The proportion of U.S. adults who self report they are obese increased nearly 2 percent between 2005 and 2007, according to a report in today’s Morbidity and Mortality Weekly Report (MMWR). An estimated 25.6 percent of U.S. adults reported being obese in 2007 compared to 23.9 percent in 2005, an increase of 1.7 percent.
The report […]

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A new report, released by the University of Michigan C.S. Mott Children’s Hospital National Poll on Children’s Health, has shown that childhood obesity is now the No. 1 health concern for US kids in 2008.

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More Britons are failing to recognise they are overweight, research shows
A comparison of Great Britain household surveys from 1999 and 2007 show the number of people classed as clinically overweight or obese has increased.
But fewer adults now correctly class themselves as overweight, researchers report in the British Medical Journal.
One expert said the results were “disappointing” […]

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Obese men should consider losing weight if they want to have children, a scientist told the 24th annual conference of the European Society of Human Reproduction and Embryology
Dr. A Ghiyath Shayeb, from the University of Aberdeen, Aberdeen, UK, said that his research had shown that men with a higher body mass index (BMI) had lower […]

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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.
“The full impact of the childhood obesity epidemic has yet to be seen, because it can take up to 10 […]

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Keeping tabs on what you eat with a food diary can double your weight loss, a new study shows.
While the idea of food diaries has been around a long time, this latest research offers more proof they help you shed more poundage, said study co-author Dr. Victor J. Stevens, a senior investigator at Kaiser Permanente […]

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A new implantable medical device, developed in collaboration with Mayo Clinic researchers, shows promise as a reversible and less extreme alternative to existing bariatric surgeries, according to findings published in the current issue of the journal Surgery.
In a six-month open label trial involving three medical centers in Australia, Mexico and Norway, the 31 obese participants […]

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Nanette Santoro, MD, an Albert Einstein College of Medicine obstetrician-gynaecologist trained in reproductive endocrinology, said that the findings of the study, performed in New York in nearly 300 very overweight men, were unexpected and suggests that being overweight does not decrease the production of sperm .
Increasing body weight was linked to lower testosterone in the […]

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A new study shows that increased eating does not necessarily lead to increased fat. The finding in the much-studied roundworm opens the possibility of identifying new targets for drugs to control weight, the researchers say.
The discovery reveals that the neurotransmitter serotonin, already known to control appetite and fat build-up, actually does so through two separate […]

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Pushing your overweight child to exercise might be of no use, for a new study has revealed that exercising has no impact on weight loss in children.
Researchers suggest that overweight children should be encouraged to eat healthy food and focus on their calorie intake.
In order to lower the rate of childhood obesity, parents need to […]

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