Should Obesity Be a ‘Disease’?
Notes from Dr. Norman Blumenstock:Please read what the NY Times has to say about obesity. Gray Matter By CRYSTAL L. HOYT and JENI L. BURNETTE IN June 2013, millions of Americans contracted a disease. They developed it not because of some pathogen or illness, but thanks to the American Medical Association’s decision to label obesity a “multi-metabolic and hormonal disease state.” On its surface, this seemed like a good move: Calling obesity a disease provides a clear warning of the significant health risks associated with excessive weight. And the obesity-is-a-disease message sparked attention, funding and research aimed at finding medically driven remedies. …
Dreaming of Sleep: Silencing snoring for restful nights.
Notes from Dr. Norman Blumenstock:This a decent article about snoring. Unfortunately it doesn’t mention it’s connection to obstructive sleep apnea. POSTED BY LOUISE PYPER / FEBRUARY 19, 2014 / As children we all used to tease our parents and grandparents for snoring. It is not just the ‘old folk’ who snores, some of us can start snoring in our late teens and early twenties. Snoring usually happens when something is partially obstructing your airways. The sound comes from you throat where air flows pass relaxed tissue and as you breathe the tissue starts for vibrate, causing the snoring sound. Snoring …
Obesity Is Found to Gain Its Hold in Earliest Years
Notes from Dr. Norman Blumenstock Since obesity has such a strong connection with obstructive sleep apnea, its important to prevent it even in children. By GINA KOLATAJAN. 29, 2014 For many obese adults, the die was cast by the time they were 5 years old. A major new study of more than 7,000 children has found that a third of children who were overweight in kindergarten were obese by eighth grade. And almost every child who was very obese remained that way. Some obese or overweight kindergartners lost their excess weight, and some children of normal weight got fat over the years. But …
Child obesity rates dropping
Changes small, but 1st time in generation there’s improvement Cathy Payne @cathyapayne USA TODAY New evidence suggests the nation is finally turning the corner in the campaign against child obesity. Small but significant improvements in obesity rates of low-income preschoolers were counted in 18 states from 2008 to 2011, Centers for Disease Control and Prevention director Thomas Frieden said Tuesday. “This is the first report to show many states with declining rates of obesity in our youngest children after literally decades of rising rates.” The CDC analysis looked at rates in 40 states, the District of Columbia and two U.S. territories. …
Treating Sleep Apnea Among Athletes.
Yes, even non-obese individuals can have obstructive sleep apnea. http://landing.newsinc.com/shared/video.html?vcid=24847405&freewheel=91059&sitesection=kswb …
Forty percent of snoring patients are women
4/5/2013 10:30:00 AM Philippa Lees We can’t point our finger at old, obese men as the only snoring culprits —these days up to 40 percent of patients being treated for snoring are women. A UK study found the number of women seeking treatment was rising, with drinking, smoking and obesity worsening the problem. Dr Sean Tolhurst, a respiratory and sleep physician said weight gain is to blame, plus snoring often worsens around menopause. “Weight gain in the peri- and post-menopausal women is different to weight gain in their pre-menopausal period,” he said. “Post-menopausal women gain weight in a much more …
Sleep lessens effect of genes on weight
Study compares the BMIs of twins By Nanci Hellmich USA TODAY Sleeping more may help you fight a genetic predisposition to gain weight, a new study says. “The less sleep you get, the more your genes contribute to how much you weigh. The more sleep you get, the less your genes determine how much you weigh,” says lead author Nathaniel Watson, a neurologist and co-director of the University of Washington Medicine Sleep Center in Seattle. Research has shown the connection between sleep and weight before, but this study looks at the role of genetics. Watson and his colleagues analyzed self-reported …
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