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Widely used body fat measurements overestimate fatness in blacks

Medicine & Health / Health

created Jun 11, 2009 | popularity 1 / 5 (1) | comments 0

The body mass index (BMI) and waistline measurement overestimate obesity in blacks, according to a new study. The results suggest that conventional methods for estimating body fat may need to become race-specific.





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Ethnic background may be associated with diabetes risk

Medicine & Health / Diseases

created Oct 06, 2009 | popularity 5 / 5 (1) | comments 0

Fat and muscle mass, as potentially determined by a person's ethnic background, may contribute to diabetes risk, according to a new study accepted for publication in The Endocrine Society's Journal of Clinical Endocrinology & ...


Students with a lower socioeconomic background benefit from daily school physical activity

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created Nov 17, 2009 | popularity not rated yet | comments 0

German school students -- especially those with low socioeconomic status (SES) -- significantly improved their exercise capacity and body leanness after a year of daily physical activity classes, according to research presented ...


For dialysis patients, skinny is dangerous

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created Nov 02, 2009 | popularity not rated yet | comments 0

Dialysis patients with low body fat are at increased risk of death—even compared to patients at the highest level of body fat percentage, according to research being presented at the American Society of Nephrology's 42nd ...


Teenage obesity linked to increased risk of MS

Medicine & Health / Neuroscience

created Nov 09, 2009 | popularity not rated yet | comments 0

Teenage women who are obese may be more than twice as likely to develop multiple sclerosis (MS) as adults compared to female teens who are not obese, according to a study published in the November 10, 2009, print issue of ...


Radiation therapy may increase diabetes risk in childhood cancer survivors

Medicine & Health / Cancer

created Aug 10, 2009 | popularity not rated yet | comments 0

Childhood cancer survivors treated with total body or abdominal radiation may have an increased risk of diabetes, according to a report in the August 10/24 issue of Archives of Internal Medicine. This correlation does not ap ...


Location of body fat affects risk of blood clots in men, women

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created Oct 26, 2009 | popularity 3.7 / 5 (3) | comments 0

The location of extra pounds appears to affect the risk of blood clots in middle-aged people, but affects men and women differently, researchers report in Circulation: Journal of the American Heart Association.


How does media exposure affect self-esteem in overweight and underweight women?

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created Oct 13, 2009 | popularity not rated yet | comments 0

Overweight women's self-esteem plummets when they view photographs of models of any size, according to a new study in Journal of Consumer Research. And underweight women's esteem increases, regardless of models' size.


Patient's weight not linked to success of fibroid surgery

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created Nov 19, 2009 | popularity not rated yet | comments 0

Obese patients are no more likely to have post-operative complications than those of average weight when undergoing robotic surgery to remove uterine fibroids, according to a study at Henry Ford Hospital.


Are manometric findings different between the patients with erosive and nonerosive disease?

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created Dec 08, 2009 | popularity not rated yet | comments 0

Gastroesophageal reflux disease (GERD) is defined as the pathological retrograde movement of gastric contents into the esophagus. Various esophageal motility disturbances which may be important in reflux are observed in patients ...


Losing while cruising to the store: Obesity linked to fewer neighborhood food options

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created Oct 27, 2009 | popularity not rated yet | comments 0

Contrary to what you might believe, living near a variety of restaurants, convenience stores, supermarkets and even fast food outlets actually lowers your risk for obesity, according to a new study from the University of ...



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