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Higher levels of obesity associated with greater health risks

...ht in meters squared. However, three categories of obesity are defined: obesity 1 (30-34.9); obesity 2 (35-39.9); and extreme obesity (40 and greater). (A 5'4" person would have a ...

Large-scale genomics project will hunt genes behind common childhood diseases

... the most prevalent diseases of childhood ?asthma, obesity and diabetes, among others ?as well as cancer, all of which are thought to involve the contributions of multiple, interacting genes. The Center's researchers will then work to translate the genetic knowledge into precisely targeted treatments for the...

Gene linked to rare disease activates fat breakdown

...an result in prevalent metabolic diseases, such as obesity and type 2 diabetes, the findings might have important implications for understanding these increasingly common disorders as well, Zechner said. ...

Diabetes research takes wing thanks to long-lived fruit fly

...ected to fall soon, largely due to the epidemic of obesity and diabetes," said Bohmann. "It's a huge health issue. Many people have this problem ?it's not going away anytime soon. "This research isn't so much about making people to live to 120 as it is about preventing diseases like diabetes, heart disease,...

Just like us, social stress prompts hamsters to overeat, gain weight

...aking them a poor subject for human stress-induced obesity research. The study asked three questions: Does ...t steps Syrian hamsters provide a good model for obesity research, not only because they eat more and gain weight, but because, like humans, they add fat to ...

Expanding waistlines triggered by your genes

...dy illustrates a relationship between the gene and obesity and metabolism. The MT1-MMP gene is specifically ...will continue to work on the cellular mechanism of obesity and metabolic diseases from the perspective of 3-D cell biology. ...

Why we could all do with a siesta

...l Neuron this week ?have implications for treating obesity and eating disorders as well as understanding levels of consciousness. "It has been known for a while that people and animals can become sleepy and less active after a meal, but brain signals responsible for this were poorly understood," said Dr Den...

Adults who go to bed lonely get stress hormone boost next morning

...cortisol -- a stress hormone linked to depression, obesity and other health problems when chronic -- actually cue the body on a day-to-day basis that it is time to rev up to deal with loneliness and other negative experiences, according to Northwestern University's Emma K. Adam, the lead investigator of the ...

Eat less, weigh more? Enzyme makes lean mice 'susceptible' to dietary fat

...ons for understanding the genetic underpinnings of obesity and weight management, the Hopkins investigators say the work affirms the central role of the brain in managing hunger and satiety and offers up new targets for drugs that manipulate CPT1c. But none have been developed so far, says Wolfgang. The ne...

Obesity levels in US are grossly underestimated

Boston, MA ?The prevalence of obesity in the U.S. states has been greatly underestimated...ta from health surveys, which are used to estimate obesity levels in states. Because people tend to provide incorrect information about their weight and height...

For super-obese patients, duodenal switch beats gastric bypass

...he super obese make up only a fraction of the U.S. obesity pandemic, but their ranks are increasing faster than any other group. When the term was coined in 1987, fewer than one in 2,000 adults in the United States met the criteria of a BMI greater than 50. (A normal BMI is 18.5 to 24.9. From 25 to 29.9 is...

Dragonfly's metabolic disease provides clues about human obesity

...etabolic disorders that have led to an epidemic of obesity and type-2 diabetes in humans, reveal the findings of research conducted at Penn State University that are due to be published in the 5 December 2006 issue of the Proceedings of the National Academy of Science and also in the PNAS early online editio...

Holiday gluttony can spell disaster for undiagnosed diabetics

...d news for those with undiagnosed diabetes. "The obesity epidemic is surging and people don't realize they'...er food, provides excess calories that can lead to obesity and a predisposition to diabetes," Dr. Chandalia said. "If you don't eat sugar, and continue to eat ...

Eating protein boosts hormone that staves off hunger

... "The findings show that PYY deficiency can cause obesity and that PYY appears to mediate the beneficial effects of increased-protein content diets," Batterham said. "One potential weight loss strategy is therefore to increase the satiating power of the diet and promote weight loss through the addition of d...

'Exercise pill' switches on gene that tells cells to burn fat

...ome. Sometimes called syndrome X, this consists of obesity and the often dire health consequences of obesity: high blood pressure, high levels of fat in the blood, heart disease, and resistance to insulin and diabetes. Dr. Evan’s Experimental Biology presentation on April 30 is part of the scientific pr...

Major link in brain-obesity puzzle found

...ction in fat tissue, leading to the development of obesity in mice that lack SH2B1 in both locations. Rui... to better tactics for understanding the causes of obesity and its consequences, including Type 2 diabetes, and perhaps better methods for preventing and rever...

A steady, high-fat diet is bad, but the news gets worse

... says. "At the same time we do have an epidemic of obesity in North America and it’s important that people try to make informed choices." ...

Like salty food? Chances are you had low blood sodium when you were born

...dren about the increased risk of sodium intake and obesity later in life....

Twin studies reveal genetic components leading to cardiac and kidney disease

...y disease ?such as hypertension, a tendency toward obesity or diabetes, elevated blood glucose and lipids ?were just amorphous risk factors before," said O’Connor. "Now we know that they run in families, not only because of a shared environment, but because they are determined in part by particular genes. ...

Natural gut hormone offers hope for new obesity drug

...g is being developed by one of the world's leading obesity experts, Professor Steve Bloom at Imperial College...campus. "Over 30,000 deaths a year are caused by obesity in England alone, so there is a clear need to develop a treatment to tackle this problem," says Dr T...

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