Obesity, Fitness & Wellness Week articles from August 2002

Obesity, Fitness & Wellness Week archives from August 2002

Obese women with polycystic ovary syndrome benefit from naltrexone treatment.
August 3, 2002... 2002 AUG 3 - (NewsRx.com & NewsRx.net) -- by Maria G. Essig, MS, ELS, senior medical writer - Naltrexone treatment lowered insulin resistance and reduced body fat mass in obese women with polycystic ovary syndrome, researchers in Italy found....

Dieting reduces QT interval and free fatty acid levels.
August 3, 2002... 2002 AUG 3 - (NewsRx.com & NewsRx.net) -- by Maria G. Essig, MS, ELS, senior medical writer - Sustained weight loss lowered plasma free fatty acid levels in obese women causing a reduction in QT interval that may reduce the risk of arrhythmias....

Weight loss may control steatosis in chronic hepatitis C.
August 3, 2002... 2002 AUG 3 - (NewsRx.com & NewsRx.net) -- by Sonia Bell-Nichols, senior medical writer - Fat deposits that form in the livers of some individuals infected with hepatitis C virus (HCV) could be controlled with weight loss. Overly...

A single substitution in the HT2C receptor gene influences food intake of teenage girls.
August 3, 2002... 2002 AUG 3 - (NewsRx.com & NewsRx.net) -- by Maria G. Essig, MS, ELS, senior medical writer - A substitution of serine for cysteine in the pertinent region of the gene coding for the 5-HT2C receptor was involved in the eating behavior of...

Free fatty acids affect glucose utilization and insulin resistance.
August 3, 2002... 2002 AUG 3 - (NewsRx.com & NewsRx.net) -- by Maria G. Essig, MS, ELS, senior medical writer - Long-term elevation of free fatty acid levels appears to have detrimental effects on glucose oxidation and insulin resistance, according to...

Fish-rich tribal diet linked with low leptin levels.
August 3, 2002... 2002 AUG 3 - (NewsRx.com & NewsRx.net) -- In a study of neighboring African tribes, a tribe eating a fish-rich diet had lower levels of the hormone leptin than a tribe eating a primarily vegetarian diet, researchers report in the July 2, 2002,...

Research indicated that Lutein protects skin against sun damage.
August 3, 2002... 2002 AUG 3 - (NewsRx.com & NewsRx.net) -- Harvard Medical School research presented in May indicates that consumption of the antioxidant lutein - found in such dark green, leafy vegetables as spinach and kale - protects the skin against some of...

Auto Suture introduces new devices for use in minimally invasive weight loss surgery.
August 3, 2002... 2002 AUG 3 - (NewsRx.com & NewsRx.net) -- Auto Suture, a division of United States Surgical, a division of Tyco Healthcare Group, LP, announced the release of the ENDO GIA Universal XL surgical stapler and the VersaStep Long access device. ...

Survey reveals restaurant patrons need leftover guidance.
August 3, 2002... 2002 AUG 3 - (NewsRx.com & NewsRx.net) -- The American Dietetic Association (ADA) and the ConAgra Foods Foundation released findings from a national consumer survey that revealed, among other things, 75% of diners would find it helpful if...

New guidelines point to lifestyle 'training' in childhood.
August 3, 2002... 2002 AUG 3 - (NewsRx.com & NewsRx.net) -- Helping children visualize a "healthy plate," be physically active and remain smoke-free are key parts of establishing life-long heart health, the American Heart Association said in its new...

Industry supports ephedra science-based initiative.
August 3, 2002... 2002 AUG 3 - (NewsRx.com & NewsRx.net) -- In response to the announcement issued by the U.S. Department of Health and Human Services' on June 14, 2002, regarding its new science-based initiative to study Ephedra dietary supplements, the Ephedra...

Basic Research and Total Nutritional Technologies merge.
August 3, 2002... 2002 AUG 3 - (NewsRx.com & NewsRx.net) -- Weight-loss and sports nutrition company Basic Research announced its merger with Total Nutritional Technologies (TNT), a fast-growing newcomer in the sports nutrition industry. As part of the...

Petrominerals announces the signing of a purchase agreement.
August 3, 2002... 2002 AUG 3 - (NewsRx.com & NewsRx.net) -- Petrominerals Corp. (PTRO) announces that it has signed an agreement to purchase 80% of the outstanding interest of Hero Nutritional Products, LLC, a California limited liability company. Hero...

Survey: Children are junk-food junkies.
August 3, 2002... 2002 AUG 3 - (NewsRx.com & NewsRx.net) -- Almost two-thirds of the respondents to a national survey described their children as "junk food junkies" and only a sliver - 7% - insisted their children ate nutritionally balanced diets. American...

Gastric bypass may ease symptoms of gastroesophageal reflux disease.
August 3, 2002... 2002 AUG 3 - (NewsRx.com & NewsRx.net) -- Morbidly obese people who undergo minimally invasive gastric bypass surgery to lose weight may also experience a reduction in their symptoms of gastroesophageal reflux disease (GERD), according to a...

European agency reaffirms safety of diet pill sibutramine.
August 3, 2002... 2002 AUG 3 - (NewsRx.com & NewsRx.net) -- The European agency that evaluates prescription drugs has reaffirmed that the popular diet drug Reductil is safe and effective enough for obese people to take. A committee of the European Agency for...

Cargill launches new alternative to sugar.
August 3, 2002... 2002 AUG 3 - (NewsRx.com & NewsRx.net) -- Cargill, Inc., is introducing Trehalose, a product the company says has all the functional benefits of table sugar and half the sweetness. Unlike artificial sugars, Trehalose occurs naturally and is...

Mental illness not a barrier to diet, exercise counseling.
August 3, 2002... 2002 AUG 3 - (NewsRx.com & NewsRx.net) -- Researchers' suspicions that a patient's mental illness might present an obstacle to diet and exercise counseling have been laid to rest - at least at one of the nation's largest health care systems....

Studies: Xenical, combined with current therapies, provides additional benefits for diabetes patients.
August 3, 2002... 2002 AUG 3 - (NewsRx.com & NewsRx.net) -- The prescription weight-loss medication Xenical (orlistat) is effective in helping to control blood glucose and reducing insulin resistance in patients with type 2 diabetes, according to three studies...

Prevalence of binge eating disorder not increased in obese type 2 diabetic patients.
August 10, 2002... 2002 AUG 10 - (NewsRx.com & NewsRx.net) -- by Maria G. Essig, MS, ELS, senior medical writer - Eating disorders do not appear to be more common in obese patients with type 2 diabetes than in nondiabetic people according to a report in the...

Childhood obesity often reversed by adulthood.
August 10, 2002... 2002 AUG 10 - (NewsRx.com & NewsRx.net) -- by Maria G. Essig, MS, ELS, senior medical writer - In a study by researchers in Japan and the U.S., obesity treatment during childhood prevented adult obesity in almost half of the cases but showed...

Ginseng berry extract improves glycemic control in mouse model.
August 10, 2002... 2002 AUG 10 - (NewsRx.com & NewsRx.net) -- by Maria G. Essig, MS, ELS, senior medical writer - An extract of ginseng berries caused the reversal of diabetic effects in obese diabetic mice, according to a report from U.S. researchers. Anoja...

X-Chromosome analysis links Xp21-22 region to obesity.
August 10, 2002... 2002 AUG 10 - (NewsRx.com & NewsRx.net) -- by Maria G. Essig, MS, ELS, senior medical writer - A research group from the University of Pennsylvania has discovered a locus related to fat distribution in chromosome region Xp21-22. "Several...

Leptin transfer calms insulin levels and weight gain in overfed animals.
August 10, 2002... 2002 AUG 10 - (NewsRx.com & NewsRx.net) -- by Sonia Nichols, senior medical writer - Leptin gene transfer can control food intake and high insulin, fat, and triglyceride levels in animals fed high-fat diets, according to new research. ...

Low calorie diet affects women's psychosocial well being.
August 10, 2002... 2002 AUG 10 - (NewsRx.com & NewsRx.net) -- by Maria G. Essig, MS, ELS, senior medical writer - Obese women on a low-calorie diet lost weight and experienced a reduction in most negative psychological parameters, according to a report in the...

Quality of food improved for both developed, developing world.
August 10, 2002... 2002 AUG 10 - (NewsRx.com & NewsRx.net) -- Plant biotechnology is an important tool to help address nutrition needs in the developing world, as well as chronic lifestyle- and diet-related diseases in the developed world, Monsanto's chief...

Making intelligent choices about infant nutrition: Nature, nurture, or nutrients?
August 10, 2002... 2002 AUG 10 - (NewsRx.com & NewsRx.net) -- When it comes to infant intelligence and cognitive development, you still just can't beat breastfeeding. Leading medical and parenting experts gathered to discuss the impact of infant feeding choices...

Xenon reports scientific advancement in HDL-cholesterol program.
August 10, 2002... 2002 AUG 10 - (NewsRx.com & NewsRx.net) -- Xenon Genetics, Inc., announced that its research team, together with collaborators, have demonstrated that the gene (ABCA1) responsible for regulating levels of HDL cholesterol plays an important role...

Morbidity as prevalent in obesity-related cirrhosis as in hepatitis C.
August 10, 2002... 2002 AUG 10 - (NewsRx.com & NewsRx.net) -- by Sonia Bell-Nichols, senior medical writer - Patients with obesity-related cryptogenic cirrhosis may form liver cancers and die at rates similar to those with hepatitis C virus (HCV)-related...

Research identifies enzyme involved in fat storage.
August 10, 2002... 2002 AUG 10 - (NewsRx.com & NewsRx.net) -- Researchers pursuing the cause of leptin's ability to boost metabolism and shed fat have identified a metabolic switch that appears to tell the body to store or burn fat. In an article published...

BioSpecifics gains European patent for chemical liposuction.
August 10, 2002... 2002 AUG 10 - (NewsRx.com & NewsRx.net) -- BioSpecifics Technologies Corp. (BSTC) announced that the European Patent Office has granted it patent EP0721781B1 for "Reduction of Adipose Tissue Using Collagenase." Results of a study on...

Computerized phone chats can motivate couch potatoes.
August 10, 2002... 2002 AUG 10 - (NewsRx.com & NewsRx.net) -- Automated telephone calls may be able to promote behavior change among adults who are not meeting the recommended level of 30 minutes of moderate-intensity exercise on most days, according to a new...

Exercise during later part of menstrual cycle may mean greater fat loss.
August 10, 2002... 2002 AUG 10 - (NewsRx.com & NewsRx.net) -- University of Adelaide PhD student Leanne Redman, who is studying the little-known impact of the menstrual cycle on women's exercise, has produced early results that show that exercising at the later...

Exercise lowers levels of blood estrogens.
August 10, 2002... 2002 AUG 10 - (NewsRx.com & NewsRx.net) -- A regular, moderate-intensity exercise program lowers levels of blood estrogens in postmenopausal women, according to a study led by an investigator from the Fred Hutchinson Cancer Research Center in...

Myostatin-binding supplement may help Americans win fight against obesity.
August 10, 2002... 2002 AUG 10 - (NewsRx.com & NewsRx.net) -- With the arrival of summer and recent studies indicating that as many as 58 million Americans, over one-third of the adult population, is overweight, Biotest Laboratories' new Myostat...

Eating peanuts, nuts may reduce risk of sudden cardiac death.
August 10, 2002... 2002 AUG 10 - (NewsRx.com & NewsRx.net) -- New research shows people eating peanuts and nuts two or more times per week had a 47% reduced risk of sudden cardiac death and a 30% reduced risk of coronary heart disease death, compared with those...

Dealing with childhood obesity is a family affair.
August 10, 2002... 2002 AUG 10 - (NewsRx.com & NewsRx.net) -- by Roxanna Guilford-Blake, senior medical writer - Clinicians dealing with pediatric obesity need to focus on the family, not just the child, according to Christina J. Calamaro, MSN, CRNP, of Drexel...

Kids need regular blood pressure checks, too.
August 10, 2002... 2002 AUG 10 - (NewsRx.com & NewsRx.net) -- by Roxanna Guilford-Blake, senior medical writer - No child is too young to have his or her blood pressure measured, according to Shirley W. Menard, RN, PhD, CPNP, FAAN, professor, department of family...

Teen anxiety, chances of harmful smoking and eating behavior higher than expected.
August 10, 2002... 2002 AUG 10 - (NewsRx.com & NewsRx.net) -- Is it any surprise that teenagers are anxious and moody? Perhaps not, but their rates of anxiety appear unexpectedly high, and their anxiety makes them more prone to overeat and smoke, a University of...

Triangle Laboratories lunches RapidScreen dioxin test.
August 10, 2002... 2002 AUG 10 - (NewsRx.com & NewsRx.net) -- Triangle Laboratories has launched RapidScreen, which it says is faster and less expensive than standard EPA methods used in dioxin, furan, and PCB testing. RapidScreen guarantees no false negatives....

JAMA: All adults should take vitamins.
August 10, 2002... 2002 AUG 10 - (NewsRx.com & NewsRx.net) -- An article in the Journal of The American Medical Association (JAMA) announced that all adults should take vitamin supplements to help prevent chronic diseases. "Suboptimal folic acid levels, along...

Elderly women, but not men, lose visceral fat tissue on resistance training program.
August 17, 2002... 2002 AUG 17 - (NewsRx.com & NewsRx.net) -- by Maria G. Essig, MS, ELS, senior medical writer - A regimen of resistance training resulted in the loss of abdominal fat tissue in older women, but not in older men, according to a report in the...

One-on-one counseling best for weight loss.
August 17, 2002... 2002 AUG 17 - (NewsRx.com & NewsRx.net) -- by Maria G. Essig, MS, ELS, senior medical writer - Obese women who received private counseling were more likely to lose weight than were women who participated in group interventions, according to a...

Obesity, diabetes epidemics could intensify heart disease prevalence.
August 17, 2002... 2002 AUG 17 - (NewsRx.com & NewsRx.net) -- It's already the leading killer in America, but heart disease may become even more prevalent due to a growing epidemic of obesity and diabetes, experts predicted at a meeting at the National Institutes...

Atorvastatin, with or without fish oil, reduces levels of substances implicated in atherosclerosis.
August 17, 2002... 2002 AUG 17 - (NewsRx.com & NewsRx.net) -- by Maria G. Essig, MS, ELS, senior medical writer - Treatment of obese patients with the lipid-lowering agent, atorvastatin, or with atorvastatin and fish oil, reduced serum levels of high-sensitivity...

Group effort helps motivate young mothers to exercise.
August 17, 2002... 2002 AUG 17 - (NewsRx.com & NewsRx.net) -- Giving young mothers the opportunity to meet in groups and develop strategies for overcoming obstacles to exercising may be a critical ingredient in helping them get much-needed physical activity, a...

New research indicates heart-healthy lifestyle could prevent Alzheimer.
August 17, 2002... 2002 AUG 17 - (NewsRx.com & NewsRx.net) -- Mounting evidence indicates that the same risk factors for heart disease - high blood pressure, diabetes, excess weight, high cholesterol and lack of exercise may also play a role in Alzheimer disease....

Vista Medical introduces new products for the obesity surgery market.
August 17, 2002... 2002 AUG 17 - (NewsRx.com & NewsRx.net) -- Vista Medical Technologies, Inc., (VMTI) introduced several new products for the obesity surgery market at the annual meeting of the American Society of Bariatric Surgeons. The company has also...

New Study: Weight loss with Xenical (orlistat) improves glycemic control.
August 17, 2002... 2002 AUG 17 - (NewsRx.com & NewsRx.net) -- Treatment with the prescription weight-loss medication Xenical (orlistat) provides additional glycemic control benefits in patients with type 2 diabetes taking maximal or near-maximal doses of...

Chromium picolinate improves glycemic control, lipid profiles in rats.
August 17, 2002... 2002 AUG 17 - (NewsRx.com & NewsRx.net) -- by Maria G. Essig, MS, ELS, senior medical writer - Chromium picolinate reduced insulin resistance and improved lipid profiles in obese, hyperinsulinemic rats, according to a report from the University...

Natural Alternatives International announces extension and amendment of credit facility.
August 17, 2002... 2002 AUG 17 - (NewsRx.com & NewsRx.net) -- Natural Alternatives International (NAI), Inc., (NAII) a formulator and manufacturer of customized nutritional supplements, announced it has received a 60-day interim extension and amendment of its...

Benefits of exercise lead to further activity in elderly.
August 17, 2002... 2002 AUG 17 - (NewsRx.com & NewsRx.net) -- The benefits of regular exercise are powerful motivators for the elderly to continue a physical activity regimen, according to a new study. "It is possible that perceiving benefits in fitness...

HHS encourages kids to exercise.
August 17, 2002... 2002 AUG 17 - (NewsRx.com & NewsRx.net) -- Young American teens are being encouraged to get up and do something - just about anything - in hopes of increasing physical activity and taking a bite out of childhood obesity. The $190 million,...

Least fit elderly reap greatest benefits from tai-chi.
August 17, 2002... 2002 AUG 17 - (NewsRx.com & NewsRx.net) -- Older men and women who are most in need of the benefits of regular exercise are exactly the ones who tend to reap the greatest rewards from twice-weekly tai chi classes, researchers report. Tai...

Mead Johnson receives FDA clearance for Martek's oils in preterm formula.
August 17, 2002... 2002 AUG 17 - (NewsRx.com & NewsRx.net) -- Martek Biosciences Corp. (MATK) announced that Mead Johnson Nutritionals has received clearance from the U.S. Food and Drug Administration (FDA) to introduce Enfamil Premature LIPIL, a preterm version...

Metabolife International addresses IRS investigation.
August 17, 2002... 2002 AUG 17 - (NewsRx.com & NewsRx.net) -- Metabolife International issued the following statement: We understand that the Internal Revenue Service (IRS) is conducting a tax investigation having nothing to do with Metabolife's products....

Nastech terminates license and supply agreement with Schwarz Pharma for Nascobal.
August 17, 2002... 2002 AUG 17 - (NewsRx.com & NewsRx.net) -- Nastech Pharmaceutical Co., Inc., (NSTK) announced that under the terms of its license and supply agreement with Schwarz Pharma, Inc., for Nascobal, it served a notice of termination, and made a demand...

Experiments challenge notions on aging.
August 17, 2002... 2002 AUG 17 - (NewsRx.com & NewsRx.net) -- An entire diet and supplement industry has sprung up around the notion that one of the keys to a long life is removing oxygen molecules called free radicals from your body. But now experiments with...

Marshfield, Wisconsin, decides it takes a village to raise a healthy child.
August 17, 2002... 2002 AUG 17 - (NewsRx.com & NewsRx.net) -- Alarmed at the rising number of overweight children and adults and the staggering medical costs associated with obesity, doctors, educators, employers and community organizations in Marshfield,...

Research: Vitamin E may help athletes recover from muscle damage caused by free radicals.
August 17, 2002... 2002 AUG 17 - (NewsRx.com & NewsRx.net) -- Vitamin E may be able to counter body damage from exercise, the Tufts University Health and Nutrition Letter, a leading advisory publication on improving health, has reported. Dr. Jennifer...

Elderly women, but not men, lose visceral fat tissue on resistance training program.
August 24, 2002... 2002 AUG 24 - (NewsRx.com & NewsRx.net) -- by Maria G. Essig, MS, ELS, senior medical writer - A regimen of resistance training resulted in the loss of abdominal fat tissue in older women, but not in older men, according to a report in the...

One-on-one counseling best for weight loss.
August 24, 2002... 2002 AUG 24 - (NewsRx.com & NewsRx.net) -- by Maria G. Essig, MS, ELS, senior medical writer - Obese women who received private counseling were more likely to lose weight than were women who participated in group interventions, according to a...

Obesity, diabetes epidemics could intensify heart disease prevalence.
August 24, 2002... 2002 AUG 24 - (NewsRx.com & NewsRx.net) -- It's already the leading killer in America, but heart disease may become even more prevalent due to a growing epidemic of obesity and diabetes, experts predicted at a meeting at the National Institutes...

Atorvastatin, with or without fish oil, reduces levels of substances implicated in atherosclerosis.
August 24, 2002... 2002 AUG 24 - (NewsRx.com & NewsRx.net) -- by Maria G. Essig, MS, ELS, senior medical writer - Treatment of obese patients with the lipid-lowering agent, atorvastatin, or with atorvastatin and fish oil, reduced serum levels of high-sensitivity...

Group effort helps motivate young mothers to exercise.
August 24, 2002... 2002 AUG 24 - (NewsRx.com & NewsRx.net) -- Giving young mothers the opportunity to meet in groups and develop strategies for overcoming obstacles to exercising may be a critical ingredient in helping them get much-needed physical activity, a...

New research indicates heart-healthy lifestyle could prevent Alzheimer.
August 24, 2002... 2002 AUG 24 - (NewsRx.com & NewsRx.net) -- Mounting evidence indicates that the same risk factors for heart disease - high blood pressure, diabetes, excess weight, high cholesterol and lack of exercise may also play a role in Alzheimer disease....

Vista Medical introduces new products for the obesity surgery market.
August 24, 2002... 2002 AUG 24 - (NewsRx.com & NewsRx.net) -- Vista Medical Technologies, Inc., (VMTI) introduced several new products for the obesity surgery market at the annual meeting of the American Society of Bariatric Surgeons. The company has also...

New Study: Weight loss with Xenical (orlistat) improves glycemic control.
August 24, 2002... 2002 AUG 24 - (NewsRx.com & NewsRx.net) -- Treatment with the prescription weight-loss medication Xenical (orlistat) provides additional glycemic control benefits in patients with type 2 diabetes taking maximal or near-maximal doses of...

Chromium picolinate improves glycemic control, lipid profiles in rats.
August 24, 2002... 2002 AUG 24 - (NewsRx.com & NewsRx.net) -- by Maria G. Essig, MS, ELS, senior medical writer - Chromium picolinate reduced insulin resistance and improved lipid profiles in obese, hyperinsulinemic rats, according to a report from the University...

Natural Alternatives International announces extension and amendment of credit facility.
August 24, 2002... 2002 AUG 24 - (NewsRx.com & NewsRx.net) -- Natural Alternatives International (NAI), Inc., (NAII) a formulator and manufacturer of customized nutritional supplements, announced it has received a 60-day interim extension and amendment of its...

Benefits of exercise lead to further activity in elderly.
August 24, 2002... 2002 AUG 24 - (NewsRx.com & NewsRx.net) -- The benefits of regular exercise are powerful motivators for the elderly to continue a physical activity regimen, according to a new study. "It is possible that perceiving benefits in fitness...

HHS encourages kids to exercise.
August 24, 2002... 2002 AUG 24 - (NewsRx.com & NewsRx.net) -- Young American teens are being encouraged to get up and do something - just about anything - in hopes of increasing physical activity and taking a bite out of childhood obesity. The $190 million,...

Least fit elderly reap greatest benefits from tai-chi.
August 24, 2002... 2002 AUG 24 - (NewsRx.com & NewsRx.net) -- Older men and women who are most in need of the benefits of regular exercise are exactly the ones who tend to reap the greatest rewards from twice-weekly tai chi classes, researchers report. Tai...

Mead Johnson receives FDA clearance for Martek's oils in preterm formula.
August 24, 2002... 2002 AUG 24 - (NewsRx.com & NewsRx.net) -- Martek Biosciences Corp. (MATK) announced that Mead Johnson Nutritionals has received clearance from the U.S. Food and Drug Administration (FDA) to introduce Enfamil Premature LIPIL, a preterm version...

Metabolife International addresses IRS investigation.
August 24, 2002... 2002 AUG 24 - (NewsRx.com & NewsRx.net) -- Metabolife International issued the following statement: We understand that the Internal Revenue Service (IRS) is conducting a tax investigation having nothing to do with Metabolife's products....

Nastech terminates license and supply agreement with Schwarz Pharma for Nascobal.
August 24, 2002... 2002 AUG 24 - (NewsRx.com & NewsRx.net) -- Nastech Pharmaceutical Co., Inc., (NSTK) announced that under the terms of its license and supply agreement with Schwarz Pharma, Inc., for Nascobal, it served a notice of termination, and made a demand...

Experiments challenge notions on aging.
August 24, 2002... 2002 AUG 24 - (NewsRx.com & NewsRx.net) -- An entire diet and supplement industry has sprung up around the notion that one of the keys to a long life is removing oxygen molecules called free radicals from your body. But now experiments with...

Marshfield, Wisconsin, decides it takes a village to raise a healthy child.
August 24, 2002... 2002 AUG 24 - (NewsRx.com & NewsRx.net) -- Alarmed at the rising number of overweight children and adults and the staggering medical costs associated with obesity, doctors, educators, employers and community organizations in Marshfield,...

Research: Vitamin E may help athletes recover from muscle damage caused by free radicals.
August 24, 2002... 2002 AUG 24 - (NewsRx.com & NewsRx.net) -- Vitamin E may be able to counter body damage from exercise, the Tufts University Health and Nutrition Letter, a leading advisory publication on improving health, has reported. Dr. Jennifer...

Energy intake, not diet composition, affects weight loss after gastric bypass.
August 31, 2002... 2002 AUG 31 - (NewsRx.com & NewsRx.net) -- by Maria G. Essig, MS, ELS, senior medical writer - Weight loss after gastric bypass surgery results from reduced energy intake and is not related to a change in diet composition, according to a report...

Obesity causes leptin resistance.
August 31, 2002... 2002 AUG 31 - (NewsRx.com & NewsRx.net) -- by Maria G. Essig, MS, ELS, senior medical writer - Skeletal muscle develops resistance to leptin in obese individuals, reducing fatty acid oxidation, say researchers in Canada. "The...

Obesity increases atherosclerosis risk in young men but not in young women.
August 31, 2002... 2002 AUG 31 - (NewsRx.com & NewsRx.net) -- by Maria G. Essig, MS, ELS, senior medical writer - The Pathobiological Determinants of Atherosclerosis in Youth (PDAY) Research Group found obesity to be a significant risk factor for coronary...

Five reasons to add omega-3.
August 31, 2002... 2002 AUG 31 - (NewsRx.com & NewsRx.net) -- Health gurus take note: recent research points to five new reasons why we should increase our daily omega-3 intake. * Omega-3s may help prevent the learning deficiencies associated with Alzheimer...

Kids need repeated messages, support on healthy eating.
August 31, 2002... 2002 AUG 31 - (NewsRx.com & NewsRx.net) -- Middle schoolers exposed to an intensive campaign urging them to eat more fruits and vegetables actually did so but not enough to improve their overall eating patterns, according to the study published...