Obesity
Clinical Review
Colorectal cancer risk increased with bariatric surgery
Major finding: The risk of colorectal cancer increased by 60% among obese patients, a mean of 7 years after bariatric surgery but was only...
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Healthy Diets
Clinical Review
The chicken or the egg: Obesity or psoriasis?
Major finding: Among 29 children, 93% met criteria for excess adiposity prior to developing psoriasis, and 78% of these were obese before their...
Clinical Review
Weight-loss program for veterans cut diabetes risk
Major finding: Twenty-eight percent of heavy patients who were active participants in a novel lifestyle change program experienced a clinically...
Clinical Review
Overtreatment common in high-risk diabetes patients
Major finding: Nearly half of diabetes patients at high risk for serious hypoglycemia, based upon advanced age, renal dysfunction, or cognitive...
Clinical Review
Excessive visceral fat linked to increased risk of CVD, cancer
Major finding: Excessive visceral adipose tissue was associated with a statistically significant increase in risk of cardiovascular disease (HR 1....
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Clinical Review
Low-carb, high-fat diet may not be best for gestational diabetes
Major finding: At week 37, fasting glucose, insulin, and maternal insulin resistance (HOMA-IR) were significantly higher in the low carb/high fat...
Clinical Review
Food and milk allergies increase growth impairment risk
Major finding: After age 2 years, 245 food-allergic children, compared with 4,584 healthy age-matched controls, had lower mean percentiles for...