(Wiley-Blackwell) One of the largest studies to investigate lumbar spine disc degeneration found that adults who are overweight or obese were significantly more likely to have disc degeneration than those with a normal body mass index.
Details of this study now appear in Arthritis & Rheumatism, a journal published by Wiley-Blackwell on behalf of the American College of Rheumatology.
body mass indexLumbar disc degeneration more likely in overweight and obese adu...EurekAlert! - Medicine and Health Sun, 01/29/2012 - 23:00
Exposure to chemical found in personal care products may contrib...EurekAlert! - Medicine and Health Thu, 01/19/2012 - 23:00
(The Mount Sinai Hospital / Mount Sinai School of Medicine) Researchers from the Children's Environmental Health Center at The Mount Sinai Medical Center in New York have found an association between exposure to the chemical group known as phthalates and obesity in young children -- including increased body mass index and waist circumference. Tags:
US obesity epidemic shows no hint of shrinkingSeattle Post-Intelligencer: Health and Fitness Tue, 01/17/2012 - 11:22
Experts urge BMI method for calculating weight in kids with eati...EurekAlert! - Medicine and Health Tue, 01/03/2012 - 23:00
(University of Chicago Medical Center) In a study to be published online Jan. 4, 2012, in the journal Pediatrics, researchers from the University of Chicago, the Harvard School of Public Health and the University of Rochester Medical Center compared three common methods for calculating expected body weight of adolescents with eating disorders and found that the body mass index percentile method is recommended for clinical and research purposes. Tags:
More Years Obese Equals More Diabetes Risk (CME/CE)MedPage Today Infectious Disease Tue, 01/03/2012 - 14:13
(MedPage Today) -- The longer one has an excessive body mass index, the greater the risk of developing type 2 diabetes, but race and young age also are risk factors, a longitudinal analysis found. Knee pain common complaint in middle-aged and mature womenEurekAlert! - Medicine and Health Sun, 12/18/2011 - 23:00
(Wiley-Blackwell) New research shows 63 percent of women age 50 and older reported persistent, incident, or intermittent knee pain during a 12-year study period. Few parents recall doctor saying child overweightSeattle Post-Intelligencer: Health and Fitness Mon, 12/05/2011 - 16:53
Surgery Outcomes Better With Some Fat on the Bones (CME/CE)MedPage Today Surgery Mon, 11/21/2011 - 14:52
(MedPage Today) -- Surgical patients with a body mass index at the lower end of the normal range were more likely to die within 30 days of the procedure than those in the moderately overweight range, researchers found. UK says most Britons eat 10% too many caloriesSeattle Post-Intelligencer: Health and Fitness Thu, 10/13/2011 - 06:34
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