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Fitness and Wellness Business Week

Susan Hasty, Publisher

Table of Contents . . . May 5th, 2004

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Bariatric Surgery - The Beryl Companies to handle inquiries about new bariatric surgery program

Finance - Quantum Foundation awards over $1.4 M in health-related grants

Arizona State University - Aerobic exercise improves psychological well-being in Hispanic children

Baylor College of Medicine - As children move up in school, nutrition declines

Baylor College of Medicine - Leptin is a significant regulator of bone mass

Cancer Research U.K. - Overweight Britons at risk of dying prematurely from cancer

Chinese Academy of Sciences - Weight reduction by herbs linked to fatty acid synthase inhibition

Commonwealth Scientific & Industrial Res. Org. - High-calcium diet minimizes bone turnover during weight loss

Donggrell Biomedical Communications - Peptide YY3-36 reduces food intake

Doshisha University - Anthocyanin enhances adipocytokine secretion in rat adipocytes

East Carolina University - Overweight children at high risk for developing hyperinsulinemia

Emory University - Extensive preoperative testing not needed in gastric bypass patients

Fitness & Wellness - Arizona city footing bill for employee weight-loss program

Fitness & Wellness - Huckabee says unhealthy foods shouldn't be regulated

Fitness & Wellness - McDonald's pushes health with launch of adult Happy Meals

Fitness & Wellness - Number of overweight Arkadelphia students has doctors concerned

Fitness & Wellness - Only 35% of students pass Connecticut physical fitness test

Fitness & Wellness - The rule in New Haven schools: No junk food

Health and Fitness - Arkansas governor trims 100 pounds

Imperial College London - Newborn lambs' central heating system could aid fat busting in humans

INSERM U505, Paris - Glucose induces human apolipoprotein A-II gene transcription

Kagawa University - Dietary triacylglycerol length affects body fat accumulation

Karolinska Institute - Adiponectin might treat angiogenesis-dependent diseases

Leiden University Medical Center - Acipimox enhances spontaneous growth hormone secretion in obese women

Obesity - New study concludes teens are obese because of lack of exercise

Odense University of Hospital - Reduced lipid oxidation in muscle in type 2 diabetes may be genetic

Ohio State University - "Use it or lose it" warning rings true when it comes to exercise

Seoul National University - Genetic polymorphisms in PPAR-delta associated with obesity

Slovak Academy of Sciences - Low insulin receptor numbers found in adipose tissue of obese rats

South Yangtze University - Dietary diacylglycerol prevents lipid accumulation in rat liver

Tokyo Medical & Dental University - Melanin-concentrating hormone induces leptin resistance

Universidade Federal do Rio de Janeiro - Gestational weight gain influenced postpartum weight retention

University of Adelaide - Leptin prevents obesity induced by a high-fat diet

University of Aquila - Antioxidants may mediate exercise-induced drop in platelet activity

University of Arkansas for Medical Sciences - Perilipin expression in human adipose tissue is elevated with obesity

University of Cambridge - SREBP-1c mutants increase risk of type 2 diabetes

University of Chicago - Socioeconomic inequality of obesity exists in the United States

University of Groningen - Feeding response to leptin infusion predicts obesity in rats

University of Lausanne - Uniaxial accelerometry useful for assessing energy expenditure

University of Marburg - Melanocortin-4 receptor gene I103 negatively associated with obesity

University of Montreal - Glycation of LDL affects platelet aggregation in Psammomys obesus

University of Paris-Sud Orsay - Physical Self-Description Questionnaire is generalizable

University of Tsukuba - SREBP-1c expression in liver of diabetic mice is insulin independent

Weight Loss - Study: Carb-counting goes on after diets

Yale University - Changes in brain's appetite center may be key to understanding obesity

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