Obesity traditionally has been defined as a weight at least 20% above the weight corresponding to the lowest death rate for individuals of a specific height, gender, and age (ideal weight). Twenty to forty percent over ideal weight is considered mildly obese; 40?100% over ideal weight is considered moderately obese; and 100% over ideal weight is considered severely, or morbidly, obese.
Investigators identify successful weight control strategies for adolescents — New study published in the Journal of the American Dietetic Association – Adolescent obesity is a major public health problem that impacts one out of every three children, resulting in 4-5 million overweight youth in the United States.
Fat around the middle increases the risk of dementia – Women who store fat on their waist in middle age are more than twice as likely to develop dementia when they get older, reveals a new study from the Sahlgrenska Academy.
Obesity in middle aged women cuts chance of a long and healthy life by almost 80 percent — Adiposity and weight change in mid-life in relation to healthy survival after age 70 in women: Prospective cohort study. – A new BMJ study reveals that the more weight women gain from the age of 18 until middle age, the less likely they are to enjoy a long and healthy life, as compared with lean women.
Eat less, exercise more. Now there is new evidence to support adding another “must” to the weight-loss mantra: eat at the right time of day. – Eating at irregular times – the equivalent of the middle of the night for humans, when the body wants to sleep – influences weight gain, revealed by researchers at the Northwestern University.
10 – and 11 – year – olds feel pressure to have a perfect body – There is a direct association between body mass index (BMI) and satisfaction with the body shape in school children of 10-11 years of age, revealed by researchers.
Daylight could help control our weight – Exciting research into Brown adipose tissue (BAT) – brown fat, which is found in abundance in hibernating animals and newborn babies – could lead to new ways of preventing obesity.
Scientists create energy-burning brown fat in mice — Suggests novel strategy for treating obesity in people. – Researchers have shown that they can produce brown fat, a natural energy-burning type of fat that counteracts obesity. If such a strategy can be developed for use in people, it could open a novel approach to treating obesity and diabetes.
Common allergy drug reduces obesity and diabetes in mice – Researchers have linked type 2 diabetes and obesity with immunology. These new research studies published in Nature Medicine, by Harvard Medical School researchers.
Contrave Helps Obese Patients Initiate and Sustain Meaningful Weight Loss, Improves Multiple Cardiometabolic Risk Factors and Reduces Food Cravings. – Orexigen Therapeutics, Inc. (Nasdaq: OREX) announced that all three remaining Phase 3 trials evaluating Contrave(R) (bupropion SR/naltrexone SR), its investigational drug for the treatment of obesity, met their co-primary endpoints.
Young You Corporation Issues a Voluntary Nationwide Recall of Weight Loss Pills Found to Contain an Undeclared Drug Ingredient – Young You Corporation has been informed by the Food and Drug Administration (FDA) that four weight loss dietary supplements sold and marketed by the firm contain an undeclared drug ingredient.
USC study finds links between obesity and adolescents’ social networks — Study finds overweight youth are twice as likely to have overweight friends – Overweight youth were twice as likely to have overweight friends, revealed by researchers from the Institute of Prevention Research at the Keck School of Medicine of the University of Southern California (USC).
Obesity threshold is lowered for people in India – Obesity is generally linked to type 2 diabetes and heart disease conditions. Considering the facts, health experts lowered the threshold for being overweight or obese in India.
