Fitness and Wellness Business Week

Rakuno Gakuen University, Hokkaido - Findings in environmental health provide new insights

Research and Markets - Report notes growth in bariatric surgeries, commercial opportunities of obesity market

Roche - U.S. FDA joint advisory committee recommends approval of weight loss drug for OTC use

Saga University - Short-term CLA feeding shows antiobesity effects without inducing adverse effect

SUNY Buffalo - Growing trend in prepregnancy obesity may lead to increased high-risk pregnancies

Texas A&M University - L-FABP gene ablation potentiates hepatic cholesterol accumulation in cholesterol-fed mice

Tufts New England Medical Center, Boston - Gastroplasty reduces BMI and respiratory drive measurements and improves dyspnea in obese

U.S. Centers for Disease Control & Prevention - Costs and complications of weight loss surgery are focus of review

U.S. Congress Budget Office - Familial obesity can make up for omitted variables in the obesity-mortality relationship

Ullevaal University Hospital, Oslo - Metabolic risks related to obesity after cigarette smoking cessation are significant

Umea University - LPL activity/mass ratio is higher in omental than in subcutaneous adipose tissue

Unilever Corporate Research - Healthy lifestyle prevents obesity and hyperglycemia, which can improve mental health

University 'La Sapienza', Rome - Beta₂ adrenergic receptor polymorphisms linked to lipid phenotypes

University Claude Bernard-Lyon 1 - ChREBP is involved in hepatic steatosis and hypertriglyceridemia development, not obesity

University of Alabama - Obesity and tobacco are presurgical factors associated with higher incontinence severity

University of Alberta - Study shows pollution increases heart attack risk for obese individuals

University of Antwerp - Plasminogen activator inhibitor-1 is related inversely to adiponectin levels in obese women

University of Athens - Review focused on guidelines for coronary disease risk screening in asymptomatic women

University of Barcelona - PPARalpha regulates the limiting step in fatty acids oxidation in liver mitochondria

University of Calgary - Reports add new data to diabetes pathogenesis research

University of California, San Francisco - Weight loss improves bladder control in women with prediabetes

University of Cape Town, Newlands - Three independent biological mechanisms were found to cause exercise-associated hyponatremia

University of Colorado - Understanding pathophysiology of stress fractures is needed to prevent injury

University of Copenhagen Hospital - Subjects underreport dietary fat intake exaggerating links between fat and health

University of Florida - Female subjects have higher intramyocellular lipid compared with male counterparts

University of Georgia - Long-term somatotropin reduced life span of aging obese Zucker rats

University of Illinois - Review proposes fitness may serve neuroprotective function for aging humans

University of Lausanne - Gluco-incretin hormones offer therapeutic peptide for type 2 diabetics

University of Leipzig - Adipocytokine research may have potential in obesity therapy

University of Leipzig - Review discusses relation between free fatty acids and type 2 diabetes development

University of Marburg - Nr4a1 receptor is a cold-induced negative regulator of Ucp1

University of Melbourne - Pulmonary artery pressure and blood flow evaluated as prognosticators of lung cancer resection

University of Nebraska - Reports advance knowledge in diet & nutrition research

University of North Carolina - Research add new data to insulin resistance body of knowledge

University of Pittsburgh - Study introduces testing therapy preference and dietary options in behavioral weight management

University of Queensland - Metabolic syndrome with myocardial and vascular anomalies may have high CVD risk

University of Sao Paulo - Increased glyceroneogenesis is activated by an increased use of diet-derived fatty acids

University of Surrey - Findings describe new data in cardiology research

University of Tennessee - Combining beta-adrenergic and PPAR 7 stimulation improves lipoprotein composition

University of Texas Medical Branch, Galveston - New findings in diabetes pathogenesis described

University of Ulster, Londonderry - Review discusses relation between dietary carbohydrate intake and insulin resistance

University of Washington - Modulation of neuropeptide Y expression in adult mice does not affect feeding

University of Witten/Herdecke, Datteln - Intima media thickness in childhood obesity is related to cardiovascular risk

Verizon Wireless - Employer of 52,000 offers Weight Watcher Corporate Solutions to interested employees