Obesity
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AAP Launches Institute to Fight Obesity
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School-Based Obesity Prevention: One Piece of the Puzzle
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Bariatric Surgery Safety Has Increased With Medicare Coverage
Major Finding: The percentage of Medicare patients with any complications dropped from 12% before the National Coverage Determination to 8%...
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Parents May Fail to Recognize Overweight, Obesity as Problem in Kids
Major Finding: zBMI and BMI percentile based on parental report vs. actual measurement were 0.55 vs. 0.76, and 65.12 vs.
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Intestinal Liner Improves Glycemic Markers in Type 2 Diabetes
Major Finding: An endoscopically placed duodenal-jejunal liner was associated with a reduction in HbA1c of more than 1% and significant...
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Sleep Deprivation Caused Insulin Resistance in Fat Cells
Major Finding: Partial sleep deprivation consistently caused a 30% reduction in fat cells’ response to insulin stimulation, as well as a 16%...
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Obesity Raises Atrial Fibrillation Risk in Healthy Women
Major Finding: The risk of developing atrial fibrillation was doubled in obese women (HR, 2.04) and more than tripled in very obese women,...
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Visceral Fat, Insulin Resistance, Weight Gain Predict Diabetes
Major Finding: Of 732 participants in the multiethnic population-based cohort study who were obese at baseline, 84 (11.5%) developed diabetes.
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Another Study Finds No Glargine, Breast Cancer Link
Major Finding: The rate of breast cancer among women who received insulin glargine was similar to that of women who had not received glargine.Data...
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Weight Gain Intervention in Pregnancy Has Enduring Impact
Major Finding: At 12 months post partum, 45% of normal-weight and overweight/obese participants in the intervention group and 35% in the control...
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Sugar-Sweetened Beverages Amplify Genetic Risk of Obesity
Major Finding: Increase in BMI per increment of 10 risk alleles for adiposity was 1.00 for those who drank less than one serving of sugar-...