Obesity
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VIDEO: Lean body mass linked to atrial fib etiology
ORLANDO – A groundbreaking 2017 Danish study linked new onset atrial fibrillation to higher lean body mass rather than directly to obesity.
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Prepregnancy obesity linked to bump in severe morbidity
Among pregnant women, being underweight, overweight, or obese before pregnancy was linked to a small, but statistically significant, increased...
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Metabolic and bariatric surgery reduces CVD risk in severely obese adolescents
Big losses in BMI can lead to big gains in resolving cardiovascular disease risk in severely obese adolescents.
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MyPlate as effective as calorie counting after 12 months
MONTREAL – Waist size if not pounds drop with high satiety diet.
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Type 2 diabetes remitted with low-calorie diet
Following a low-calorie diet for 1 year is enough to reverse type 2 diabetes.
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Expert discusses the role of salt and fructose in diabetes
LOS ANGELES – High salt intake may also increase the risk for obesity and prediabetes by stimulating fructose production in the liver.
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Obesity an independent risk factor for rosacea in cohort study of U.S. women
Previous epidemiologic studies examining the interaction between obesity and rosacea have shown inconsistent results.
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Alcohol use, abuse rise after bariatric surgery
ORLANDO – Better psychiatric screening of bariatric surgery candidates might exclude those with an alcohol abuse risk.
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E-health app helps weight loss, QOL for African American breast cancer survivors
MONTREAL – Overall, but not cancer-related, quality of life improved significantly for participants.
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Hispanics trail blacks, whites in bariatric surgery rates
SAN DIEGO – Study looks at differential rates of bariatric surgery among ethnic groups and U.S. regions.
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The Liver Meeting 2017 NAFLD debrief – key abstracts
WASHINGTON – Nonalcoholic fatty liver disease is a complex disease that involves multiple organ systems.