Obesity Singapore Clinic

Maternal obesity results in offspring prone to metabolic syndrome.
Thu, 29 Jul 2010 08:58:45 +0100 | Endocrinology
Authors: Obregon MJ PMID: 20660073 [PubMed - in process] (Source: Endocrinology)

Impact of Childhood Obesity Goes Beyond Health
Thu, 29 Jul 2010 08:24:06 +0100 | RWJF News Digest - Childhood Obesity
The health effects of being overweight or obese are well documented. Extra pounds add extra risk for diabetes, heart disease and certain cancers, even among children. But new research also documents significant social and economic consequences of being overweight since high school. (Source: RWJF News Digest - Childhood Obesity)

Weight issues move up need for walkers, canes, other devices
Thu, 29 Jul 2010 07:42:56 +0100 | ScienceDaily Headlines
Obese older adults are more likely to use walkers, canes and other mobility devices at a younger age, and may run the risk of using them incorrectly, according to new research. (Source: ScienceDaily Headlines)

The challenge of obesity
Thu, 29 Jul 2010 07:36:42 +0100 | Managed Healthcare Executive Magazine Online
Behavior modification is universally regarded as the best option to fight obesity, but it's not a strategy that health plans can implement on their own. (Source: Managed Healthcare Executive Magazine Online)

Warning for obese mothers-to-be
Thu, 29 Jul 2010 06:34:00 +0100 | Nursing in Practice
Women should be encouraged to achieve a healthy weight before they become pregnant and advised that there is no need to "eat for two" (Source: Nursing in Practice)

Call overweight people 'fat' instead of 'obese', says health minister
Thu, 29 Jul 2010 06:12:07 +0100 | the Mail online | Health
Doctors should stop mincing their words and tell fat people they are fat, the public health minister said yesterday. (Source: the Mail online | Health)

Tobacco Funds Shrink as Obesity Fight Intensifies
Thu, 29 Jul 2010 05:05:26 +0100 | RWJF News Digest - Public Health
When the Robert Wood Johnson Foundation decided in 1991 to take on Joe Camel, it became the nation’s largest private funding source for fighting smoking. The foundation spent $700 million to help knock the cartoon character out of advertisements, finance research and advocacy for higher cigarette taxes and smoke-free air laws and, ultimately, to aid in reducing the nation’s smoking rate almost by half. Editor’s Note: James Marks, senior vice president and director of the Health Group at RWJF, and Matthew Myers, president of the Campaign for Tobacco-Free Kids, were quoted in this article. (Source: RWJF News Digest - Public Health)

Don't say obese, say fat, urges minister
Wed, 28 Jul 2010 23:36:52 +0100 | Scotsman.com News - Health
GPs and other health professionals should tell people they are fat rather than obese, a health minister said yesterday. (Source: Scotsman.com News - Health)

Psychosocial characteristics in relation to disordered eating attitudes in Greek adolescents
Wed, 28 Jul 2010 23:00:00 +0100 | European Eating Disorders Review
The study explores possible links between eating attitudes in Greek adolescents and certain psychosocial characteristics such as self-esteem, empathy and anxiety. A total of 202 students (109 boys and 93 girls), 15-18 years old, have been recruited. The following questionnaires were used: the Eating Attitudes Test (EAT-26), the State-Trait Anxiety Inventory, the Self-Perception Profile for Adolescents, the Multidimensional Body-Self-Questionnaire-Overweight Preoccupation and the Index of Empathy of Children and Adolescents. The EAT-26 revealed that 18.3% of the total sample of students (12.8% of boys and 24.7% of girls) reported having disordered eating attitudes. Adolescents with disordered eating attitudes had significantly higher levels of anxiety and scored less in self-reported physic...