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Aug 1st, 2009
Short-term complications and death rates were low following bariatric surgery to limit the amount of food that can enter the stomach, decrease absorption of food or both.
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Jul 30th, 2009
When a child is born, he/she has brown fat cells to keep him warm. An infant is unable to warm himself by shivering. It was thought that adults did not have brown fat cells, that they had disappeared quickly as the infant grew older. However, researchers have recently found some brown fat in adults. Because brown fat turns excess glucose (sugar) into heat, researchers wondered if maybe the brown fat cells could be made more active as a possible obesity treatment.
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Jul 30th, 2009
Researchers have shown that they can engineer mouse and human cells to produce brown fat, a natural energy-burning type of fat that counteracts obesity.
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Jul 28th, 2009
The health cost of obesity in the United States is as high as $147 billion annually.
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Jul 28th, 2009
Obesity is not only dangerous for your health, but also for your packet. Every third adult American is obese. The childhood obesity rate is one in every five children. An average person, suffering from obesity, spends about $1,400 dollars extra on health care per year, new research shows.
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Jul 28th, 2009
This morning, HHS Secretary Kathleen Sebelius will address the Weight of the Nation Conference. The conference is the Center for Disease Control and Prevention's inaugural conference on obesity prevention and control. Sebelius's remarks as prepared for delivery are included below.
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Jul 27th, 2009
Obesity costs more than just health dollars. Obesity destroys quality of life. Obesity related illnesses include heart disease, and diabetes, and cancer. Chronic pain conditions become worse. Increased food consumption places a burden on a fragile ecosystem.
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Jul 23rd, 2009
One of 7 low-income, preschool-aged children is obese, but the obesity epidemic may be stabilizing.
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Jul 17th, 2009
Obesity, among other factors, is strongly associated with an increased risk of rapid cartilage loss.
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Jul 17th, 2009
Blacks had 51 percent higher prevalence of obesity, and Hispanics had 21 percent higher obesity prevalence compared with whites.
