Obesity
New data from College of Medicine, Department of Neurology illuminate research in obesity
Published in Obesity and Diabetes Week, November 5th, 2007
New investigation results, 'Body mass index and episodic headaches: a population-based study,' are detailed in a study published in Archives of Internal Medicine. " We investigated the influence of the body mass index (BMI [calculated as weight in kilograms divided by height in meters squared]) on the frequency, severity, and patterns of treatment of migraine, probable migraine (PM), and severe episodic tension-type headache (S-ETTH). A validated questionnaire was mailed to 120 000 households selected to be representative of the US population," investigators in the United States report.
"The participants were divided into 5 categories based on BMI: underweight...
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