Reuters - U.S. health officials Thursday announced a new effort to curb America’s obesity epidemic by moving science from the lab into clinical trials to find practical ways for prevention and treatment.

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HealthDay - MONDAY, March 28 (HealthDay News) — Teens who undergo gastric
bypass weight loss surgery can expect to have a decline in bone mass, just
as adults do, according to a new study.

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HealthDay - WEDNESDAY, March 30 (HealthDay News) — A combination of diet and
exercise can help obese seniors lose weight and stay fit much better than
either diet or exercise alone, researchers reported Wednesday.

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ContributorNetwork - COMMENTARY | Deloitte Center for Health Solutions recently reported that consumers are paying an extra $1,355 in out-of-pocket health care costs. These costs, Deloitte reports include, “ambulance services, alternative medicines, nutritional products and vitamins, weight-loss centers and supervisory care of elderly family members.” Read more here.

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HealthDay - MONDAY, March 28 (HealthDay News) — Severely obese men and women
who have bariatric surgery may shed more than just excess pounds: They may
also reduce much of their pre-surgery risk for experiencing disabling
migraines, researchers say.

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HealthDay - WEDNESDAY, March 30 (HealthDay News) — Obese patients are twice as
likely as non-obese patients to develop serious airway complications while
under a general anesthetic, a new study has found.

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Reuters - Teenagers who undergo gastric-bypass weight-loss surgery lose bone in the 2 years following the procedure, a new study shows.

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Reuters - Tallying the number of carbohydrates in the diet may be helpful to people using an insulin pump to treat type 1 diabetes, a small study suggests.

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Reuters - Small children who are obese may be more likely to develop severe eczema, a painful, extremely itchy skin condition, a new study says.

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Reuters - A diabetes expert group backed the use of weight-loss surgery on Monday for the treatment of type 2 diabetes in severely obese patients.

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HealthDay - WEDNESDAY, March 23 (HealthDay News) — Overweight and obese
people often think they weigh less than they do, and many mothers of
chubby kids view their children’s bulk as normal, new research finds.

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LiveScience.com - Older adults who are obese are also likely to struggle with depression, a new study finds.

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LiveScience.com - Obese and overweight moms and their similarly overweight children underestimate their size, according to a new study.

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HealthDay - WEDNESDAY, March 23 (HealthDay News) — New research finds that
people who frequently attend religious services are significantly more
likely to become obese by the time they reach middle age.

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AFP - US First Lady Michelle Obama’s campaign against childhood obesity took a personal turn when she said she is paying more attention to a key body fat measurement for her own daughters.

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LiveScience.com - A skeleton can hold many clues about its deceased flesh-and-blood owner, and now research indicates that bones can show whether or not that person was overweight.

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Reuters - An older kind of Lap-Band weight-loss surgery could lead to severe complications over the long haul, Belgian researchers said Monday.

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HealthDay - MONDAY, March 21 (HealthDay News) — While the majority of
morbidly obese patients who undergo gastric banding say they are generally
satisfied years later, almost 40 percent are saddled with major
complications, while about half have to have their bands removed, a small,
new Belgian study reveals.

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HealthDay - TUESDAY, March 22 (HealthDay News) — Obesity often saddles teenagers
with a wide variety of conditions that boost the risk of heart disease,
such as inflammation, insulin resistance and signs of trouble in the
metabolic system, a small new study suggests.

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Reuters - Life expectancy in Europe is continuing to increase despite an obesity epidemic, with people in Britain reaching an older age than those living in the United States, according to study of trends over the last 40 years.

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