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A link between obesity and the microbial communities living in our guts is suggested by new research at Washington University School of Medicine in St. Louis. The findings indicate that our gut microbes are biomarkers, mediators and potential therapeutic targets in the war against the worldwide obesity epide
A link between obesity and the microbial communities living in our guts is suggested by new research at Washington University School of Medicine in St. Louis. The findings indicate that our gut microbes are biomarkers, mediators and potential therapeutic targets in the war against the worldwide obesity epidemic.
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The costs of dealing with a growing obesity epidemic could bankrupt the National Health Service, doctors said on Friday.
Dealing with obese people costs as much as nine percent of a country’s health service budget, according to a study published in the British Medical Journal.
According to the most recent figures, Britain has the highest obesity rate in Europe, with one in five adults classed as obese. That could rise to one in three, said the study, written by Naveed Sattar, Professor of Metabolic Medicine at Glasgow University, and other colleagues.
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Britain’s medicines cost watchdog has for the first time recommended weight-loss surgery for exceptionally obese children.
The National Institute for Health and Clinical Excellence (NICE) said operations should be considered for obese young people who were past puberty and at risk of developing life-threatening diseases.
NICE also urged the National Health Service to consider surgery as a last resort to help save severely obese adults from diseases like diabetes and high blood pressure.
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For patients with type 1 diabetes, obesity is an important risk factor for the development of diabetic kidney disease, reports a study in the January Journal of the American Society of Nephrology.
“Our results suggest that weight control is important in type 1 diabetes and that overweight patients with type 1 diabetes may need further evaluation and treatment,” comments Dr. Ian H. de Boer of University of Washington, Seattle, lead author of the new study. “For these patients, lifestyle interventions such as exercise and diet may be useful in preventing kidney and heart disease.”
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Obese women can improve their health without dieting by changing their eating habits and exercising more, researchers said on Monday.
They showed that lifestyle changes including exercise programmes, such as tai chi, aqua aerobics and circuit training, coupled with behaviour modification, can improve health risks in obese women even if they do not lose significant amounts of weight.
“People of all sizes and shapes can reduce their risk of poor health by adopting a healthier lifestyle,” Dr. Erika Borkoles, of Leeds Metropolitan University in England, told a news conference.
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