Dear Dr. Donohue: Shortly after eating, I get terribly sick to my stomach. I have cramps, feel nauseated and sweat. Frequently I have to run to the bathroom because of diarrhea. This has been going on for more than six months. It happens mostly with dinner, but now I am getting a less-violent reaction at lunch.
Family-based lifestyle interventions that not only modify diet and exercise but also include behavior therapy programs can help obese children lose weight and keep it off for at least six months. In adolescents the effects last at least 12 months.
Bob Springstead is nearly half the man he was one year ago, when he tipped the scales at 386 pounds and faced an array of weight-related health problems that threatened to shorten his life.
Obesity can be "caught" as easily as a common cold from other people's coughs, sneezes and dirty hands, scientists said Monday.
The condition has been linked to a highly-infectious virus which causes sniffles and sore throats.
In a study that addressed the issue of insulin sensitivity with respect to sleep disordered breathing (SDB), Naresh Punjabi, M.D., Ph.D. sought to examine the relationship between SDB and insulin resistance using the best tools at his disposal to do so.
So just stay healthy, OK? It's a lot cheaper.
"We spend more than $7,000 per person, per year on health care," said Dr. Gregory Chappell, of Chappell Chiropractic Wellness Center in Acme, "yet have a deplorable state of health in this country in relation to the rest of the world.
Obese and overweight patients lost twice as much weight during two weeks of carbohydrate restriction compared with calorie counting, Jeffrey Browning, M.D., of the University of Texas Southwestern Medical Center, and colleagues reported online in Hepatology.
