Behavioral counseling for cardiovascular disease prevention: USPSTF recommendation supriya kashyap kashyap14 July 2017 9:53 AM ISTThe U.S. Preventive Services Task Force (USPSTF) recommends that primary care professionals individualize the decision to offer or refer adults...
AAP counsels pediatricians to focus on clusters of cardiometabolic risk factors to help obese kids Anjali Nimesh Nimesh25 July 2017 3:12 PM ISTWASHINGTON -- Because obesity affects one in six U.S. children and adolescents, there is a pressing need to identify the subset of overweight or obese...
Weight in adolescence may affect colorectal cancer risk Anjali Nimesh Nimesh25 July 2017 9:20 AM ISTA new study has uncovered a link between being overweight or obese in adolescence and an increased risk of developing colon cancer in adulthood....
Best results in Bariatric surgery in patients with BMI between 35 and 40 Anjali Nimesh Nimesh31 July 2017 11:00 AM ISTANN ARBOR, Mich: The struggle to escape obesity takes more and more Americans to a surgeon's door, in search of bariatric surgery they hope will...
Could insufficient sleep be adding centimeters to your waistline? Anjali Nimesh Nimesh3 Aug 2017 10:30 AM ISTAdults in the UK who have poor sleep patterns are more likely to be overweight and obese and have poorer metabolic health, according to a new...
Early term babies are at greater risk for diabetes and obesity related diseases Anjali Nimesh Nimesh8 Aug 2017 9:30 AM ISTEarly term deliveries impact babies' long-term health with increased risk of diabetes and obesity-related illnesses as well as a shortened life span,...
Vaginal seeding after Cesarean risky, warn doctors Anjali Nimesh Nimesh24 Aug 2017 9:10 AM ISTDoctors are seeing a rise in the number of parents requesting so-called 'vaginal seeding' for babies born by caesarean section, according to an...
New findings may help protect the kidney health of individuals with obesity Anjali Nimesh Nimesh3 Sept 2017 9:20 AM ISTA new study provides insights on the mechanisms behind the development of kidney damage due to obesity. The findings, which appear in an upcoming...
Recommendations for weight gain management in midlife women supriya kashyap kashyap3 Oct 2017 9:25 AM ISTA review of the weight gain risks and challenges faced by women in midlife has led Mayo Clinic researchers to a series of recommendations for this...
Child and teen obesity soars tenfold worldwide in 40 years: WHO report Dr. Kamal Kant Kohli Kohli11 Oct 2017 11:00 AM ISTThe number of obese children and adolescents (aged 5 to 19 years) worldwide has risen tenfold in the past four decades, according to a new study led...
Obesity-related cancers rising, threatening gains in U.S. cancer rates Anjali Nimesh Nimesh19 Oct 2017 7:30 PM ISTThe rates of 12 obesity-related cancers rose by 7 percent from 2005 to 2014, an increase that is threatening to reverse progress in reducing the rate...
On-and-off fasting helps fight obesity Anjali Nimesh Nimesh22 Oct 2017 7:02 PM ISTUp to sixteen weeks of intermittent fasting without otherwise having to count calories helps fight obesity and other metabolic disorders. Such fasting...
