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Dr. Barry Dworkin

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  • Does exercise and fitness trump risk from elevated BMI?

    December 7, 2011

    Madely Health Headlines Commentary for December 7, 2011 [display_podcast] Source: Fitness levels trump weight for living longer Reference: Long-Term Effects of Changes in Cardiorespiratory Fitness and Body Mass Index on All-Cause and Cardiovascular Disease Mortality in Men

  • How weight loss fads will misinterpret this study on ice water

    November 1, 2011

    Madely Health Headlines Commentary for November 1, 2011 Source: To Burn Calories, Try Ice Water  Reference: Influence of water drinking on resting energy expenditure in overweight children

  • Fear of obesity causing disproportionate fear amongst teen girls says expert

    October 21, 2011

    Madely Health Headlines Commentary for October 21, 2011 [display_podcast] Source: Fear of fat more dangerous than fat itself: Expert Reference:

  • Brains of Obese People May Show Less Impulse Control for High-Calorie Foods

    September 28, 2011

    Madely Health Headlines Commentary for September 28, 2011 [display_podcast] Source: Brains of Obese People May Show Less Impulse Control for High-Calorie Foods Reference: Low blood sugar ‘affects food cravings’

  • Obesity and breast cancer risk study misinterpreted by some media outlets

    July 25, 2011

    Madely Health Headlines Commentary for July , 2011 [display_podcast] Source: Obesity Biggest Driving Force behind Breast Cancer Reference: Circulating sex hormones and breast cancer risk factors in postmenopausal women: reanalysis of 13 studies

  • British government wanting kids to exercise three hours daily to prevent obesity shows that they are missing the bigger picture

    July 12, 2011

    Madely Health Headlines Commentary for July 12, 2011 [display_podcast] Source: Children Under Five Need at Least Three Hours of Daily Exercise   

  • More evidence that gastric bypass surgery reverses type 2 diabetes

    June 27, 2011

    Madely Health Headlines Commentary for June 27, 2011 [display_podcast] Source: Weight loss surgery helps for Type 2 diabetes Reference: Abstract of bariatric surgery for Type 2 diabetes review, Archives of Surgery

  • Study reports potato chips and junk food can lead to weight gain? No weigh!

    June 23, 2011

    Madely Health Headlines Commentary for June 23, 2011 [display_podcast] Source: Potato Chips a Top Culprit in Gradual Weight Gain Reference: Mozaffarian D, et al “Changes in diet and lifestyle and long- term weight gain in women and men” N Engl J Med 2011; 364: 2392-2404.

  • Obesity prevention study overly simplistic according to bariatric physicians

    June 21, 2011

    Madely Health Headlines Commentary for June 21, 2011 [display_podcast] Source: Doctors pan federal report saying obesity is easy to avoid   Reference: Obesity in Canada  

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