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Obesity and Diabetes Week

Susan Hasty, Publisher

Table of Contents . . . March 31st, 2003

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Related Areas: Other Issues in Obesity and Diabetes Week | Other Publications

Lipid Studies - Incorporation of fatty acids into adipose tissue controlled by stereochemistry

Nutrition - Eating breakfast may reduce risk of obesity, diabetes, heart disease

Adolescent Health - Sociocultural factors influence body image and body changes among adolescents

Complementary and Alternative Medicine - Preparations can lead to kidney failure and the need for dialysis or transplant

Type 2 Diabetes Risk Factor - Most adults in Quebec face increased risk of diabetes and cardiovascular disease

Women's Health - Postmenopausal black women have more visceral fat than do white women

Atherosclerosis - Porphyromonas gingivalis infection linked to carotid atherosclerosis

Diabetes - Less fit teens more likely to have insulin resistance

Diabetes Pathogenesis - Mechanism of pulsatile insulin secretion from pancreatic islets proposed

Diabetes Pathogenesis - Plasma adiponectin predicts insulin sensitivity of glucose and lipid metabolism

Diabetes Pathogenesis - T cell lines to bovine beta-casein established from type 1 diabetic patients

Diabetes Pathogenesis - Thrombin-activatable fibrinolysis inhibitor implicated in vascular damage

Diet and Nutrition - Alpha-tocopherol decreases alpha-tocotrienol but not gamma-tocotrienol

Diet and Nutrition - Dutch in higher income groups tend to eat healthier

Diet and Nutrition, - Dietary fat reduces adipose zinc levels resulting in leptin increases

Eating Disorder - Disordered eating behavior in children and adolescents reviewed

Eating Disorder - Topiramate effective for binge eating in obese adults

Endocrinology - CCAAT/enhancer-binding protein beta required for mitotic clonal expansion

Endocrinology - Cortisol influences adipose tissue development in fetal sheep in late gestation

Exercise - Exercise increases skeletal muscle uncoupling protein-3 gene expression

Fitness - Baboon behavior offers clues in the all-too-human battle of the bulge

Fitness - Five-minute running field test reliable for well-trained men and women

Heart Disease - Fast food and "the tube": A combo for risk

Hyperglycemia - Reduction in beta-cells causes glucose intolerance or decompensated diabetes

Insulin - Insulin resistance in fat cells from type 2 diabetic patients is reversible

Insulin Resistance - Complete aromatase (CYP19) deficiency leads to insulin resistance in mice

Insulin Resistance - Digitalis-like factor contributes to hypertension related to insulin resistance

Leptin Studies - TSH stimulates leptin secretion by a direct effect on adipocytes

Lipid Studies - Conjugated linoleic acid lowers plasma cholesterol in hamsters

Metabolism - Orexin A results in hypophagia induced by hyperthermia

Metabolism - Stevia-derived glycosidic sweeteners are hydrolyzed by human microflora

Nutrition Education - Collaboration highlights exclusive nutrition initiative

Obesity Prevention - Combating childhood obesity requires improved nutrition, physical education

Pediatrics - Rapid infant weight gain may be associated with obesity in young blacks

Type 2 Diabetes Therapy - Glucagon-like peptide 1 improves insulin secretion in type 2 diabetic patients

Type 2 Diabetes Therapy - Phytostanol phosphoryl ascorbate improves glucose sensitivity in rats

Weight Loss - Apolipoprotein B-48 levels not affected by weight loss in obese men

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