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BMI and Mortality: A Study in Korea

Researchers found an association between being overweight and increased all-cause mortality risk, but not in people older than 65.

An Obesity Paradox in CAD Patients

A meta-analysis casts doubt on high BMI as a mortality predictor, at least in patients with established heart disease.

Calorie Underestimation

The bigger a meal is, the more likely someone is to underestimate its calorie content, regardless of the person’s body size.

Orlistat for Patients with Nonalcoholic Fatty Liver Disease

Orlistat in conjunction with a weight-loss program, compared with a weight-loss program alone, can significantly reduce NAFLD.

Matters of the Heart Are Weighty

Extremely obese women face high rates of coronary heart disease and death.

Body-Mass Index and Mortality in the U.S.

Being overweight increases risk for mortality among middle-aged nonsmokers.

Mortality May Be Improving in Patients Hospitalized for Anorexia Nervosa

Why? Is it better treatment or earlier detection?

Laparoscopic Gastric Banding for Treating Mild-to-Moderate Obesity

Surgical therapy was more effective than nonsurgical therapy in reducing weight and improving quality of life.

Sibutramine for Obese Adolescents

Sibutramine, compared with placebo, led to substantial weight loss.

Overweight in Adolescence and Mortality in Women

Excess pounds as a teen can shorten lifespan.

Can Seafood Consumption Help Reduce Childhood Depression?

Significantly more depressed children who received omega-3 fatty acids achieved remission than those who received placebo.

Neurologic Complications of Bariatric Surgery

Neurologic complications, due primarily to nutritional deficiencies, are common and necessitate ongoing and thorough patient follow-up.

Bariatric Surgery for Super Morbidly Obese Patients

Better long-term outcomes were reported after gastric bypass than after adjustable banding.

Obesity Increases Risk for Chronic Kidney Failure

The risk probably starts to accumulate before age 20.

Prevalence of Obesity Surgery and Its Complications

The prevalence has increased dramatically, and complications may be more common than previously reported.

Are Nutritional Interventions Effective in Cancer Patients?

For now, we have little evidence that nutritional interventions are effective in patients with cancer or preinvasive neoplasia.

Mediterranean Diets vs. Low-Fat Diet

Cardiovascular risk factors improved more on the Mediterranean diet.

Mediterranean vs. Low-Fat Diet

These two types of diets were compared in a short-term trial involving asymptomatic patients at high risk for cardiovascular disease.

Extreme Obesity in Women

WHI data highlight the importance of the degree of obesity, not just obesity itself, in assessing mortality risk.

Body Weight and Acute Biliary Pancreatitis

The more patients weigh, the more severe their disease is likely to be.

Tying Television Viewing to Activity in Obese Children

It works, but can parents and children live with earned "screen time"?

Vitamins C and E and the Risk for Preeclampsia and Perinatal Complications

Neither mothers, nor their infants, benefited from maternal vitamin C and E supplementation during pregnancy.

Adolescent Obesity and Structural Changes in the Heart

These data suggest that frank obesity, even in adolescents, is associated not only with compensatory hypertrophy for higher hemodynamic workload but also with other structural changes.

Tying Television Viewing to Activity in Obese Children

It works, but can parents and children live with earned "screen time"?

Inflammatory Cytokines and the Metabolic Syndrome: Animal Clues

New directions for studying a syndrome of relevance to psychiatric patients

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