Many Overweight Kids Not Getting a Good Night's Sleep
Obesity may play a role in sleep-disordered breathing, researchers say WEDNESDAY, June 3 (HealthDay News) -- Children with chubby bellies are more likely to have sleep-disordered breathing, a condition that's associated with behavioral problems, hyperactivity and difficulty staying awa...Ground-breaking study to cap the growing trend of type 2 diabetes in overweight adolescents
Researchers at The Children's Hospital at Westmead are embarking on a ground-breaking new study to investigate whether a different dietary approach to insulin resistance in overweight adolescents can put the brakes on its progression to type 2 diabetes. Type 2 diabetes affects 85 to 90 per cent...Most New EMS Recruits Overweight or Obese
Massachusetts finding has troubling implications for public safety, experts say FRIDAY, March 20 (HealthDay News) -- More than 75 percent of candidates for fire and ambulance services in Massachusetts are either overweight or obese, a situation that has major consequences for public he...Regular exercise reduces depressive symptoms, improves self-esteem in overweight children
Augusta, Ga. - Less than an hour of daily exercise reduces depressive symptoms and improves self esteem in overweight children, Medical College of Georgia researchers say. The study included 207 overweight, typically sedentary children ages 7-11 randomly assigned to either continue their sedent...Losing weight can cure obstructive sleep apnea in overweight patients
For sufferers of obstructive sleep apnea (OSA), a new study shows that losing weight is perhaps the single most effective way to reduce OSA symptoms and associated disorders, according to a new study in the American Journal of Respiratory and Critical Care Medicine , one of the American Thoracic...World Cancer Day Highlights Link Between Overweight and Cancer
New data demonstrates need for greater cancer awareness and more cancer prevention GENEVA, Feb. 4 /PRNewswire/ -- Today the International Union Against Cancer (UICC) is launching "I love my healthy active childhood," a campaign to raise awareness about the link between excess body weight and ...Supersized P.E.: Ten Tips to Help Overweight Kids Get Healthy
SDSU professor teaches physical education to help overweight students reach their fitness goals SAN DIEGO, Oct. 27 /PRNewswire/ -- Bags of Halloween candy are piled high in the grocery stores this week, providing a dangerous temptation for those battling obesity. For the...Bullying Top Concern of Parents With Overweight Child
They view intimidation as even greater problem than obesity itself, study says THURSDAY, Sept. 11 (HealthDay News) -- Bullying is the top "health" concern among parents with overweight and obese children, according to a new report. Parents of these children, aged 6 to 13, also are...Genaera Begins Phase 1b Trial of Trodusquemine (MSI-1436) in Overweight and Obese Type 2 Diabetics
PLYMOUTH MEETING, Pa., Dec. 1 /PRNewswire-FirstCall/ -- Genaera Corporation (Nasdaq: GENR ) today announced that dosing of subjects has begun in study MSI-1436C-102 (Study 102), the multiple ascending dose Phase 1b study of trodusquemine (MSI-1436) in overweight and obese type 2 diabetics. MSI-...Women Who Gain Excessive Weight During Pregnancy More Likely to Have Overweight Children
PHILADELPHIA, June 9 /PRNewswire-USNewswire/ -- Children of mothers who gain more than the recommended amount of weight during pregnancy are more likely to be overweight at age seven, say researchers from The Children's Hospital of Philadelphia and the University of Pennsylvania School of Medi...Video: FDA Approves INVEGA(R) SUSTENNA(TM) for the Acute and Maintenance Treatment of Schizophrenia
...r and diabetes have been reported with INVEGA((R)) SUSTENNA(TM) and similar medicines. If you already have diabetes or have risk factors such as being overweight or a family history of diabetes, blood sugar testing should be done at the beginning and during the treatment. The complications of diabetes can be se...Reliv International's GlucAffect(TM) Proven Effective in Clinical Study
...al, Inc. (Nasdaq: RELV ), significantly reduced blood glucose levels and helped control weight in study participants. The study included 50 overweight individuals who had pre-diabetic glucose levels prior to the study. Subjects taking GlucAffect, a powdered product mixed with water or other liquids, ...Is Obesity an Oral Bacterial Disease?
...ewswire-USNewswire/ -- The world-wide explosion of overweight people has been called an epidemic. The inflammato...imate of concern over the increasing prevalence of overweight conditions in our society, investigators have focu...Carpino measured salivary bacterial populations of overweight women. Saliva was collected from 313 women with a ...Researchers Say More Aggressive Vitamin D Supplementation Needed in Obese Cancer Patients
..."We investigated the relationship between vitamin D and BMI in a large sample of cancer patients and found that as BMI groups increased from normal to overweight or obese classifications, there was a significant decrease in vitamin D." The researchers evaluated a group of 740 cancer patients seen at CTCA ...U of M study identifies risk factors of disordered eating in overweight youth
MINNEAPOLIS / ST. PAUL (July 29, 2009) University of Minnesota Project Eating Among Teens (EAT) researchers have identified factors that may increase overweight adolescents' risk of engaging in extreme weight control behaviors such as self-induced vomiting, the use of diet pills, laxatives, and di...Exercise helps overweight children reduce anger expression
AUGUSTA, Ga. - Regular exercise seems to reduce anger expression in overweight but otherwise healthy children, researchers said. The first published study on the topic looked at 208 typically sedentary 7- to 11-year-olds who participated in a 10-15 week afterschool aerobic exercise program or m...For insulin sensitive overweight patients, 1 session of exercise improves metabolic health
HILTON HEAD, SCOne out of every three Americans is obese. These individuals are at greater risk for additional diseases, since obesity leads to other health problems, such as diabetes. Obesity-related complications are associated with an abnormal fat metabolism in the muscle. As a result, a...Study suggests 86 percent of Americans could be overweight or obese by 2030
Most adults in the U.S. will be overweight or obese by 2030, with related health care spending projected to be as much as $956.9 billion, according to researchers at the Johns Hopkins Bloomberg School of Public Health, the Agency for Healthcare Research and Quality and the University of Pennsylvan...New research: Fruit juice consumption not related to overweight in children
Los Angeles, London, New Delhi, and Singapore (April 14, 2008) -- Despite studies that assert otherwise, 100% fruit juice consumption is not related to overweight in children, according to the authors of A Review of the Relationship Between 100% Fruit Juice Consumption and Weight in Children and A...Exercise improves thinking, reduces diabetes risk in overweight children
Just three months of daily, vigorous physical activity in overweight children improves their thinking and reduces their diabetes risk, researchers say. Studies of about 200 overweight, inactive children ages 7-11 also showed that a regular exercise program reduces body fat and improves bone den...76 percent of workers older than 60 years of age are overweight or obese
76% of workers older than 60 years of age are overweight or obese. However, less than one third of those 40 years of age and younger suffer these health issues. This is one of the conclusions shown in the research of Alberto Cordero of the School of Medicine, and the University Hospital, published ...K-State researchers say after-school programs should promote activity, healthy nutrition
...physical activity. The results also showed that overweight students were substantially less active than the students who were not overweight during organized outdoor activities, which might b... include understanding the activity preferences of overweight children. During the baseline year, the researc...Study explains potential failure of oral contraceptives with obese women
...traceptive drug levels in both obese women and those of normal weight eventually were about the same, but it took longer to achieve that level in very overweight women. The study showed it took an average of about five days for the drugs to achieve their maximum concentration in women of normal weight, an av...Probiotics help gastric-bypass patients lose weight more quickly, Stanford study shows
...ncreasingly common treatment for the problem. Some 150,000 Americans who have a body mass index of more than 40 who are typically at least 100 pounds overweight have the procedure each year. Morton said the study was prompted by the fact that some patients have problems eating after gastric-bypass surgery....New Drug Application for Exenatide Once Weekly Accepted for Review by FDA
...betes do not achieve their target blood sugar levels with their current treatment regimen.(iv) In addition, 85 percent of type 2 diabetes patients are overweight and 55 percent are considered obese.(v) Data indicate that weight loss (even a modest amount) supports patients in their efforts to achieve and sustai...VIA Pharmaceuticals' DGAT1 Inhibitors Featured in American Diabetes Association Poster Presentation
...ynthesis and fat storage. Triglycerides are the principal component of fat, which is the major repository for storage of metabolic energy in the body. overweight and obese individuals have significantly greater triglyceride levels, making them more prone to diabetes and its associated metabolic complications. D...deCODE Study Shows Complex Interplay of the Human Biological Clock With Height, Weight and Disease
...deCODE team also demonstrated that several known genetic variants linked to overweight and obesity also correlated with earlier AAM. "The findings presente...rty in boys as well. But we have also been able to use them to confirm that overweight and obesity is linked to earlier AAM, and to suggest that later AAM contrib...Arena Pharmaceuticals Announces First Quarter 2009 Financial Results
... Quarter and Recent Developments Abstract accepted for presentation of data from BLOOM (Behavioral modification and Lorcaserin for overweight and Obesity Management), the first of two pivotal trials evaluating the safety and efficacy of lorcaserin for weight management, at the 69th Scientifi...Exenatide Once Weekly New Drug Application Submitted to FDA for Type 2 Diabetes
...betes do not achieve their target blood sugar levels with their current treatment regimen.(iv) In addition, 85 percent of type 2 diabetes patients are overweight and 55 percent are considered obese.(v) Data support that weight loss (even a modest amount) supports patients in their efforts to achieve and sustain...Exenatide Clinical Data Analysis Shows No Increased Risk of Cardiovascular Events
...etes do not achieve their target blood sugar levels with their current treatment regimen.(iv) In addition, 85 percent of type 2 diabetes patients are overweight and 55 percent are considered obese.(v) Data support that weight loss (even a modest amount) supports patients in their efforts to achieve and sustai...