Science news articles about 'complications of obesity'

... treatments have succeeded in achieving major weight loss or greatly improving adolescents' medical complications of obesity, she said. "Laparoscopic gastric banding offers the possibility of a new ...

... six and twelve months after kidney donation. Obese donors had slightly higher blood pressure ... kidney donation, the long-term risks to obese donors are uncertain. Uncovering these risks is important ...

... -loss diets and help explain why some obese patients are more likely to suffer some complications associated with obesity. Omega-3 fatty acids can be found in canola oil and fish. "Our study shows for ...

Women who undergo bariatric surgery to treat obesity will reduce the risk of medical and obstetric complications when they become pregnant, according to a study.

... the pelvic joints and may cause walking difficulties if severe. The costs of treating minor complications in obese women were estimated to be more than three times that of treating women of a ...

... a large sample of adolescent American boys have found an association between metabolic syndrome, which is a complication of obesity, and elevated liver enzymes that mark potentially serious liver ...

... loss. While these procedures result in significant and sustained weight loss and reverse many of the complications of obesity, this new study shows there may be harmful effects on calcium and bone ...

... reducing the number of fat cells or altering fat cell function in ways that reduce the complications of obesity," says Lazar. The master molecule is called PPAR gamma, a gene regulator that is also ...

... meddle with," says Baranova. "We hope that this study will spur the development of preventive medications aimed at curtailing devastating metabolic complications in obese and overweight populations."

... with the circadian clock of mice led to metabolic complications including obesity and type 2 diabetes. Now their joint research, led by Kathryn Moynihan Ramsey, Ph.D., ...