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New hypothesis seeks to explain how stress can cause obesity
Source — News Medical
Stress can make you fat - and being obese can create stress. A new hypothesis seeks to explain how.
Diet and lack of exercise are not sufficient to explain the worldwide rise in obesity. Stress is one of many other factors which could contribute, according to human biologist Brynjar Foss from the University of Stavanger.
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Obesity: At a loss to lose the gain
Source — Deseret News
Americans are not gaining ground in their efforts to drop extra pounds. But they're not gaining lots of weight, either. The Center for Disease Control and Prevention said this week that while more than a third of adults and nearly 17 percent of kids were obese in 2009-10, it's the same number found in 2007.
"It's good that we didn't see increases," CDC researcher Cynthia Ogden said. "On the other hand, we didn't see any decreases in any group."
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Fewer heart attacks seen after weight-loss surgery
Source — Reuters
In a new study of obese Swedes, those who had weight-loss surgery were less likely to go on to suffer a heart attack or stroke, or die from one, compared to people who were managed without surgery.
The results jibe with an earlier report by the same group of researchers, suggesting that those participants who underwent bariatric surgery were less likely to be diagnosed with diabetes or die from any cause over the following decade.
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