Prostate cancer risk increased in obese men who use statin drugs

Female meat-eaters more likely to be obese

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Over the 7-day study, the investigators found that the low-intake group ate less than 1.9 three-ounce servings of meat per day, as opposed to more than 3.18 servings for the high-intake group.More than half (52.8 percent) of the women classified as having a high meat intake were obese, defined in this study as having greater than 35 percent body fat. Conversely, 37.3 percent of women in the moderate meat intake group were obese and only 15.6 percent of those in the low meat intake group were obese.

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Abuse of prescribed slimming drug seen in HK

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Pharmacists said on Friday in Hong Kong , doctors are over prescribing a slimming drug to women desperate to lose weight, , warning its misuse could increase the risk of stroke.

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A previously unstudied gene--and its mutation--helps people pack on the pounds

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"A nondescript gene that no scientist has studied before determines why some people gain more weight than others. A new study of nearly 40,000 Europeans found that people with mutations in both of their copies of the gene known as FTO are 70 percent more likely to be obese than those with regular copies of the gene. Researchers says that identifying a genetic basis for obesity could lead to novel treatments for the increasingly prevalent condition blamed for life-threatening heart disease and type 2 diabetes, among other disorders. "

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Weight loss improves heart function in obese

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High-dose iron supplements do not impair zinc absorption in pregnant women, UK researchers report in the American Journal of Clinical Nutrition.

Iron supplements do not have an adverse effect on zinc nutrition provided the diet is adequate in zinc, Provided women are consuming a diet that contains sufficient zinc (in terms of both quantity and bioavailability), they can adapt to the increased physiological requirement for zinc and will not need zinc supplements

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