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September 9, 2015September 9, 2015

Sleeve Gastrectomy Shown To Improve Overactive Bladder Syndrome

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Studies over the last few years have shown several key health benefits that sleeve gastrectomy and weight loss surgery in general can offer obese patients. A more recent study conducted by Italian scientists and published in the ... Read more

September 8, 2015September 8, 2015

Influence of Food Insecurity in Development of Childhood, Adolescent Obesity Explored

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In a recent study published in The Journal of the American Osteopathic Association entitled “Food Insecurity and Its Association With Central Obesity and Other Markers of Metabolic Syndrome Among Persons ... Read more

September 7, 2015November 20, 2015

Can Diabetes be Controlled with Weight Loss Surgery?

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Researchers at the King’s College London and the Universita Cattolica in Rome, Italy have found that Weight Loss Surgery may work better to control type 2 diabetes than standard medical treatments. The ... Read more

September 7, 2015September 7, 2015

Researchers Identify Genetic Roles of Gut Bacteria in Obesity and Diabetes

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Obesity, diabetes, and metabolic syndrome result from complex interactions between genetic and environmental factors, including the gut microbiota. In a recent study conducted in mice and published in the journal ... Read more

September 4, 2015September 4, 2015

Clinicians Studying Long-term Outcomes of Two Bariatric Surgical Methods in Treatment of Obesity

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In a recent paper published in the BMC Obesity journal entitled “The Sleeve Bypass Trial: a multicentre randomized controlled trial comparing the long term outcome of laparoscopic sleeve gastrectomy and ... Read more

September 4, 2015September 4, 2015

How Technology Can Help Improve Obesity Therapy Effectiveness

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Commenting in a “Good Questions” commentary exploring the ethics of anti-obesity advocacy for Duke University’s Kenan Institute For Ethics, Professor Gary Bennett addresses the conundrum of how to provide solutions ... Read more

September 3, 2015September 3, 2015

Fighting Obesity and Hunger Through Foodtweeks and NRA partnership

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Foodtweeks is a free mobile app available for iOS and Android that strives to manage nutrition for people in the US while at the same time providing much-needed resources to local food ... Read more

September 3, 2015October 28, 2015

Association Between Hormone That Makes You Feel Full and Psychiatric Symptoms in Obesity Explored

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Results from a recent study published in the journal Neuropsychiatric Disease and Treatment confirmed previous knowledge that the relationship between common mental symptoms and leptin is modulated by obesity in ... Read more

September 2, 2015September 2, 2015

Eligibility for Bariatric Surgery in Adulthood Can Be Predicted By Analyzing Parents’ BMI, Study Shows

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Results from a recent study published in The Journal of Clinical Endocrinology & Metabolism revealed that the eligibility for bariatric surgery in adulthood may be predicted using a combination of a child’s and ... Read more

September 2, 2015September 2, 2015

Firstborn Siblings More Likely to be Obese, Diabetic and Hypertensive, Large Scale Study Shows

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A team of researchers from the Liggins Institute in New Zealand conducted the largest study of its kind in women and found that firstborn women have a higher likelihood of ... Read more