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New study links fast food to increased weight

1/22/2007 - (NaturalNews) Results from a recent study yield stronger evidence to correlate fast food with increased body weight. A collection of nearly 3,400 young adults were tested for a decade, and with each fast food meal they ingested, their body mass index...

Study: Being overweight can increase risk of death from existing prostate cancer condition

1/17/2007 - (NaturalNews) According to a study by National Cancer Institute researchers, patients with prostate cancer have a greater chance of dying from the disease if they are overweight or obese. Lead study author and research fellow with the Cancer Epidemiology...

Gaining weight between pregnancies could lead to pregnancy complications (press release)

11/16/2006 - A number of studies over the years have found an association between obesity and pregnancy complications, including pre-eclampsia (hypertension), gestational diabetes and stillbirth, but there was little evidence of a direct, cause-and-effect relationship....

Overweight in early childhood increases chances for obesity at age 12 (press release)

10/24/2006 - Children who are overweight as toddlers or preschoolers are more likely to be overweight or obese in early adolescence, report researchers in a collaborative study by the NIH and several academic institutions. The researchers periodically collected...

Obesity in men linked to infertility (press release)

10/19/2006 - Men with increased body mass index (BMI) were significantly more likely to be infertile than normal-weight men, according to research conducted at the National Institute of Environmental Health Sciences (NIEHS), one of the National Institutes of Health. "The...

Researchers find link between obesity and cognitive decline

10/16/2006 - (NaturalNews) A new French study published in the October issue of the journal Neurology has found that obesity may cause cognitive decline over time. French researchers from Toulouse University Hospital conducted a five-year study of more than 2,200...

Waist-hip ratio should replace body mass index as indicator of mortality risk in older people (press release)

10/6/2006 - Older people with high waist-hip ratios (WHRs) have a higher mortality risk than those with a high body mass index, or BMI, a new study reveals. Whereas justifiable attention is given to the increasing problem of obesity in the general population,...

Being overweight as a teen associated with premature death in adulthood (press release)

9/20/2006 - Children and adolescents in the U.S. and around the world are becoming more overweight. A new study from the Harvard School of Public Health (HSPH) has found that there may be serious consequences to that trend. Researchers found that being overweight...

Extra Pounds Mean Higher Health Costs (press release)

9/13/2006 - Medical and pharmacy costs rise steadily for employees with above normal body weight, reports a study in the July Journal of Occupational and Environmental Medicine, official publication of the American College of Occupational and Environmental Medicine...

Smoking, High Body Mass Index Increase Genetic Risk of Age-Related Macular Degeneration (press release)

9/5/2006 - Researchers at the Massachusetts Eye and Ear Infirmary (MEEI) and the Channing Laboratory, Harvard Medical School, report for the first time how two behavioral lifestyle factors together alter the genetic susceptibility to age-related macular degeneration...

Medical College Study Finds Obesity Raises Male Drivers' Death Risk (press release)

8/31/2006 - A team at the Injury Research Center of the Medical College of Wisconsin in Milwaukee has found that being obese increases male drivers' risk of dying in a car crash, as does being very slim. However, being moderately overweight might help cushion the...

Obesity in prostate cancer patients predicts cancer recurrence and progression (press release)

8/29/2006 - Obesity in a patient is an independent predictor of whether localized prostate cancer will progress following radiotherapy treatment, say researchers at M. D. Anderson Cancer Center. In...

Body Mass Index found useless because it does not consider body composition

8/18/2006 - (NaturalNews) New research published in The Lancet medical journal suggests that the Body Mass Index (BMI) system of classifying body weight may be inaccurate for assessing the risk of dying prematurely from heart disease. The BMI, which classifies...

Study of obesity in prostate cancer screening uncovers new predictor of disease for overweight men (press release)

7/21/2006 - Recent studies suggest that testing blood for prostate specific antigen (PSA) alone does not produce an ideal predictor of prostate cancer, and emerging data suggest this is especially true for obese men. A recent study by Oregon Health & Science University...

Physical activity linked to improved glucose control in children with type 1 diabetes (press release)

7/20/2006 - Children with type 1 diabetes who exercise regularly may have improved blood glucose levels compared with those who do not, and regular physical activity does not appear to increase the risk of severe hypoglycemia (low blood glucose levels), according...

Diabetes risk more easily controlled by food choice in blacks, Hispanics

7/14/2006 - (NaturalNews) A study in the July issue of Diabetes Care shows that blacks, Asians and Hispanics in the United States run a higher risk of type 2 diabetes, but it is easier for those groups to reduce their diabetes risk through dietary changes than it...

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