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Washington, Sept 12 (ANI): Kids who have more fat around their midsections are at a greater risk of suffering heart disease in later life, suggests a new study.

The study’s researchers suggest that routine waist measurements in obese children could predict which ones had developed risk factors for cardiovascular disease.

“While general obesity certainly has its own [...]

London, Aug 25 (ANI): Apple-shaped women with a waist bigger than 88cm are at increased risk of developing asthma – even if they have a normal body weight, says a new study.

It is well-known that being overweight raises the risk of asthma but the new study, by the Northern California Cancer Centre at Berkeley, suggests [...]

London, July 10 (ANI): Experts have called upon to lower the threshold for being overweight and obese in British Asians.

Indian health chiefs have carried out changes in measuring system to take into account that people of south Asian origin are more likely than whites to develop heart disease and diabetes.

They also insist other countries should [...]

Melbourne, July 6 (ANI): It’s not the beer, but your genes, that cause that ‘not so loved’ ‘beer belly’, according to British scientists.

In a study of thousands of beer drinkers, it was discovered that although regular drinkers had a tendency to put on weight, they did not [...]

Washington, July 2 (ANI): Laparoscopic gastric banding surgery – the “Lap-Band” procedure – not only helps obese adolescents achieve significant weight loss but can also improve and even reverse metabolic syndrome, reducing their risk for cardiovascular disease and diabetes, according to a new study.

The study was conducted by Drs. Ilene Fennoy, Jeffrey Zitsman and colleagues [...]

Washington, June 30 (ANI): Exercise and electro-acupuncture treatments could help women with polycystic ovarian syndrome (PCOS), according to a new study.

The study has found that exercise and electro-acupuncture treatments can reduce sympathetic nerve activity in [...]

Washington, May 22 (ANI): Sleep apnea remains widely undiagnosed among obese individuals with type 2 diabetes, finds a new study.

The researchers found that nearly 87 percent of participants reported symptoms, but were never diagnosed.

“The high prevalence of undiagnosed, and therefore, untreated sleep apnea among obese patients with diabetes constitutes a serious public health problem,” said [...]

Washington, Apr 23 (ANI): A glass of 100 percent juice every morning can lower the risk of obesity and metabolic syndrome – a cluster of conditions that increases risk for stroke, heart disease and diabetes, concludes a new study.

New research presented at the Experimental Biology (EB) 2009 meeting highlights the association among adult men and [...]

Melbourne, Apr 16 (ANI): The modern women with successful careers and high stress levels to match may be damaging their chances of having children, a study has found.

According to the research, which involved international comparison of women in 37 different populations and cultures, career women are more likely to have androgynous figures which indicate higher [...]

London, Apr 8 (ANI): Almost half of Brit women have “muffin tops”, unsightly rolls of fat that bulge over waistbands, according to research.

Compiled by weight management supplement LIPObind, the “Waist Lines” report revealed differences in the size of women’s waists across UK.

And the survey of 2,000 women also disclosed that almost 30 per cent of [...]

Washington, Apr 8 (ANI): Carrying an extra four inches of fat around the waist can increase a person’s risk of being hospitalised with heart failure, warn researchers.

A study led by investigators at Beth Israel Deaconess Medical Center (BIDMC) has found that larger waist circumference is associated with increased risk of heart failure in middle-aged [...]

Washington, Apr 7 (ANI): Both a large belly and obesity can increase the risk of developing restless legs syndrome (RLS), a common sleep disorder characterized by an irresistible urge to move your legs, a new study has shown.

The research is published in the April 7, 2009, print issue of Neurology, the medical journal of the [...]

Washington, April 5 (ANI): Obese people are at higher risk of developing periodontal disease than normal-weight individuals, according to a new study.

Researchers from the Harvard School of Public Health and the University of Puerto Rico, evaluated the link between different measures of obesity and risk of periodontal disease.

They analyzed data from 36,903 men from [...]

Washington, Mar 10 (ANI): Researchers at the University of California-San Francisco have found that older men with higher levels of fat are more likely to experience declines in cognitive function, but the same link does not appear to occur in women.

For the study, Alka M. Kanaya, M.D., of the university and colleagues looked at [...]

Washington, Mar 6 (ANI): Here’s some bad news for people who carry excess weight around the middle: love handles can impair lung function.

According to a report published in American Journal of Respiratory and Critical Medicine, a high [...]

Washington, Mar 5 (ANI): Being fat can increase the risk of primary joint replacement in patients with osteoarthritis, a new study suggests.

The research team led by Flavia Cicuttini of the Monash University, Melbourne, Australia has found that increased waist circumference and body mass index (BMI) were associated with the risk of both knee and hip [...]

Washington, Mar 4 (ANI): People living in neighbourhoods with high density of fast food outlets, and who frequently eat at those restaurants, are more likely to report an increase of 3 pounds in weight and .8 inches in waist circumference, according to a new study.

On the other hand, the research led by Oregon Research Institute [...]