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Obesity Research
Treating obesity is vital for public health, physicians say
December 30th, 2006
Physicians who once treated mainly elderly patients for health problems such as diabetes, heart disease and stroke are seeing increasingly younger patients who have the same ailments. A review in a recent issue of Mayo Clinic Proceedings focuses on the increasing prevalence of metabolic syndrome, a state characterized by cardiovascular risk factors such as obesity, high blood pressure and abnormal levels of glucose (sugar) and fats in the blood. Authors Lewis Johnson, MD, and Ruth Weinstock, MD, PhD, of SUNY Upstate Medical University in Syracuse, N.Y., say physicians and public institutions must work in tandem to curb the obesity epidemic. ...
Source: Obesity, Fitness & Wellness Week (2006-12-30)
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