Obesity, Fitness & Wellness Week articles from September 2002

Obesity, Fitness & Wellness Week archives from September 2002

Leptin levels in girls levels predict future obesity.
September 7, 2002... 2002 SEP 7 - (NewsRx.com & NewsRx.net) -- by Maria G. Essig, MS, ELS, senior medical writer - Obese girls who have high leptin concentrations face an increased risk of remaining obese into adulthood, according to U.S. researchers. M....

DXA provides an accurate measure of fat tissue distribution.
September 7, 2002... 2002 SEP 7 - (NewsRx.com & NewsRx.net) -- by Maria G. Essig, MS, ELS, senior medical writer - Fat distribution estimates from dual-energy x-ray absorptiometry correlate with MRI results and is an accurate method of estimating abdominal fat...

Obesity might play part in increasing breast cancer rates among Hispanics.
September 7, 2002... 2002 SEP 7 - (NewsRx.com & NewsRx.net) -- Hispanic women have been known to run a lower risk of developing breast cancer than most other women, but their breast cancer rates are climbing - and increasing obesity is one factor that might be to...

New P.E. study demonstrates vigorous exercise can lower adolescents' body fat, blood pressure.
September 7, 2002... 2002 SEP 7 - (NewsRx.com & NewsRx.net) -- By cutting the time adolescents spend standing around in school physical education classes and boosting the amount of exercise they do, University of North Carolina (UNC) at Chapel Hill experts have...

Beta 2-andrenergic receptor gene associated with weight gain in males.
September 7, 2002... 2002 SEP 7 - (NewsRx.com & NewsRx.net) -- by Maria G. Essig, MS, ELS, senior medical writer - Polymorphisms in the beta 2-andrenergic receptor (ADRB2) gene is linked to weight gain in males, according to researchers in the U.S. "The beta...

Study explores pathway that helps keep weight in check.
September 7, 2002... 2002 SEP 7 - (NewsRx.com & NewsRx.net) -- A study led by researchers at Beth Israel Deaconess Medical Center (BIDMC) offers a new explanation for how the brain makes adjustments to the body's metabolic rate to prevent extra calories from...

Three physiological measures linked to longevity in men.
September 7, 2002... 2002 SEP 7 - (NewsRx.com & NewsRx.net) -- Three physiological measures associated with long-term caloric restriction in monkeys have been linked to longevity in men, according to scientists at the U.S. National Institute on Aging (NIA). It...

Fatty liver more common in people with hepatitis C virus genotype 3.
September 7, 2002... 2002 SEP 7 - (NewsRx.com & NewsRx.net) -- by Sonia Nichols, senior medical writer - Hepatic steatosis, or fatty liver, tends to be more common in people who are infected with hepatitis C virus (HCV) genotype 3. There are at least six known...

Framingham study finds strong link to overweight/obesity.
September 7, 2002... 2002 SEP 7 - (NewsRx.com & NewsRx.net) -- While extreme obesity has been associated with heart failure, until now, data have been limited regarding the influence of overweight and lesser degrees of obesity on the risk of this disease. ...

Researchers observes strong statistical correlation between diabetes, air pollution.
September 7, 2002... 2002 SEP 7 - (NewsRx.com & NewsRx.net) -- A dramatic statistical correlation between the prevalence of diabetes and air pollution levels has been demonstrated by a University at Buffalo researcher who published his observations in the August...

Update on Vernalis 5-HT2C obesity program.
September 7, 2002... 2002 SEP 7 - (NewsRx.com & NewsRx.net) -- Vernalis Group, plc, (VER) updated information on its collaboration on obesity with Roche. The program focuses on novel and highly selective 5-HT2C receptor agonists that target the mechanism of...

FMI and FFMI reference values established.
September 7, 2002... 2002 SEP 7 - (NewsRx.com & NewsRx.net) -- by Maria G. Essig, MS, ELS, senior medical writer - A Swiss research group has established reference values for fat mass index (FMI) and fat-free mass index (FFMI) values in healthy Caucasians. ...

Nutraceutical reports quarterly sales and net income.
September 7, 2002... 2002 SEP 7 - (NewsRx.com & NewsRx.net) -- Nutraceutical International Corp. (NUTR) reported results for the fiscal 2002 third quarter ended June 30, 2002. Net sales for the third quarter were $29.5 million compared with $26.7 million for...

SureBeam to install its food safety technology in Thailand.
September 7, 2002... 2002 SEP 7 - (NewsRx.com & NewsRx.net) -- SureBeam Corp. (SURE) has entered into an equipment and processing licensing agreement with Thai Electron Pasteurized Products Co., Ltd., headquartered in Bangkok, Thailand, to build a the new...

Etomoxir decreases fat oxidation without affecting hunger or satiety.
September 7, 2002... 2002 SEP 7 - (NewsRx.com & NewsRx.net) -- by Maria G. Essig, MS, ELS, senior medical writer - Etomoxir reduced fat oxidation in healthy adult men but did not affect hunger or satiety, according to a report in the American Journal of Clinical...

Eating peanuts curbs hunger, helps control weight gain.
September 7, 2002... 2002 SEP 7 - (NewsRx.com & NewsRx.net) -- A new study shows when people ate peanuts, they felt very satisfied and naturally decreased food consumption during the rest of the day. Despite the inclusion of a significant amount of extra...

Low-carbohydrate, high-protein diets increase risk of kidney stones and may raise bone loss risk.
September 7, 2002... 2002 SEP 7 - (NewsRx.com & NewsRx.net) -- Popular low-carbohydrate, high-protein diets may result in rapid weight loss, but researchers at University of Texas (UT) Southwestern Medical Center at Dallas report that they also pose serious health...

National Cancer Institute cites link between diet and disease in black men.
September 7, 2002... 2002 SEP 7 - (NewsRx.com & NewsRx.net) -- The National Cancer Institute's (NCI) 5 A Day for Better Health Program released a summary emphasizing the link between diet and health in African-American men. The summary discusses the health...

Excess weight gain during pregnancy could mean obesity years later.
September 7, 2002... 2002 SEP 7 - (NewsRx.com & NewsRx.net) -- Women who gain more than the recommended weight during pregnancy and who fail to lose this weight 6 months after giving birth are at much higher risk of being obese nearly a decade later, according to...

Martek reorganizes food and beverage sales effort.
September 7, 2002... 2002 SEP 7 - (NewsRx.com & NewsRx.net) -- Martek Biosciences Corp. (MATK) announced that it is consolidating all sales activities related to products for the food and beverage industry at the company's headquarters in Columbia, Maryland. ...

High glycemic index foods associated with disease.
September 7, 2002... 2002 SEP 7 - (NewsRx.com & NewsRx.net) -- by Maria G. Essig, MS, ELS, senior medical writer - Glycemic index may be an important tool in preventing, diagnosing, or treating some diseases, according to researchers in Toronto. "The glycemic...

Links between physical activity and diabetes, obesity, and hypertension found.
September 7, 2002... 2002 SEP 7 - (NewsRx.com & NewsRx.net) -- by Maria G. Essig, MS, ELS, senior medical writer - Urban dwellers in Cameroon are significantly more likely than rural inhabitants to suffer from diabetes, high blood pressure, and obesity, partially...

Hormone found to reduce appetite by a third.
September 7, 2002... 2002 SEP 7 - (NewsRx.com & NewsRx.net) -- An international team of scientists has discovered a hormone that can significantly decrease the appetite, reducing the amount of food eaten in a day by a third. The research, published in Nature,...

Health care professionals request additional training to deal with childhood obesity issues.
September 14, 2002... 2002 SEP 14 - (NewsRx.com & NewsRx.net) -- by Maria G. Essig, MS, ELS, senior medical writer - Despite a recognized need for pediatric health professional involvement in childhood and adolescent obesity, training is required to break down...

Salacia reticulata extracts demonstrate antiobesity action.
September 14, 2002... 2002 SEP 14 - (NewsRx.com & NewsRx.net) -- by Maria G. Essig, MS, ELS, senior medical writer - Researchers in Japan found that polyphenolic compounds extracted from Salacia reticulata could inhibit fat metabolism and enhance lipolysis. ...

Asthma over-reported in the very obese.
September 14, 2002... 2002 SEP 14 - (NewsRx.com & NewsRx.net) -- by Maria G. Essig, MS, ELS, senior medical writer - Despite a high rate of self-reported asthma and bronchodilator use, very obese patients are actually at a low risk of objective airflow obstruction,...

High HDL levels explain differences in heart disease risk in white and African-American women.
September 14, 2002... 2002 SEP 14 - (NewsRx.com & NewsRx.net) -- by Maria G. Essig, MS, ELS, senior medical writer - The prevalence of coronary heart disease (CHD) risk factors was similar in obese and lean African-American women but was significantly greater in...

Research inconclusive on whether clinician counseling increases physical activity.
September 14, 2002... 2002 SEP 14 - (NewsRx.com & NewsRx.net) -- Advice from primary care clinicians about the importance of physical exercise would seem to play a role in getting people to exercise. Yet a review of the research on this subject for the U.S....

Ongoing weight loss and salt reduction pay blood pressure benefits.
September 14, 2002... 2002 SEP 14 - (NewsRx.com & NewsRx.net) -- Ongoing weight loss and sodium reduction pay continued blood pressure reduction benefits for the elderly after formal medical intervention programs stop. This was the conclusion of a study by...

Consuming more fat and calories associated with increased risk.
September 14, 2002... 2002 SEP 14 - (NewsRx.com & NewsRx.net) -- Eating more calories and fats may contribute to an increased risk of Alzheimer disease (AD) in some people, according to an article in the Archives of Neurology. According to background information...

Women with PCOS and their siblings with hormone problems have same gene defect.
September 14, 2002... 2002 SEP 14 - (NewsRx.com & NewsRx.net) -- Siblings of women with polycystic ovary syndrome (PCOS) have metabolic and hormonal abnormalities that are linked to the same gene defect that causes PCOS, a disorder associated with irregular periods,...

NBTY reports record third quarter sales and net income.
September 14, 2002... 2002 SEP 14 - (NewsRx.com & NewsRx.net) -- NBTY, Inc., (NBTY) a manufacturer and marketer of nutritional supplements, announced results for the fiscal third quarter and 9 months ended June 30, 2002. For the fiscal third quarter ended June...

CDC examines barriers to children walking and biking to school.
September 14, 2002... 2002 SEP 14 - (NewsRx.com & NewsRx.net) -- Parents and communities should work together to identify and create safe routes to school so that children can travel actively by walking and biking, according to the U.S. Centers for Disease Control...

Nicotine-based drug may help athletes, stroke patients, build muscle mass.
September 14, 2002... 2002 SEP 14 - (NewsRx.com & NewsRx.net) -- Endovasc Ltd., Inc., (ENVC) announced the filing of a patent application for a method for stimulating the development of muscle mass by combining exercise training with nicotinic Angiogenix or other...

Israel to end temporary suspension of Vevesca (OGT 918) trials.
September 14, 2002... 2002 SEP 14 - (NewsRx.com & NewsRx.net) -- Oxford GlycoSciences, Plc, has been informed that the Ethics Committee at the Shaare Zedek Medical Centre in Israel, that recommended Vevesca (OGT 918) administration be temporarily stopped in April...

OGS Announces Positive CPMP Opinion for Zavesca.
September 14, 2002... 2002 SEP 14 - (NewsRx.com & NewsRx.net) -- Oxford GlycoSciences, Plc, announced that the Committee for Proprietary Medicinal Products (CPMP) of the European Agency for the Evaluation of Medicinal Products (EMEA) has issued a positive opinion...

NBTY acquires Synergy Plus product line.
September 14, 2002... 2002 SEP 14 - (NewsRx.com & NewsRx.net) -- NBTY, Inc., (NBTY) a manufacturer and marketer of nutritional supplements, announced that it has purchased a line of nutritional supplement products sold under the Synergy Plus trademark along with...

Study: Vitamin E can reduces memory loss, learning problems by 36%.
September 14, 2002... 2002 SEP 14 - (NewsRx.com & NewsRx.net) -- Vitamin E intake - either in supplements or foods - has been shown to reduce by 36% the problems of memory loss and learning caused by normal aging, newly published results of a large study show. ...

Adolescent obesity increases risk of premenopausal ovarian cancer.
September 14, 2002... 2002 SEP 14 - (NewsRx.com & NewsRx.net) -- A study in the August 2002 issue of Obstetrics & Gynecology finds that a high body mass index (BMI) in adolescence is associated with an increased risk of premenopausal ovarian cancer. These findings...

Nordzucker, Arla enter joint venture on Tagatose production.
September 14, 2002... 2002 SEP 14 - (NewsRx.com & NewsRx.net) -- Spherix, Inc., (SPEX), Beltsville, Maryland, announced that Nordzucker of Germany just announced signing a joint venture with Arla Foods of Denmark to produce Spherix's new sweetener, Tagatose. ...

Synthroid wins FDA approval.
September 14, 2002... 2002 SEP 14 - (NewsRx.com & NewsRx.net) -- Abbott Laboratories announced it received U.S. Food and Drug Administration (FDA) approval of its synthetic thyroid hormone replacement therapy, Synthroid (levothyroxine sodium tablets, USP), for...

'Munchies' study sparks diet drug.
September 14, 2002... 2002 SEP 14 - (NewsRx.com & NewsRx.net) -- French pharmaceutical company Sanofi-Synthelabo hopes scientific knowledge gained from marijuana will help the masses curb the "munchies." The company reasons that if smoking pot makes people...

Doctors launch campaign warning of possible risks with high-protein diets.
September 14, 2002... 2002 SEP 14 - (NewsRx.com & NewsRx.net) -- The nonprofit Physicians Committee for Responsible Medicine (PCRM) is launching a provocative new campaign about the potential medical and legal risks of high-protein diets. A consumer ad, "Got a...

FDA seeks criminal probe of ephedra seller.
September 14, 2002... 2002 SEP 14 - (NewsRx.com & NewsRx.net) -- The U.S. Justice Department is conducting a criminal investigation into whether a leading ephedra seller lied about the safety of the long-controversial dietary supplement. The Food and Drug...

Physical training reduces fatty acid synthase activity in obese rats.
September 21, 2002... 2002 SEP 21 - (NewsRx.com & NewsRx.net) -- by Maria G. Essig, MS, ELS, senior medical writer - A training regimen down-regulated fatty acid synthase (FAS) activity in obese rats, resulting in a significant loss of fat mass and increase in lean...

Very low carbohydrate diet results in significant, safe weight loss.
September 21, 2002... 2002 SEP 21 - (NewsRx.com & NewsRx.net) -- by Maria G. Essig, MS, ELS, senior medical writer - A 6-month diet low in carbohydrate but without any restrictions on calories caused significant weight loss in overweight and obese people. Eric...

Short-term pain can mean long-term gain for patients.
September 21, 2002... 2002 SEP 21 - (NewsRx.com & NewsRx.net) -- Research has repeatedly shown that regular exercise can provide long-term pain relief for those who suffer from knee osteoarthritis. Unfortunately, getting these patients to start an exercise...

Benign prostatic hyperplasia risk rises with abdominal fat and insulin concentration.
September 21, 2002... 2002 SEP 21 - (NewsRx.com & NewsRx.net) -- by Maria G. Essig, MS, ELS, senior medical writer - Abdominal fat and elevated insulin levels increase the risk of benign prostatic hyperplasia, according to a report in the Journal of Urology. ...

Children's body mass index predicts overweight or obesity in adulthood.
September 21, 2002... 2002 SEP 21 - (NewsRx.com & NewsRx.net) -- Body mass index, or BMI, provides a guideline based on weight and height to determine underweight and overweight. Recently, BMI-for-age growth charts used by the U.S. Centers for Disease Control and...

Medical costs of cardiovascular disease related to excess weight estimated at $31 billion.
September 21, 2002... 2002 SEP 21 - (NewsRx.com & NewsRx.net) -- by Maria G. Essig, MS, ELS, senior medical writer - Being overweight is costly in terms of resultant cardiovascular disease and its financial burden in the U.S., researchers at the U.S. Centers for...

Dermatologists shed light on treatments for cellulite.
September 21, 2002... 2002 SEP 21 - (NewsRx.com & NewsRx.net) -- Speaking at the American Academy of Dermatology's summer scientific meeting in New York, dermatologist Mitchel Goldman, MD, associate clinical professor, Department of Medicine, Division of...

Exercise may reduce risk of colds.
September 21, 2002... 2002 SEP 21 - (NewsRx.com & NewsRx.net) -- A more active day apparently helps to keep a cold at bay. Researchers who report this also say people don't have to put in an athletic performance to get the benefit. "A regularly active...

Ephedrine-free formula may help with weight loss.
September 21, 2002... 2002 SEP 21 - (NewsRx.com & NewsRx.net) -- For consumers who want to burn fat and calories without the jittery side effects, Schiff Green Tea Diet, a natural, ephedrine-free weight loss supplement may help. Schiff Green Tea Diet is one of...

Honey fights cholesterol as well as some fruits and vegetables.
September 21, 2002... 2002 SEP 21 - (NewsRx.com & NewsRx.net) -- Don't like spinach? Try honey. It contains about the same level of plaque-fighting antioxidants as the leafy green stuff. And according to research presented at the national meeting of the...

Repetitive therapy a possibility for treating hereditary cholesterol disease.
September 21, 2002... 2002 SEP 21 - (NewsRx.com & NewsRx.net) -- by Sonia Nichols, senior medical writer - Liposomal-based gene therapy could be the key to treating people diagnosed with familial hypercholesterolemia. "This disease, which is due to a mutation in...

Xenon study confirms importance of key drug target in obesity, diabetes.
September 21, 2002... 2002 SEP 21 - (NewsRx.com & NewsRx.net) -- In a study published by the journal Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences USA (PNAS), a team of researchers from the University of Wisconsin-Madison led by Dr. James Ntambi and Xenon...

Experts urge weight loss for youths.
September 21, 2002... 2002 SEP 21 - (NewsRx.com & NewsRx.net) -- `By now, it's a well-known fact: The nation's younger generation is fatter than any before it, with 14% classified as obese or overweight. Dana Jenkins was part of that statistic. An athletic but...

ConsumerLab.com finds some spoilage, inaccuracy among supplements.
September 21, 2002... 2002 SEP 21 - (NewsRx.com & NewsRx.net) -- ConsumerLab.com, an independent evaluator of health and nutrition products, released results of its Product Review of Black Current, Borage, Evening Primrose, and Flaxseed Oils: Sources of ALA and GLA...

Whole grains reduce long-term risk in men.
September 21, 2002... 2002 SEP 21 - (NewsRx.com & NewsRx.net) -- Daily consumption of whole grains has been associated in a number of studies with reductions in risk for ischemic stroke, coronary artery disease, and type 2 diabetes. The cereal fiber found in...

Study shows Xenical prevents or delays the development of type 2 diabetes.
September 21, 2002... 2002 SEP 21 - (NewsRx.com & NewsRx.net) -- Roche announced that the results of the 4-year landmark XENDOS study involving 3304 patients demonstrated that the weight loss medication Xenical can prevent or delay the development of type 2...

Protein transforms sedentary muscles into exercised muscles.
September 28, 2002... 2002 SEP 28 - (NewsRx.com & NewsRx.net) -- Researchers have discovered a second protein found in skeletal muscle that can transform sedentary muscles into energy-producing, exercised muscles. Researchers from University of Texas (UT)...

Consideration of glycemic index vital in weight control diets.
September 28, 2002... 2002 SEP 28 - (NewsRx.com & NewsRx.net) -- by Maria G. Essig, MS, ELS, senior medical writer - Weight control efforts may be more successful if glycemic index (GI) is considered when setting nutritional guidelines, say investigators in...

Pediatric health care providers need help motivating obese patients reluctant to lose weight.
September 28, 2002... 2002 SEP 28 - (NewsRx.com & NewsRx.net) -- by Maria G. Essig, MS, ELS, senior medical writer - Most pediatric health care providers perform the psychological and behavioral evaluations recommended for obese children and adolescents, but could...

DXA equivalent to CT for estimates of visceral fat in elderly adults.
September 28, 2002... 2002 SEP 28 - (NewsRx.com & NewsRx.net) -- by Maria G. Essig, MS, ELS, senior medical writer - Dual-energy x-ray absorptiometry is as good as a CT scan for measuring abdominal fat in older adults, according to a report by a group of researchers...

High-fat, but not high-carbohydrate, diet increases fatty acid release and fat oxidation.
September 28, 2002... 2002 SEP 28 - (NewsRx.com & NewsRx.net) -- by Maria G. Essig, MS, ELS, senior medical writer - Free fatty acid (FFA) release and fat oxidation were found to increase after a euenergetic, high-fat diet, but not after a high-carbohydrate diet by...

Education, age, energy, and carbohydrate intake associated with overweight in Chinese adults.
September 28, 2002... 2002 SEP 28 - (NewsRx.com & NewsRx.net) -- by Maria G. Essig, MS, ELS, senior medical writer - Among Chinese adults, higher educational level, higher age, and higher carbohydrate and overall energy intake were associated with being overweight,...

Are hangovers a thing of the past?
September 28, 2002... 2002 SEP 28 - (NewsRx.com & NewsRx.net) -- A new product touts the slogan "Have more fun tonight, feel better tomorrow," and claims to help lessen the impact of hangovers Xo3 is a vitamin, mineral, and amino acid-based powdered drink...

Obese, overweight children find success in new weight loss program.
September 28, 2002... 2002 SEP 28 - (NewsRx.com & NewsRx.net) -- Imagine being 12 years old and weighing 210 pounds. Or having a weight problem since you were 5 years old. Now imagine finally being able to do something about it. Nicole Whitmore, 12, is like...

New program to improve fitness among older Americans.
September 28, 2002... 2002 SEP 28 - (NewsRx.com & NewsRx.net) -- Glenn V. Colarossi, president of AgeFit, an organization specializing in consulting to the older adult market, was selected by American WholeHealth, Inc., to head an initiative to develop a network of...

New EBRI research: Disease management programs unproven but growing.
September 28, 2002... 2002 SEP 28 - (NewsRx.com & NewsRx.net) -- Employers are showing increasing interest in disease management programs as the cost of healthcare benefits continues to escalate, according to new research by the nonpartisan Employee Benefit Research...

Study: OTC pill can work better than prescription diet drugs.
September 28, 2002... 2002 SEP 28 - (NewsRx.com & NewsRx.net) -- In a clinical medical research study to be published this fall in the peer-reviewed medical publication Journal of Strength and Conditioning Research, overweight people who took Xenadrine, an...

Low GH, high ATCH responses to glucagon found in obese patients.
September 28, 2002... 2002 SEP 28 - (NewsRx.com & NewsRx.net) -- by Maria G. Essig, MS, ELS, senior medical writer - Obesity disturbs the responses of growth hormone (GH) and adrenocorticotropic hormone (ATCH) to glucagon, causing abnormally low GH release and high...

Low adiponectin levels related to development of type 2 diabetes.
September 28, 2002... 2002 SEP 28 - (NewsRx.com & NewsRx.net) -- by Maria G. Essig, MS, ELS, senior medical writer - Low adiponectin levels were predictive of the development of type 2 diabetes in Pima Indians, according to a recent report the Lancet. ...

Weight controlling protein may be source of fatigue in chronic hepatitis C.
September 28, 2002... 2002 SEP 28 - (NewsRx.com & NewsRx.net) -- by Sonia Nichols, senior medical writer - Scientists think leptin, a protein thought to control weight, may be the source of some fatigue in patients, especially females, who have chronic hepatitis C....

Parental involvement key in physical development.
September 28, 2002... 2002 SEP 28 - (NewsRx.com & NewsRx.net) -- Physical education programs can introduce children to a variety of exercises and healthful activities, but an expert at the University of Arkansas warns that all could be for naught if kids come home...

Synaptic validates receptor as a promising target for anxiety, depression, obesity.
September 28, 2002... 2002 SEP 28 - (NewsRx.com & NewsRx.net) -- Synaptic Pharmaceutical Corp., (SNAP) has demonstrated the efficacy of its proprietary small-molecule compound SNAP 7941 in animal models of obesity, anxiety, and depression. SNAP 7941 acts as an...

Insulin overcomes dysfunction in pyruvate dehydrogenase.
September 28, 2002... 2002 SEP 28 - (NewsRx.com & NewsRx.net) -- by Maria G. Essig, MS, ELS, senior medical writer - An acute increase in insulin level mitigated the blunted activity of pyruvate dehydrogenase (PDH) in obese adolescents, according to a report in...

Promise of healthy beer, candy to push nutraceuticals market growth.
September 28, 2002... 2002 SEP 28 - (NewsRx.com & NewsRx.net) -- Nutraceuticals, those food and beverage additives that claim to help prevent or treat a medical problem, have exploded in popularity and are now enhancing products once considered downright unhealthy....

Scientists outline a common-sense cure for obesity.
September 28, 2002... 2002 SEP 28 - (NewsRx.com & NewsRx.net) -- In a Seminar in the Lancet, Cara B Ebbeling and colleagues, from the U.S., discussed the public health crisis that is childhood obesity. Fat children, historically thought of as healthy, are now...

Subtract a gene and feasting mice add no fat.
September 28, 2002... 2002 SEP 28 - (NewsRx.com & NewsRx.net) -- By subtracting a single gene from the genome of a mouse, scientists have created an animal that can eat a rich, high-fat diet without adding weight or risking the complications of diabetes, according...

Polymorphisms at the adiponectin locus are associated with obesity.
September 28, 2002... 2002 SEP 28 - (NewsRx.com & NewsRx.net) -- by Maria G. Essig, MS, ELS, senior medical writer - Variants in the adiponectin gene are associated with obesity and insulin resistance, according to researchers in Boston, Massachusetts. ...

Women reap significant benefits from resistance exercise.
September 28, 2002... 2002 SEP 28 - (NewsRx.com & NewsRx.net) -- When the average woman wants to burn more calories, she typically hits the pavement running - in other words, jogging, climbing the Stairmaster, or playing tennis. But does she think about pumping...

Drug targets brain circuits that drive appetite and body weight.
September 28, 2002... 2002 SEP 28 - (NewsRx.com & NewsRx.net) -- Research conducted in animals has revealed that an appetite suppressant drug, D-fenfluramine (D-FEN), activates brain pathways that regulate food intake and body weight. The NIH-funded study suggests...

Three times as many overweight girls as boys dieting by the age of 15.
September 28, 2002... 2002 SEP 28 - (NewsRx.com & NewsRx.net) -- By the time they are 15, three times as many overweight girls as boys are on diets, finds a study in the Journal of Epidemiology and Community Health. Gender differences in worries about weight,...