For Most, “The Big Loser,” Turns Out To Be The “Big Gainer”
How does that expression go: “Same old, same old?” Based on a recent article in the NYT about weight loss, that expression about sums up what we know about weight…
Read moreObesity in Children and Adolescents: Add Liver Failure to the list of complications
It is rare that I read an article in the newspaper or in a popular magazine that teaches me something I do not already know in my research field of…
Read moreHigh Fructose Corn Syrup: Dietary Friend, Foe or Fall Guy?
For quite some time, I have been thinking of writing a piece about high-fructose corn syrup (HFCS). HFCS consumption, mostly in soda drinks and highly processed foods, has grown steadily…
Read moreA TV Show about School Food in West Virginia, a New York Times Story on Workplace Efforts to Improve Health, and an Article in the New England Journal of Medicine Article on the Prevelance of Diabetes in China: What do They Have in Common?
I just want to give you a heads-up on 3 very interesting media pieces that address a common theme: why are people in the U.S. (and now elsewhere) so unhealthy…
Read moreBariatric Surgery And Mortality: Long-term Follow-up Data
Two interesting studies on bariatric surgery and an accompanying editorial were published in the New England Journal of Medicine yesterday (Volume 357, August 23, 2007). The first study was entitled…
Read moreTV And Blood Sugar Control In Children With Type 1 Diabetes
Just a “heads up” about a medical study that will likely make a big spash nationally. I read in my local newspaper (the Columbia Tribune) this afternoon that researchers at…
Read moreWhat Is Diabetes Mellitus?
In my last entry (May 4, 2007), I discussed the diagnosis of diabetes and prediabetes. I completely forgot to first explain what diabetes is. Diabetes mellitus, or “sugar” diabetes to…
Read moreWhat is Prediabetes?
In today’s New York Times, there is an interesting article in the “Styles” section, front page. The article is entitled ” A Healthy Mix of Rest and Motion,” written by…
Read moreObesity: What To Do About It
This is the part I have been dreading; it’s been relatively easy describing the problems and their causes but fixing the problems is another thing. There is good news and…
Read moreObesity: Psychological Factors
Up to this point I have not addressed directly psychological factors that might contribute to obesity, except the psychology of portion size vs. plate size. While I believe by far…
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