital in La Jolla may have been infected with hepatitis or HIV because
improperly sterilized instruments were used during their surgeries.
The problem, which occurred between Sept. 21, 2004, and April 10, has
prompted state health officials to launch an investigation.
(Signonsandiego.com)
Contributed by [Deactivated Member] — May 3, 2006
U.S. Obesity Underestimated
In the Journal of the Royal Society of Medicine, researchers note that
national obesity statistics typically rely on self-reported weight and
height, which are often wrong.Those inaccuracies often make people sound
lighter or taller than they actually are, write Majid Ezzati, PhD, and
colleagues. Ezzati works at the Harvard School of Public
Health.Self-reported weight and height don’t always match reality, so
U.S. obesity statistics are too low, Ezzati’s team argues.
(foxnews.com)
Contributed by [Deactivated Member] — May 3, 2006
Gastric band works better than 500-calorie diet
Adjustable gastric banding is much more effective long-term than a very
low-calorie diet for people who are about 50 pounds overweight, a study
shows.Medical guidelines support this surgical procedure — which puts
a band around the top of stomach to create a feeling of fullness — in
patients who are extremely obese, about 100 or more pounds over a healthy
weight, or those who are almost as overweight and have serious medical
conditions, such as type 2 diabetes.
(USAToday)
Contributed by [Deactivated Member] — May 3, 2006
Phenix City student gets healthy on TV
About a month ago, as part of a tryout for his school's golf team, Wes
Davis went to a doctor for a physical.What the doctor said startled Davis,
who's 14 years old and not what you'd call the healthiest of eaters."The
doctor told me all of the things I was at risk for," said Wes, who'd had no
idea his weight was jeopardizing his health.Children's television network
Nickelodeon is hoping the Phenix City middle school student can become a
role model for young people everywhere.Hoping and helping.Wes was chosen as
one of four children to take part in an initiative by Nickelodeon and the
Alliance for a Healthier Generation. The new effort will combat the spread
of childhood obesity through public-service announcements, Internet video,
and, most visibly, through a series of short documentary features on
Nickelodeon.
(ledger-enquirer.com)
Contributed by [Deactivated Member] — May 2, 2006
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