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Obesity Research Update 1998 Table of Contents:
Volume 3, Number 1, January 1998
Table of Contents
- Five weight loss treatments compared
- Very-low-calorie diet: Better long-term results
- Meridia researcher interviewed: UCLA's Dr. David Heber
- MERIDIA: An complete review
- High-glycemic index foods increase calorie intake
- High-protein/low-calorie diet helps kids lose weight
- Weight lifting preserves muscle during weight loss
- Muscle mass reduces weight gain
- Does exercise increase calorie intake?
- Exercise: How much to minimize weight regain?
- How do diabetes treatments effect weight?
- High-fat diet increases calorie intake and body fat
- High-fat diet predicts gains in predisposed women
Volume 3, Number 2, February 1998
Table of Contents
- Pokeweed extract causes weight loss
- Is Meridia neurotoxic? An interview with neurologist Dr. Madhu Kalia
- An interview with George Bray, M.D., founder of The International Journal of Obesity
- Dr. George Bray on Meridia
- Dr. George Bray on Xenical
- Dr. George Bray on Naloxone and Naltrexone
- Dr. George Bray on yohimbine
- Dr. George Bray on cholestyramine for weight loss
- Dr. George Bray on Nutrasweet
- Dr. George Bray on DHEA
- Dr. George Bray on Guar Gum
- Dr. George Bray on Beta-3 agonists
- Dr. George Bray on HCG
- Dr. George Bray on metformin
- Dr. George Bray on glucocorticoids
- Dr. George Bray on high-protein diets
- Higher medical bills associated with obesity
- Excess mortality from obesity less than thought?
- Saccharin: More evidence of its safety
- Wall St. Journal questions 300,000 obesity deaths
- Drs. Koop and VanItallie fight back
- FDA panels split about Xenical approval
- FDA to review New Drug Application for Ergoset
- FDA sued for details of a planned Redux study
- Primary Pulmonary Hypertension may be helped with intravenous prostacyclin
- Growth hormone increases calories burned
- Growth hormone decreases fat
- Olestra does not increase gastrointestinal upset
- Olestra: A short review
- Bulimia: Looking for clues
Volume 3, Number 3, March 1998
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- Redux: Short-term use not harmful?
- Dr. Anchors finds flaws in the Redux-valve study
- Redux innocent, phentermine guilty?
- MERIDIA does not affect resting metabolism
- Television watching linked to childhood obesity
- Obesity costs U.S. nearly $100 billion annually
- Two appetite-stimulating hormones found
- New thermogenesis gene found
- Two anti-leptin genes discovered
- Feds investigate children given fenfluramine
- FDA approves new sweetener; Available soon
- WHO publishes report on carbohydrates
- Religious found more likely to be obese
- Low-fat diet causes small weight loss
- Precose causes small weight loss in diabetics
- Insulin sensitivity improves with long-term obesity
- Chromium nicotinate causes minor weight loss
- Hypnosis to reduce stress causes some weight loss
- Very-low-calorie diet: Intermittent use effective
- Facts about dietary fat
- Effect of omega-3 and -6 fatty acids on breast cancer
- Effect of omega-3 and -6 fatty acids on colon cancer
- Effect of omega-3 and -6 fatty acids on prostate cancer
- Effect of omega-3 and -6 fatty acids on diabetes
Volume 3, Number 4, April 1998
Table of Contents
- Obesity has increased 55 percent since 1980
- Low-fat better than low-cal for weight maintenance
- Secrets of long-term weight loss
- Low metabolism and low thyroid in formerly obese
- Low dose thyroid reduces the risks of belly fat
- Zinc and Obesity: How they might be related
- New England JournalĂs editorial criticized
- Greatest longevity with low BMI
- Weight loss after 50 doubles mortality after 65
- Insulin-blocking drug causes weight loss
- Appetite suppressing protein CART discovered
- Obesity increases asthma
- Ephedrine and caffeine suspected in teenage death
- History of weight loss remedies
- Prevention is key
- Diet more important than weight loss
- Risks associated with increasing BMI
Volume 3, Number 5, May 1998
Table of Contents
- MERIDIA causes 39 pound weight loss
- Diet-plus-exercise: 25 years of research
- KidsĂ calorie intake increases risk of adult cancer
- Long-term weight maintenance
- Lean men live longer says 26-year study
- First leptin trial: 16 lbs weight loss
- Childhood abuse increases risk of obesity
- Obesity major risk factor says Heart Association
- Government redefines standard for overweight
- Heart disease may start in childhood
- Exercise monitor helpful for weight loss
- Xenical for sale in New Zealand
- Timing of childhood thinness predicts obesity
- Zinc has insulin-like effect
- Obese burn less dietary fat
- Decreasing fat intake predicts weight loss
- Type of fat affects weight gain in rats
- 11 lbs loss average with 10 percent fat reduction
- Obesity increases the risk of gallbladder disease
- Insulin Index of common foods
Volume 3, Number 6, June 1998
Table of Contents
- Science Magazine Special Obesity Section
- How big is the obesity problem?
- 5-HTP: Interview with author Dr. Michael Murray
- FDA endorses Olestra
- Japan: Men getting fatter, women thinner
- Americans work 23 percent more than in 1973
- New sweetener approved by FDA for diet sodas
- Meridia prescriptions
- Ergoset (bromocriptine) to be tested for weight loss
- AIDS drugs suspected of causing fat deposits
- What is causing increased obesity?
- Obesity statistics from around the world
- Uncoupling proteins increase metabolism
- Environmental factors contributing to obesity
- Signals that affect eating Eating Disorders
- 5-HTP: Interview with Dr. Pietr Hitzig
- 5-HTP: Interview with Dr. Chris Renna
- 5-HTP: Physicians comment
- 5-HTP: Warning to avoid synthetic version
Volume 3, Numbers 7, July 1998
Table of Contents
- Complete review of first Federal Obesity Guidelines
- Health risks of being overweight
- Risk of Diabetes
- Risk of Hypertension
- Risk of Cholesterol & triglycerides
- Risk of Heart disease
- Risk of Stroke
- Risk of Gallstones
- Risk of Osteoarthritis
- Risk of Sleep apnea
- Risk of Colon cancer
- Risk of Breast cancer
- Risk of Endometrial cancer
- Risk of Gallbladder cancer
- Menstruation and pregnancy
- Emotional problems
- Binge Eating Disorder
- Weight loss and mortality
- Benefits of weight loss
- Xenical: Effect on blood pressure, lipids and sugar
- Weight loss and bone loss
- Dieting for weight loss: Low-calorie and VLCD
- Recommended diet
- Exercise: Effect on weight
- Diet plus exercise
- Behavior therapy
Volume 3, Numbers 8, August 1998
Table of Contents
- Dr. Wurtman warns against Phentermine-Prozac
- An Interview with Dr. Wurtman and Dr. Anchors about Phentermine-Prozac
- Phentermine-Prozac: Dr. Richard Atkinson speaks
- Phentermine-Serzone: Dr. Robert Skversky speaks
- Phentermine-Zoloft: Dr. Charles Leroy speaks
Volume 3, Numbers 9, September 1998
Table of Contents
- Phentermine-Prozac: Dr. Wurtman and Dr. Anchors reply
- Phentermine-Prozac: More Doctors Speak Out
- Phentermine-Prozac: Dr. Dennis Padla speaks out
- Dexfenfluramine alone increases valve abnormalities
- Fenfluramine and Redux, but not Phentermine increase valve abnormalities
- Valve abnormalities associated with Redux, Phen-Redux and Phen-Fen
- New England Journal Editorial on Fenfluramine-induced Heart Valve Damage
- Fenfluramine-induced Heart Valve Damage may heal with time
- 5-HTP causes 4-5 lbs weight loss in two weeks in diabetics
- Phentermine-Prozac: Michael Anchors, M.D., Ph.D., author of Safer Than Phen-Fen, speaks out
- Phentermine-Prozac: Dr. Steve Van Ore speaks out
Volume 3, Numbers 10, October 1998
Table of Contents
- High protein diet reduces calorie and fat intake
- Meal replacements cause greater weight loss
- Slim Fast: 18-23 lbs difference after five years
- Anti-ulcer drug causes weight loss
- Nighttime fasting causes 15 percent weight loss
- Xenical: 6 percent loss in type II diabetics
- Xenical causes 8-9 percent loss after one year
- Xenical: Weight loss of 8-10 percent in one year
- Xenical causes 5 percent loss after two years
- Xenical causes 8-10 percent loss after 1-2 years
- Xenical helps to prevent weight gain
- Xenical: Similar weight regain after stopping
- Xenical increases fat loss?
- Xenical lowers cholesterol
- Xenical: Most side effects during first 3 months
- Ephedrine can cause kidney stones
- Ephedrine and caffeine reduces belly fat
- Ephedrine and caffeine causes fat loss
Volume 3, Numbers 11, November 1998
Table of Contents
- Metformin increases weight loss
- Obesity virus revisited
- High-Protein/high-carb diet burns more calories
- Very-low-calorie diet with long-term success
- Walking did not maintain loss following VLCD
- Low-calorie twice as effective as low-fat
- Hydroxycitrate is not effective
- CoQ10 does not raise metabolism
- Obesity #1 health concern in U.S.
- Calcium channel blockers for weight loss?
- The risk of obesity-related diseases
- Cancer risk associated with obesity
- Obesity doubles hypertension risk
- Obesity increases risk of cesarean sections
- Overweight increases neural tube defects
- Bariatric surgery drastically reduces mortality
- Fat loss decreases the risk of dying
- Non-meat eaters weigh less
- High rice diet predictive of Japanese obesity
- No Fen-Phen-associated heart valve damage found
- Sugar increases metabolism
- Obesity increases daytime sleepiness
- Magnesium reduced in obesity
- Alcohol increases leptin levels
- Exercise causes weight loss in black women
- Mazindol capable of causing discharge
- BMI limited predictability of fat in children
- Type II diabetes affects 12 million in U.S.
- Small weight loss reduces risk of diabetes
- Prostate cancer: Obesity does not increase risk
- Fat loss alone reduces blood pressure
- Obese children eat less breakfast
- Risk factors for binge eating disorder
- Growth hormone causes fat loss
- Recognizing metabolically obese normal-weight
Volume 3, Numbers 12, December 1998
Table of Contents
- Phentermine-Prozac does NOT raise serum serotonin
- Is Phentermine-Prozac safe? Editorial comments
- Is High-Fructose Corn Syrup making us fat?
- Xenical approved in the United Kingdom
- Cheese intake twice as great as 1972
- Xenical caused 10 percent weight loss
- Xenical caused 9 percent weight loss
- Xenical JAMA editorial
- Alcohol: Lower weight in women
- Counseling parents helps kids lose more weight
- BMI inaccurate in predicting body fat
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