Nutrition / Obesity
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PRACTICE WATCH
How Much Weight Gain During Pregnancy?Free
Updated IOM guidelines specify weight gain by prepregnancy WHO BMI categories.
- Reviewing:
- Committee to Reexamine IOM Pregnancy Weight Guidelines. Institute of Medicine; National Research Council. Washington, DC. National Academies Press 2009 :1
SUMMARY AND COMMENT
Can Breast-Feeding and Pacifiers Coexist?
- July 2, 2009
- Ann J. Davis, MD
- Women's Health
Pacifier use did not affect prevalence of breast-feeding at 3 months.
- Reviewing:
- Jenik AG et al. J Pediatr 2009 May 20
SUMMARY AND COMMENT
Is Binge Eating Always the Same Problem?
- June 29, 2009
- Steven Dubovsky, MD
- Psychiatry
Bulimia and binge-eating disorder are associated with different physiologic and psychological reactions to food.
- Reviewing:
- Schienle A et al. Biol Psychiatry 2009 Apr 15; 65:654
SUMMARY AND COMMENT
More Tofu, Please?
- June 24, 2009
- JoAnne M. Foody, MD
- Cardiology
In a small randomized, controlled study, a low-carbohydrate, plant-based diet improved lipid measures more than a high-carbohydrate, low-fat diet. CME
- Reviewing:
- Jenkins DJA et al. Arch Intern Med 2009 Jun 8; 169:1046
SUMMARY AND COMMENT
Can Cancer Risk Be Melted Away Along with Excess Body Fat?Free
- June 24, 2009
- Anna Wald, MD, MPH
- Women's Health
Women who underwent bariatric surgery had substantially lower risk for cancer.
- Reviewing:
- Sjöström L et al. Lancet Oncol 2009 Jun 24
SUMMARY AND COMMENT
More Burn, Higher Return
- June 17, 2009
- Joel M. Gore, MD
- Cardiology
An increase in the prescribed energy expenditure of a cardiac rehabilitation program improved cardiac risk profiles.
- Reviewing:
- Ades PA et al. Circulation 2009 May 11
FEATURE
Reviews of Note
- June 15, 2009
- Psychiatry
Depression after ACS; inflammatory markers; medical and prenatal issues with ECT; bone loss in anorexia nervosa patients; preventing PTSD; trajectories of brain development; and genetics of mental retardation
SUMMARY AND COMMENT
Thin Body, Thin Bones
- June 10, 2009
- Alain Joffe, MD, MPH, FAAP
- Pediatrics and Adolescent Medicine
Thin eumenorrheic adolescent girls have low bone density comparable to that of adolescent girls with anorexia nervosa.
- Reviewing:
- Fernández-García D et al. Br J Nutr 2009 Mar 23
SUMMARY AND COMMENT
Food Insecurity and Unhealthy Eating
- June 10, 2009
- Alain Joffe, MD, MPH, FAAP
- Pediatrics and Adolescent Medicine
Food-insecure youth reported eating fewer breakfasts and family meals but more fast food and calories from fat than their peers.
- Reviewing:
- Widome R et al. Am J Public Health 2009 May; 99:822
CLINICAL PRACTICE GUIDELINE WATCH
USPSTF: Updated Recommendation for Folic Acid to Prevent Neural Tube Defects
- June 9, 2009
- Richard Saitz, MD, MPH, FACP, FASAM
- General Medicine
The task force highly recommends that all women of childbearing age take folic acid supplements.
- Reviewing:
- U.S. Preventive Services Task Force. Ann Intern Med 2009 May 5; 150:626
