Obesity, Fitness & Wellness Week articles from April 2002

Obesity, Fitness & Wellness Week archives from April 2002

Maternal feeding practices are linked to childhood obesity.
April 6, 2002... 2002 APR 6 - (NewsRx.com & NewsRx.net) -- Currently, an estimated 25% of American children are obese, and the prevention of childhood obesity has become a vital public health priority because obese children are much more likely to become obese...

Drugs may combat effects of a couch potato lifestyle.
April 6, 2002... 2002 APR 6 - (NewsRx.com & NewsRx.net) -- Discoveries made at the University of Dundee, Scotland, are helping in the development of drugs that fool your body into thinking that you are actively exercising even when you are not and may help in...

Health and fitness facilities need defibrillators, say medical groups.
April 6, 2002... 2002 APR 6 - (NewsRx.com & NewsRx.net) -- A scientific statement urging fitness clubs to install automated external defibrillators (AEDs) and train staff to use them has been released by the American Heart Association and the American College...

Challenge for newlywed women: How to avoid weight gain after the big day.
April 6, 2002... 2002 APR 6 - (NewsRx.com & NewsRx.net) -- For newlyweds across the country, life after the wedding holds a number of similarities. The gown has been put away, maybe for a daughter to wear someday. Thank-you notes have been sent. Photo albums...

Xenical support programs double success and increase patient satisfaction.
April 6, 2002... 2002 APR 6 - (NewsRx.com & NewsRx.net) -- Support programs provided to patients taking the weight loss medication Xenical have been shown to significantly improve the levels of weight loss achieved and increase patient satisfaction and...

Program to treat heart attack patients in hospitals recognized by U.S. Health and Human Services.
April 6, 2002... 2002 APR 6 - (NewsRx.com & NewsRx.net) -- An American Heart Association program designed to improve hospital care of heart attack patients was recently recognized by the U.S. Department of Health and Human Services (HHS) Centers for Medicare...

Many patients still fail to use aspirin therapy.
April 6, 2002... 2002 APR 6 - (NewsRx.com & NewsRx.net) -- Despite substantial evidence that aspirin saves lives and reduces the risk of heart attacks, a study conducted by Duke University Medical Center researchers indicated that, as of 1999, one in five...

American Kidney Fund cites studies as cause for concern.
April 6, 2002... 2002 APR 6 - (NewsRx.com & NewsRx.net) -- The American Kidney Fund (AKF) pointed to two studies, released only days apart, as signs that the incidence of kidney disease in Americans will continue to rise. The first study, from the American...

Alcohol linked to decreased hypertension risk in young women.
April 6, 2002... 2002 APR 6 - (NewsRx.com & NewsRx.net) -- Moderate alcohol consumption can lead to a reduced risk of developing hypertension in young women, according to researchers from the Massachusetts General Hospital (MGH) and Brigham and Women's Hospital...

Top blood pressure figure is best indicator, study suggests.
April 6, 2002... 2002 APR 6 - (NewsRx.com & NewsRx.net) -- A study of 4714 French men bolsters evidence that the top number in blood pressure readings is better than the bottom number at predicting heart disease risk, even in middle-age patients. For years...

Ranbaxy enters Nifedipine marketing agreement.
April 6, 2002... 2002 APR 6 - (NewsRx.com & NewsRx.net) -- Penwest Pharmaceuticals Co. (PPCO) and Ranbaxy Laboratories, Ltd., have entered into an agreement granting Ranbaxy exclusive marketing rights to Nifedipine XL in select markets. Nifedipine XL,...

Cancer society promotes diet, exercise to reduce cancer risk.
April 6, 2002... 2002 APR 6 - (NewsRx.com & NewsRx.net) -- The American Cancer Society, worried about a nation that exercises too little and grows more obese, is putting new emphasis on exercise as a way to reduce the risk of getting sick and dying of cancer....

New study finds that stabilized rice bran may lower blood glucose levels.
April 6, 2002... 2002 APR 6 - (NewsRx.com & NewsRx.net) -- NutraStar, Inc., (NTRA) announced that a double-blind, cross-over study, published in the March 2002 issue of the Journal of Nutritional Biochemistry, may hold a key for the 35 million Americans who are...

New nutrition, physical activity guidelines released.
April 6, 2002... 2002 APR 6 - (NewsRx.com & NewsRx.net) -- The American Cancer Society, the nation's largest voluntary health organization, released its new Nutrition and Physical Activity Guidelines for Cancer Prevention. The new guidelines place more...

Genetic mutation may be marker for steatohepatitis, insulin resistance.
April 13, 2002... 2002 APR 13 - (NewsRx.com & NewsRx.net) -- by Sonia Nichols, senior medical writer - Genetic changes on an important cellular growth factor could be indicative of the risk for developing disorders associated with having nonalcoholic fatty liver...

Yale study shows 25% of obese children are at high risk for developing diabetes.
April 13, 2002... 2002 APR 13 - (NewsRx.com & NewsRx.net) -- Twenty-five percent of obese children and 21% of obese adolescents tested by Yale researchers were glucose intolerant and at high risk for developing diabetes, according to an article published March...

Confident girls more likely to enjoy exercise.
April 13, 2002... 2002 APR 13 - (NewsRx.com & NewsRx.net) -- Adolescent girls who feel confident about their physical abilities enjoy exercise more than those girls who go into the activity doubting their skills, according to a study to be published in the March...

Childhood eating habits may persist into adolescence and lead to obesity.
April 13, 2002... 2002 APR 13 - (NewsRx.com & NewsRx.net) -- Chinese children are likely to maintain their dietary intake patterns from childhood into adolescence, a new study has found. The study, conducted by Youfa Wang, assistant professor of human...

Obesity, stress among factors predicting high healthcare costs.
April 13, 2002... 2002 APR 13 - (NewsRx.com & NewsRx.net) -- Obesity, stress and other risk factors are important predictors of healthcare costs and service use among young employed adults, according to a new study. "Lifestyle factors play a significant role...

High free fatty acid levels linked to insulin resistance.
April 13, 2002... 2002 APR 13 - (NewsRx.com & NewsRx.net) -- by Michael Greer, senior medical writer - Heightened free fatty acid (FFA) levels may underlie insulin resistance in patients with HIV lipodystrophy syndrome, researchers in the United States report....

Certain behaviors can predict bingeing in teenage girls.
April 13, 2002... 2002 APR 13 - (NewsRx.com & NewsRx.net) -- Binge eating, a disorder that can lead to obesity in young women, can be predicted by looking at a girl's negative emotions, including dissatisfaction with her body image, new data confirm. Only...

Role of media examined.
April 13, 2002... 2002 APR 13 - (NewsRx.com & NewsRx.net) -- Media images can exert a significant negative impact on the self-image of women with eating disorders. This is one of the findings Drs. Melissa Aitken and Bernice Andrews of Royal Holloway, University...

American Diabetes Association, biotech company to conduct innovative research.
April 13, 2002... 2002 APR 13 - (NewsRx.com & NewsRx.net) -- The American Diabetes Association and the biotechnology firm Entelos, Inc., announced a landmark scientific collaboration and major research effort in type 2 diabetes. This collaboration marks the...

Treadmill test seen as good gauge for longevity.
April 13, 2002... 2002 APR 13 - (NewsRx.com & NewsRx.net) -- A study says that an individual's peak exercise capacity as measured on a treadmill test is a more powerful predictor of how long that person will live than risk factors such as heart disease, high...

Horizon Blue Cross Blue Shield of New Jersey conducts cholesterol quality study.
April 13, 2002... 2002 APR 13 - (NewsRx.com & NewsRx.net) -- Horizon Blue Cross Blue Shield of New Jersey (BCBSNJ) has initiated a quality improvement study to evaluate its members undergoing treatment for hyperlipidemia, a metabolic disorder characterized by...

Researchers devise process to make designer polymers for antiobesity drugs.
April 13, 2002... 2002 APR 13 - (NewsRx.com & NewsRx.net) -- Research chemists at the University of Warwick, U.K., have devised and patented a new process called Living and Controlled Radical Polymerization, which can cheaply and easily grow designer polymers...

Diet may disrupt menstrual cycle.
April 13, 2002... 2002 APR 13 - (NewsRx.com & NewsRx.net) -- Women whose menstrual cycle is disrupted during strenuous athletic training simply might not be eating enough, a new study suggests. The study used female cynomolgus monkeys, which have a menstrual...

New report links birth defects, premature birth to being overweight before pregnancy.
April 13, 2002... 2002 APR 13 - (NewsRx.com & NewsRx.net) -- Birth defects, premature birth, and other severe health problems in tomorrow's babies are linked to the soaring rates of obesity among women of childbearing age, according to a new report released by...

Multiple benefits provided by calcium channel blocker benidipine.
April 13, 2002... 2002 APR 13 - (NewsRx.com & NewsRx.net) -- by Sonia Nichols, senior medical writer - Doctors in Japan have announced that benidipine, a calcium channel blocker, protects the heart on multiple levels in animal models of type 2 diabetes. ...

Group asks FDA to ban diet drug Meridia.
April 13, 2002... 2002 APR 13 - (NewsRx.com & NewsRx.net) -- The consumer group Public Citizen is asking the U.S. government to ban the prescription diet drug Meridia, arguing that its risks outweigh its benefits. The Food and Drug Administration (FDA)...

AAAS speakers report worldwide 'epidemic' of obesity.
April 20, 2002... 2002 APR 20 - (NewsRx.com & NewsRx.net) -- Obesity, considered until recently to be an exclusively "Western" disease, now poses a serious threat to the health of developing nations, particularly children, said scientists studying this emerging...

Physical activity is key to maintaining normal weight after weight loss.
April 20, 2002... 2002 APR 20 - (NewsRx.com & NewsRx.net) -- Between 1991 and 1998, the prevalence of obesity in the United States increased by almost 50%. Current research efforts are focused on the relative contributions of dietary change and physical...

Caveman diets offer insights to today's health problems, study shows.
April 20, 2002... 2002 APR 20 - (NewsRx.com & NewsRx.net) -- Eat meat. That's the dietary advice given by a team of scientists who examined the dietary role of fat in a study that combined nutritional analysis with anthropologic research about the diets of...

Study shows weight loss with an antidepressant in combination with lifestyle intervention.
April 20, 2002... 2002 APR 20 - (NewsRx.com & NewsRx.net) -- In a multicenter, placebo-controlled study, the sustained-release formulation of bupropion hydrochloride (Bupropion SR) in combination with a lifestyle intervention program that included an...

Healthy aging depends on social as well as physical activity.
April 20, 2002... 2002 APR 20 - (NewsRx.com & NewsRx.net) -- Pressing the flesh may be just as important as pumping iron if you want to age gracefully and healthily, a new University of Florida study suggests. More than plain physical activity, human...

Genetic markers linked to heart attacks.
April 20, 2002... 2002 APR 20 - (NewsRx.com & NewsRx.net) -- In the largest study of its kind to date, an international team led by researchers at the Medical College of Wisconsin has localized a region of the human genome linked to the development of heart...

Breathing disorder in mildly obese men associated with glucose intolerance.
April 20, 2002... 2002 APR 20 - (NewsRx.com & NewsRx.net) -- Researchers studying a community sample of 135 healthy but mildly obese men found that moderate to severe sleep-disordered breathing (SDB), as measured by a sleep test, was associated with glucose...

Heart drugs might help.
April 20, 2002... 2002 APR 20 - (NewsRx.com & NewsRx.net) -- A cardiologist became curious why heart patients who had been givenpacemakers were suddenly snoring less. What he found out could transform doctors' understanding of apnea and point the way to drug...

Dr. Charles J. Dillman named chairman of the board of Innovation Sports.
April 20, 2002... 2002 APR 20 - (NewsRx.com & NewsRx.net) -- Innovation Sports, a global manufacturer of sports medicine and knee bracing products, has appointed Dr. Charles J. Dillman chairman of its board of directors. James Castillo, the company's...

New poll indicates diabetics misjudge heart disease.
April 20, 2002... 2002 APR 20 - (NewsRx.com & NewsRx.net) -- Even though heart disease and stroke are the leading killers of diabetics, a new poll says that two out of three diabetics don't consider cardiovascular disease a serious threat. That may be...

Babies need exercise, experts say.
April 20, 2002... 2002 APR 20 - (NewsRx.com & NewsRx.net) -- Getting babies to be active isn't rocket science: put a 3-month-old briefly on his tummy and watch him struggle to lift his head. Move an infant's hands to play patty-cake. Provide crawlers with...

New medications help prevent kidney damage in African Americans.
April 20, 2002... 2002 APR 20 - (NewsRx.com & NewsRx.net) -- Hypertension is not an equal opportunity disease. If you are African American, everything about high blood pressure is more dangerous for you, says Kenneth Jamerson, MD, an associate professor of...

Processed meat, diabetes link found.
April 20, 2002... 2002 APR 20 - (NewsRx.com & NewsRx.net) -- Eat too many hot dogs, and they can bite you back. A study shows that a diet heavy in processed meats, including hot dogs and bacon, increases the risk of type 2 diabetes by about 50% in men,...

Mouse model developed.
April 20, 2002... 2002 APR 20 - (NewsRx.com & NewsRx.net) -- Using new technology to monitor blood pressure, University of Iowa (UI) scientists and their colleagues have discovered that a lab-bred mouse with borderline hypertension may be a very good model for...