Re: Obesity tied to increased risk for dozens of conditions
From: James Michael Howard (jmhoward_at_anthropogeny.com)
Date: 11/22/04
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Date: Mon, 22 Nov 2004 11:19:23 GMT
On Mon, 22 Nov 2004 09:30:47 GMT, usenet@mantra.com (Dr. Jai Maharaj)
wrote:
>Obesity tied to increased risk for dozens of conditions
>
>Public release date: 22-Nov-2004
>
>Contact: Kristen Woodward
>kwoodwar@fhcrc.org
>206-667-5095
>Center for the Advancement of Health
>
>Obesity tied to increased risk for dozens of conditions
>
>Highly obese women are 12 times more likely to have
>diabetes or knee replacement surgery, and five times more
>likely to have high blood pressure than women who are at
>a normal weight, says a new study.
>
>Men in the highest weight categories are eight times more
>likely to have diabetes, and six times more likely to
>have a knee replaced or have high blood pressure than are
>their normal-weight peers, say researchers for the Fred
>Hutchinson Cancer Research Center in Seattle.
>
>The researchers drew their conclusions from information
>provided by 73,003 adults aged 50 to 76 who lived in
>western Washington state.
>
>The researchers correlated obesity with 41 health
>conditions, including life-threatening conditions like
>heart failure; some, like high blood pressure, that
>increase the risk of more serious diseases; and health
>complaints that reduce the quality of life, like insomnia
>or chronic fatigue, says lead author Ruth E. Patterson,
>Ph.D., R.D.
>
>The study appears in the December issue of the American
>Journal of Preventive Medicine. "No other study has
>provided data on the association of obesity with such a
>compendium of health conditions," Patterson says.
>
>Carrying extra weight was tied to 37 of the 41 health
>conditions studied in women and 29 of 41 conditions in
>men.
>
>In addition to diabetes, knee replacement and high blood
>pressure, highly obese women were also more likely to
>have a history of heart failure, gall bladder removal,
>pulmonary embolism, chronic fatigue and insomnia.
>However, these women also experienced slightly lower
>levels of osteoporotic fractures and constipation,
>Patterson says.
>
>Highly obese men also experienced more heart failure,
>fatigue, pulmonary embolism and insomnia, but slightly
>lower rates of enlarged prostate.
>
>Doctors should consider the diverse ways that increased
>weight affects their patients' health when they counsel
>or treat them, Patterson says.
>
>"Effective and practical public health approaches to
>preventing weight gain and treating obesity are urgently
>needed," she says.
>
> ###
>
>Support for this study came from the National Cancer
>Institute.
>
>By Aaron Levin, Science Writer
>Health Behavior News Service
>
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Obesity and the diseases/disorders attributed to obesity result from
low DHEA and imbalances in the testosterone to DHEA ratio. Obesity is
not the cause; obesity is one of the symptoms.
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