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Metabolic Side Effects Such As Obesity And Diabetes Caused By Antipsychotic Medications
In 2008, roughly 14.3 million Americans were taking antipsychotics – typically prescribed for bipolar disorder, schizophrenia, or a number of other behavioral disorders – making them among the most prescribed drugs in the U.S…
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No commentsAssessing The Value Of BMI Screening And Surveillance In Schools
The value of routine body mass index (BMI) screening in schools has been a topic of ongoing controversy. An expert Roundtable Discussion in the current issue of Childhood Obesity, a peer-reviewed journal published by Mary Ann Liebert, Inc…
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No commentsKey Factors In Student Weight – Impoverished Schools, Parent Education
Attending a financially poor school may have more of an effect on unhealthy adolescent weight than family poverty, according to Penn State sociologists. Poor schools even influence how parental education protects kids from becoming overweight…
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No commentsPeople-Pleasers Feel Pressure To Eat When They Believe It Will Help Another Person Feel More Comfortable
If you are a people-pleaser who strives to keep your social relationships smooth and comfortable, you might find yourself overeating in certain social situations like Super Bowl watch parties. A new study from Case Western Reserve University found that, hungry or not, some people eat in an attempt to keep others comfortable…
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No commentsObesity-Related Diseases In Adolescents Improves With Bariatric Surgery Within First Two Years
Today, about one in five children in the United States are obese. That means that in just one generation alone the number of obese kids in this country has quadrupled…
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No commentsSugar – Attacking Health Globally
A recent study published in Nature by Robert Lustig, MD, Laura Schmidt, PhD, MSW, MPH, and Claire Brindis, DPH, and colleges at the University of California, San Francisco, reveals that sugar is as dangerous when over-consumed as tobacco or alcohol, and should be used in moderation…
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No commentsLumbar Disc Degeneration More Likely In Overweight And Obese Adults
One of the largest studies to investigate lumbar spine disc degeneration found that adults who are overweight or obese were significantly more likely to have disc degeneration than those with a normal body mass index (BMI)…
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No commentsGiving Birth More Than Once Lead To Weight Gain And Other Problems For Mouse Moms And Male Offspring
Women have long bemoaned the fact that as they have more children, their weight gain from pregnancy becomes more difficult to lose. A new study using a mouse model that mimics the human effects of multiparity (giving birth more than once) has found that mouse moms who gave birth four times accrued significantly more fat compared to primiparous females (those giving birth once) of similar age…
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No commentsWhat Is Brown Fat? What Is Brown Adipose Tissue?
Brown adipose tissue (BAT), also known as brown fat, is one of two types of fat humans and other mammals have – the other type is known as white or yellow fat. Human newborns and hibernating mammals have high levels of brown fat. Brown fat’s main function is to generate body heat…
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No commentsNormal Weight Doctors Discuss Weight Loss With Patients More Often Than Overweight Colleagues
A national cross-sectional survey of 500 primary care physicians in the US finds their weight may influence obesity diagnosis and care. Among the findings, published earlier this month in the journal Obesity, is the suggestion that doctors whose BMI is in the normal weight range are more likely to to discuss weight loss with patients than overweight or obese colleagues…
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