Medical Animation Fitness

What Should Overweight People Be Called?
Public Health Minister for England, Anne Milton, told the BBC this week that doctors and healthcare professionals should tell people they are 'fat' rather than 'obese' as the term 'fat', in her view, may better motivate them to lose weight. She added that people should take 'personal responsibility' for their way of life...

Today's Opinions: Exchanges Reach Beyond Political Squabbles; Missouri's Choice On Nullification; Losing Jobs For Health Reform
A Fair Exchange The New York Times The battle over health care reform won't end just because Republicans and Democrats find they can cooperate on exchanges...

Our Genes Influence How Well Fad Diets Work
Ever notice some people seem to eat anything they want and never gain a pound, while others seem to gain weight just by looking at fattening foods? You may be seeing things correctly after all. According to research published in the July 2010 issue of Genetics, this may have a biological cause...

Study: Weight Issues Move Up Need For Walkers, Canes, Other Devices
Obese older adults are more likely to use walkers, canes and other mobility devices at a younger age, and may run the risk of using them incorrectly, according to new research from Purdue University. "Baby Boomers are coming of age and obesity is an epidemic for this population as well," said Karis Pressler, a doctoral student in sociology and gerontology and the project's lead author...

New NICE Guidance On Weight Management Before, During And After Pregnancy
Women should be encouraged to achieve a healthy weight before they become pregnant and advised that there is no need to 'eat for two' when pregnant. These are just two of the recommendations included in new public health guidance published by NICE on dietary and physical activity interventions for weight management before, during and after pregnancy...

Link Between Obesity Rise And Disability Increase Among Elderly In Latin America And The Caribbean
Thanks to rising obesity rates in Latin America and the Caribbean, elderly people there are becoming more likely to suffer from disabilities, according to a paper recently published by University of Texas Medical Branch at Galveston researchers in the American Journal of Epidemiology...

Study Finds Interactive, Personalized Website Helps People Maintain Weight Loss
The more people used an interactive weight management website, the more weight loss they maintained, according to a Kaiser Permanente Center for Health Research study published online in the open access Journal of Medical Internet Research. The National Institutes of Health-funded study evaluated an Internet-based weight maintenance intervention involving 348 participants...

What Is Sugar? How Much Added Sugar Should I Have?
Sugar is a simple, edible, crystalline carbohydrate. Sugar comes in many different forms, however, all types have a sweet flavor. The main types of sugar are sucrose, lactose and fructose. Common table sugar is typically sucrose which is extracted from cane or beets. Sugar is added to many foods, and drinks...

Reducing The Health Risks Of Obesity Without Serious Side Effects
The drug rimonabant was developed as a treatment for obesity and its myriad of serious health consequences (for example, type 2 diabetes). Despite having its desired effects on weight, which it decreased, and on levels of glucose and fats in the blood, rimonabant was never approved for use in the US because of serious neurological side effects including depression and anxiety...

Many Knee And Hip Replacement Patients Experience Weight Decrease After Surgery
A Mount Sinai School of Medicine study has found that patients often exhibit a significant decrease in weight and body mass index (BMI) after undergoing knee or hip replacement surgery (arthroplasty). The study is the first of its type to correct for the annual increase in BMI typically found in North Americans between the ages of 29 to 73 years. The study was recently published in Orthopedics...

Early Puberty Tied To Obesity In Girls
A review of more than 100 studies found overweight girls tend to reach puberty earlier than their peers do. While some researchers have argued hitting puberty early in life makes a person at higher risk for metabolic syndrome and diabetes, Emily Walvoord, M.D., pediatric endocrinologist and review author, found such diseases are not linked to early puberty, but obesity...

Giving A "KICK" To Childhood Obesity, Canada
Can someone eat for good health if they don't know how to cook? If you had never tasted a certain vegetable while growing up, would you try it on your own? After observing a lack of confidence with cooking skills among youth, the CONTACT - South Simcoe Community Information Centre put ingredients together to form the award winning program "Kids in the Community Kitchen (KICK)"...

Decreased Meat Intake May Help Weight Loss And Maintain Healthy Bodyweight
A team of European researchers have found that reducing meat consumption may be a key factor in losing weight and maintaining an healthy body weight. The researchers wrote in The American Journal of Clinical Nutrition that meat intake, because of its high energy and fat content might be linked to weight gain...

Sugar Substitutes Help Reduce Caloric Intake Without Overeating Or Hunger: New Research
A new study published in the August 2010 journal, Appetite, further demonstrates that people who consume low-calorie sweeteners are able to significantly reduce their caloric intake and do not overeat...

Pennington Biomedical Research Institute And Compellis Pharmaceuticals Complete Phase I Study Of Novel And Patented Obesity Therapy
Compellis Pharmaceuticals, Inc., an early-stage pharmaceutical company developing novel mechanism-based therapeutics for the treatment of obesity, announced with its collaborator Pennington Biomedical Research Institute at Louisiana State University, that they have successfully completed a human Phase I pilot clinical trial...