An intensive weight management programme has been shown to induce remission in patients with type 2 diabetes at one year, without the help of medications, according to a new randomised controlled trial. The study has been published in The Lancet and shows that after 1 year, half of the participants had not only induced remission of diabetes but on average each had lost 10kg (compared to 1kg...Read More
A recent study has examined the prevalence of obesity amongst health care professionals in England. It found that 25.1% of nurses were obese whilst 31.9% of unregistered care workers were obese. Using data from the Health Survey for England, 20,103 individuals were included. This study itself did not examine the reasons for obesity within the healthcare professional population; however it was...Read More
Recently, a small team of researchers in Norway developed a 20-item questionnaire assessing level of obesity knowledge and published their results in Obesity Facts. The questionnaire was given to a group of final year medical students and the results were compared against a group of experts and a group of first year students. 281 individuals in total took part in the survey, with the majority...Read More
A study of more than 19,000 knee dislocations in the US between 2000 and 2012 has shown the devastating impact that obesity is having on traumatic injuries. The study, from Brown University, was conducted due to the correlation of increasing rates of obesity and rates of knee dislocations. The authors have also noted how low-impact causes, that result in dislocation, are now on the rise. In...Read More
Encouraging children to drink plain water with their school lunches could prevent more than half a million children in the USA from becoming overweight or obese, a new study from the University of Illinois suggests. Not only will the incidence of overweight decrease, but it is thought that with this simple measure, over $13 billion could be saved in various medical and social costs. The...Read More
Obese older adults, that have undergone cardiac surgery, are known to have an increased number of post-operative complications. A recent study from the University of Pennsylvania has analysed the impact of these complications on overweight and obese people’s activities of daily living (ADLs) – such as eating, bathing, dressing and using the toilet. In total, data from 1,731 individuals were...Read More
New research from the Sahlgrenska Academy in the University of Gothenburg has called for people to use dental health as a means of keeping children at a normal weight. The team hope that by talking about eating behaviours rather than weight itself, it could be possible to tackle the main issue from a different angle. The research used data from a number of sub-studies enabling the authors to...Read More