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The rate of obesity and chronic diseases varies substantially across different racial and ethnic groups, but the underlying causes of those disparities remain obscure. In a new study, low socioeconomic status (SES) appears to account for more of that disparity than does lack of knowledge of healthy eating habits and diet-related health risks.The study appears in the December issue of the Journal of the American Dietetic Association . (more…)                

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Being too fat–as well as possibly being too skinny–is associated with an increased risk of all-cause mortality, according to the results of a new study [1]. Among the underweight individuals, the increased risk of all-cause mortality was likely the result of preexisting disease, according to investigators, with the association attenuated when adjusted for potential confounders. Speaking to heartwire about the results, from a large meta-analysis of nearly 1.5 million white adults now published in the December 2, 2010 issue of the New England Journal of Medicine, lead investigator Dr Amy Berrington de Gonzalez (National Cancer Institute, Bethesda, MD) said there are some possible interpretations of the underweight data

 Consumption of sugar-sweetened drinks, at least 1 drink per day, is significantly associated with the development of metabolic syndrome and type 2 diabetes mellitus vs consumption of less than 1 sugar-sweetened drink per month, and these effects do not appear to result entirely from an association with weight gain, new research findings suggest.Vasanti S. Malik, ScD, with the Harvard School of Public Health, Boston, Massachusetts, and colleagues reported their findings in Diabetes Care , published online August 6, 2010.

Behavioral researchers at MicroMass Communications have identified a metabolic mindset™ that could be the key to helping physicians, nurses and other healthcare educators successfully influence patients with type 2 diabetes, hypertension and high cholesterol to adopt healthier lifestyle changes such as losing weight, eating better, getting more exercise, and giving up cigarettes. Jessica Brueggeman, director of behavioral sciences at MicroMass, says the research has important health and economic implications, especially in the nation’s escalating battle against obesity

Why is it that two people can consume the same high fat, high-calorie Western diet and one becomes obese and prone to diabetes while the other maintains a slim frame? This question has long baffled scientists, but a study by Yale School of Medicine researchers provides a simple explanation: weight is set before birth in the developing brain

28 US states saw obesity rates still rising last year, while the only place to experience a decline was the District of Columbia (D.C), F as in Fat: How Obesity Threatens America’s Future 2010, according to a report from the Trust for America’s Health (TFAH) and the Robert Wood Johnson Foundation (RWJF). In 38 US states more than 25% of the adult population is obese. 19 years ago the number of US states with an obesity rate of over 20% was zero.

Obesity did not exist until humans started living in houses, domesticating animals, and farming the land. Americans think that obesity is a lifestyle choice

Allergan launches political campaign to help overweight citizens The maker of Botox and the Lap-Band weight-loss stomach band has launched a campaign seeking a change in people’s attitude about obesity — from thinking of it as a moral failure to understanding it as a disease.

Earlier this week, the U.S. Department of Health and Human Services’ Agency for Healthcare Research and Quality issued the 2009 National Healthcare Quality Report and National Healthcare Disparities Report