A new study asserts that pregnant mothers who consume diet sodas during pregnancy have a higher risk of their offspring becoming obese, according to the Los Angeles Times. The study of more than 3,000 Canadian children and their mothers found a significant link between the number of artificially sweetened beverages they drank while pregnant to...
German researchers from Technical University of Munich in collaboration with researchers at Helmholtz Zentrum München and the German Center for Diabetes Research (DZD) have shown that diet-induced obesity and diabetes can be epigenetically inherited by the offspring via both oocytes and sperm, according to a study recently published in Nature Genetics. Professor Johannes Beckers and...
Researchers at the Cleveland Clinic have found that while bariatric surgery is considered a safe and effective treatment for obesity and its comorbidities, diabetic ketoacidosis (DKA) can occur in diabetic patients following weight-loss procedures. The findings were recently published in Diabetes Care. The investigators, led by Ali Aminian, MD, point out that the characteristics of...
Dietary supplements have become the “snake oil” of the 21st Century, even though some natural products have positive benefits. With a multi-million-dollar boost from the National Institutes of Health, institutions throughout the country are diving in to research the health benefits of natural products. Research into the benefits of natural products to treat numerous chronic...Advise & Consent: Talking to Obese Patients About Their Weight
Obesity is such a sensitive issue that many physicians avoid discussing it. Here are some tips on the right (and wrong) ways to broach the subject. Talking to patients about their weight is a critical task that many physicians find difficult — and even embarrassing. Too many physicians find it so uncomfortable that they avoid...
Obesity appears to change genetic expression in ways that favor the development of diabetes and other conditions — changes that might even be passed on to the next generation. Researchers are beginning to unlock the complicated interplay between obesity and its downstream morbidities by looking at changes it appears to be causing in gene expression....Media Education: Getting the Correct Endocrine Information to the Public
When reading the health news of the day, have you ever found yourself just shaking your head? How could they have gotten it so wrong? Unfortunately, some well-intentioned reporters once in a while put out articles that are inaccurate or incomplete, and this can certainly be confusing to the public. If these writers had the...
National Obesity Care Week calls for comprehensive, compassionate and patient-focused approach to treat the disease of obesity The Endocrine Society has partnered with more than 30 leading U.S. healthcare organizations to form National Obesity Care Week (NOCW), an annual campaign to advance a comprehensive, compassionate and personalized approach to treating obesity as a disease. Scheduled...
