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July 6, 2015October 27, 2015

Outcomes Are Improving For Gastric Band & Bypass Surgeries Over Time

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While personal accounts of bariatric surgery complications are easy to find on the internet, studies show that over the past few years there has been a clear decline in the ... Read more

July 6, 2015July 7, 2015

Organizations Applaud “Treat and Reduce Obesity Act” Implementation

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Leading organizations throughout the country working to fight the burden of obesity announced their support of the introduction of the Treat and Reduce Obesity Act (TROA) of 2015. Representatives of the obesity community particularly applauded ... Read more

June 30, 2015June 30, 2015

SCOPE Engages Communities To Prevent Childhood Obesity

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A multidisciplinary team of scientists from British Columbia has advanced a participatory action research program to assist and address healthy body weight in children in order to help prevent pediatric obesity. The Sustainable Childhood Obesity ... Read more

June 22, 2015July 22, 2015

Study Finds Link between Obesity and Adrenal Disorder in Young People May Increase Cardiovascular Disease Risk

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In a recent study published in the Journal of Clinical Endocrinology & Metabolism, a team of researchers at Children’s Hospital Los Angeles found that adolescents and young adults with congenital adrenal ... Read more

June 20, 2015October 28, 2015

Bariatric Surgery Confirmed as Safe and Effective for Obese Patients Older Than 60

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Researchers at Montefiore Medical Center in New York reported that bariatric surgery is a safe and effective procedure in obese patients above 60 years of age. The study was published ... Read more

June 18, 2015August 27, 2015

Possible Association Between Obesity and Male Breast Cancer Discovered

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Scientists from the University of Leeds have found a possible connection between the rise observed in obesity rates and the increase of the total cases of male breast cancer. These findings, which were recently published in ... Read more

June 16, 2015July 6, 2015

Procedure For First vBloc Implant to Lose Weight Successfully Performed in US

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A novel technology to help obese patients lose weight was successfully implemented for the first time in the United States at the VA North Texas Health Care System. The procedure involved the implantation ... Read more

June 12, 2015July 1, 2015

Parents Unaware of Their Children Being Overweight and Obese

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In a recent Editorial published in the journal Childhood Obesity titled “Oblivobesity: Looking Over the Overweight that Parents Keep Overlooking,” David L. Katz, MD, MPH, Editor-in-Chief of Childhood Obesity and Director ... Read more

June 11, 2015July 13, 2015

Obesity in Pregnant Women Harms Both Mothers’ and Babies’ Health, According To Study

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Obesity has been linked to many health problems in the general population. A team of researchers from the School of Nursing and Midwifery of Trinity College Dublin, the University of Gothenberg, ... Read more