Archive for July, 2009
Reuters - The U.S. government plans to increase funding to battle obesity and views healthcare reform as an opportunity to encourage better eating habits, Health and Human Services Secretary Kathleen Sebelius said on Tuesday.
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AP - Obese, but worried that surgery for it might kill you? The risk of that has dropped dramatically, and now is no greater than for having a gall bladder out, a hip replaced or most other major operations, new research shows.
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If you like this post, please buy me a beer for $3 8-)HealthDay - MONDAY, July 27 (HealthDay News) — Obesity in the United States
now carries the hefty price tag of $147 billion per year in direct medical
costs, just over 9 percent of all medical spending, experts report.
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If you like this post, please buy me a beer for $3 8-)Reuters - The U.S. obesity epidemic, which afflicts all age groups, has stabilized in the past five years among preschool-age children at about one in seven children, government researchers said on Thursday.
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AFP - The US medical system spends around twice as much treating preventable health conditions caused by obesity than it does on cancer, Health Secretary Kathleen Sebelius said Tuesday.
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If you like this post, please buy me a beer for $3 8-)HealthDay - SUNDAY, July 26 (HealthDay News) — Scientists may be closer to solving
a medical mystery with huge implications for personal and public health:
Why obese people are prone to developing type 2 diabetes.
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AFP - Childhood obesity is now the United States’ worst health crisis, experts said, urging parents to ban television in kids’ rooms and lawmakers to slap a tax on sugar-laden sodas.
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If you like this post, please buy me a beer for $3 8-)Reuters - Obesity-related diseases account for nearly 10 percent of all medical spending in the United States or an estimated $147 billion a year, U.S. researchers said Monday.
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AFP - America’s expanding waistlines have nearly doubled medical spending on obesity-related conditions which could reach 147 billion dollars a year, a study said Monday.
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Reuters - Over-the-counter allergy and asthma drugs helped obese, diabetic mice lose weight and control their blood sugar, researchers reported on Monday.
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If you like this post, please buy me a beer for $3 8-)AP - Obesity’s not just dangerous, it’s expensive. New research shows medical spending averages $1,400 more a year for an obese person than for someone who’s normal weight. Overall obesity-related health spending reaches $147 billion, double what it was nearly a decade ago, says the study published Monday by the journal Health Affairs.
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If you like this post, please buy me a beer for $3 8-)Reuters - The U.S. government plans to give state and local government more money to fight obesity, including investments in public transportation, Health and Human Services Secretary Kathleen Sebelius said on Tuesday.
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If you like this post, please buy me a beer for $3 8-)Reuters - Oral contraceptives behave differently in the bodies of obese women than in normal-weight women, new research shows, suggesting that they may not work as well in preventing pregnancy.
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If you like this post, please buy me a beer for $3 8-)HealthDay - WEDNESDAY, July 22 (HealthDay News) — When it comes to weight
control, it might not be the kind of snack that matters, but who eats
it.
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If you like this post, please buy me a beer for $3 8-)Reuters - In at least one large New York City healthcare network, more than 40 percent of doctors have a negative reaction to obese patients, according to a new study. And most physicians feel that treating obese patients was very frustrating.
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If you like this post, please buy me a beer for $3 8-)HealthDay - THURSDAY, July 23 (HealthDay News) — One in seven preschoolers
from low-income families in the United States are considered obese, a new
government report shows.
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If you like this post, please buy me a beer for $3 8-)HealthDay - FRIDAY, July 17 (HealthDay News) — Taking a probiotics
supplement after gastric bypass surgery helps patients lose weight faster
and avoid vitamin B deficiency, a new study finds.
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If you like this post, please buy me a beer for $3 8-)AP - Nearly 36 percent of black Americans are obese much more than other major racial or ethnic groups and that gap exists in most states, a new federal study finds.
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If you like this post, please buy me a beer for $3 8-)HealthDay - THURSDAY, July 16 (HealthDay News) — The obesity epidemic in the
United States is hitting minorities the hardest, U.S. health officials
report.
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AP - Some swine flu cases in Michigan are raising questions about obesity’s role in why some people with infections become seriously ill.
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