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Fitness and Wellness Business Week

Susan Hasty, Publisher

Table of Contents . . . August 4th, 2004

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Arena Pharmaceuticals, Inc. - Successful phase Ia trial results reported on anti-obesity compound

Academia Sinica - Flow cytometric method used to assess lipid accumulation in fat cells

Alzheimer's Foundation of America - Group supports Medicare reimbursement for brain scans

Centers for Disease Control and Prevention - CDC progam seeks to reduce risk of chronic diseases in disadvantaged women

Centre Hospitalo-Universitaire de Nancy - Benefits of continuous glucose monitoring reviewed

Charles Sturt University - Food risks in the Sydney press reviewed

Childhood Obesity - Subway restaurants use familiar figure to fight childhood obesity

Cleveland Clinic Foundation - Eszterhas introduces third anti-smoking PSA in 'Join Joe' trilogy

Danish University of Pharmaceutical Sciences - Food intake inhibited by oral oleoylethanolamide

Emory University - Appetite-stimulating hormone levels decrease after gastric bypass surgery

Epidemiology - Study assesses women's health in Al Ain, United Arab Emirates

Erasmus Medical Center - Role of ghrelin in catabolism reviewed

Fitness & Wellness - Article leads doctor to head Iowa weight management program

Fitness & Wellness - Children who watch TV are at higher risk of overweight, raised cholesterol

Fitness & Wellness - New Mexico challenges communities to get fit

Fitness & Wellness - Pharmaceutical company partners to support marathon relay event

Fitness & Wellness - Texas warns districts about fitness equipment deal

Fitness & Wellness - Washington company developing fat-busting ultrasound

Fitness & Wellness - Weight loss group sees success in support-based approach

Gestational Diabetes - Mother's obesity can cause malformations in her children

Hopital de l'Archet - Malignant adipose tissue tumors reviewed

Imperial College London - Oxyntomodulin reduces food intake and body weight gain in rats

LipoSonix - Fat-busting ultrasound may be on its way

Mayo Clinic - Irregular heart rhythm linked with sleep disorder

Merck Research Laboratories - Orexigenic action of peripheral ghrelin mediated by proteins

Nutrition - Food Pyramid might disappear as guide

Obesity - Cookies, cholesterol and KFC: China confronts consequences of free trade

Obesity - Study: Children of obese parents face highest risk of being overweight

Oregon Health and Science University - Leptin and development of hypothalamic feeding circuits reviewed

PacifiCare Health Systems - Cancer Society supports wellness program for Spanish-speaking insurance workers

Pediatric Obesity - Students learn healthy eating habits with computer-based teaching

Public Health - Summit held to address racial and ethnic health disparities

Roslin Institute - Detailed genetic mapping reveals complexity of obesity trait locus

U.S. Centers for Disease Control and Prevention - Medication can help diabetics lose weight, but long-term effects uncertain

Univ. of California, Los Angeles - Nearly half of L.A. County residents get almost no exercise

Univ. of Texas SW Medical Center - Hepatic insig overexpression reduces lipogenesis in obese rats

Univ. of Texas SW Medical Center - Protein deficiency reduces lipogenesis as well as glycolysis

Universal McCann - U.S. adults take blame for obesity, Britons share with manufacturers

University of Auckland - Developmental origins of metabolic syndrome presented

University of Colorado - Computer program measures body size distortion and body dissatisfaction

University of Florida - Researchers report link between overeating, obesity and addiction

University of Goteborg - Interleukin-6 deficient mice exhibit reduced exercise endurance

University of Iowa - Angiotensinogen gene expression in obesity modulated by adipose depot

University of Otago - Excessive TV viewing in childhood and adolescence linked to poor adult health

University of Southampton - Relation between schizophrenia and diabetes described

UnumProvident - Insurer says claims up due to obesity, encourages healthier workplace practices

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