Word: overweighted
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When doctors urge overweight kids to pick up more activities, reading probably isn't what they have in mind. Yet a new study by obesity researchers at Duke University finds that the simple act of reading - depending on the choice of material - can spur weight loss in tween-age girls...
...group included 31 obese girls aged 9 to 13, who were enrolled in the Healthy Lifestyles Program at Duke Children's Hospital, a comprehensive family-centered weight loss plan that addresses patients' medical, dietary and behavioral needs. The girls read a novel called Lake Rescue, whose protagonist is an overweight preteen who struggles with low self-esteem, feelings of isolation and teasing because of her size. A group of 33 girls read a different book called Charlotte in Paris, which did not have an overweight heroine, and another group of 17 girls read neither book...
...often considered a last resort for the severely overweight and obese, but gastric bypass surgery can be a lifesaver for one group of overweight patients: those with diabetes. Several recent studies have reported that the surgery not only reduces patients' risk of death - particularly from obesity-related diseases, including diabetes and coronary artery disease - but that in some patients with diabetes the surgery is practically a cure, resulting in normalization of blood sugar, often within days. That's part of the reason that gastric bypass is now the most commonly performed weight-loss surgery in the U.S., with nearly...
...weight-loss disparity, Campos says, may have something to do with the medications that diabetes patients take to control blood sugar. "One of the known factors for why diabetics have trouble controlling their weight is the types of medications they take," says Campos. "Diabetes is a consequence of being overweight, but [another complication] is having to take medications that add to weight gain. It's a double-edged sword, and a vicious cycle." The solution, he points out, may be to rely on newer anti-diabetes drugs, such as the DPP-IV inhibitors (like Januvia, the first to receive...
...Unfortunately, in a country where two-thirds of the electorate is overweight, it seems unlikely that it will ever be seriously considered. But such is the tragedy of mass politics...