Recent Obesity News
CMACE Publishes Information On Obesity In Pregnancy
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The Centre for Maternal and Child Enquiries (CMACE) reveals results from a survey on NHS maternity provision for obese women and publishes guidelines at a conference today. In 2008, CMACE undertook a survey of maternity service provision for women with obesity on the NHS as part of their national pr... (original story)
Anti-adipogenic Activities of Alnus incana and Populus balsamifera Bark Extracts, Part II: Bioassay-guided Identification of Actives Salicortin and Oregonin
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Planta MedDOI: 10.1055/s-0029-1240991AbstractAmong modern day metabolic diseases, obesity has reached epidemic proportions worldwide and novel therapeutic support strategies are urgently needed. Adipocytes are interesting targets in this context. Using ethnobotanical and bioassay screening technique... (original story)
Extreme Obesity Affecting More Children At Younger Ages
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Extreme obesity is affecting more children at younger ages, with 12 percent of black teenage girls, 11.2 percent of Hispanic teenage boys, 7.3 percent of boys and 5.5 percent of girls now classified as extremely obese, according to a Kaiser Permanente study of 710,949 children and teens that appears... (original story)
[Department of Error] Department of Error
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Astrup A, Rössner S, Van Gaal L, et al. Effects of liraglutide in the treatment of obesity: a randomised, double-blind, placebo-controlled study. Lancet 2009; 374: 1606–16—In this Article (Nov 7), the proportion of patients with metabolic syndrome in table 1 (p 1608) should have been: 51% for p... (original story)
Effects of Chromium Picolinate on Glycemic Control and Kidney of the Obese Zucker Rat
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Does chromium picolinate treatment of obese rats exacerbate renal abnormalities associated with dysglycemia? Nutrition and Metabolism (Source: Medscape Cardiology Headlines) (original story)
Anti-adipogenic Activities of Alnus incana and Populus balsamifera Bark Extracts, Part I: Sites and Mechanisms of Action
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Planta MedDOI: 10.1055/s-0029-1240941AbstractObesity is an epidemic in most developed countries and novel therapeutic approaches are needed. In the course of a screening project of medicinal plants used by the Eastern James Bay Cree of Canada and having potential for the treatment of diabetes, we ha... (original story)
Obesity Boot Camps Not The Answer; But Gym Class Is.
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Obesity boot camps are not the answer to the nation's waistline problem, says Deborah J. Wray, associate professor in the department of kinesiology at Texas Christian University in Fort Worth... (original story)
Obese maternity care risk warning
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Maternity services for obese women are not good enough and may be putting mothers-to-be at risk, experts warn. (Source: BBC News | Health | UK Edition) (original story)
Identification and Functional Analysis of the Vision-Specific BBS3 (ARL6) Long Isoform
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In this study we utilized two model systems, the zebrafish and mouse, to evaluate the function of a specific form of BBS (BBS3). We have identified a novel protein product of the BBS3 gene and demonstrated that functional and structural abnormalities of the eye occur when this form of BBS3 is absent... (original story)
The psychology behind the recession
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Economists have given many reasons why the United States is in the midst of the worst economic downturn since the Great Depression: under-regulation, massive corporate debt, and subprime mortgages are among the explanations. Less discussed is the underlying attitude that accompanied these structural... (original story)
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