Link to article | http://timesofindia.indiatimes.com/life-style/health-fitness/health/Most-obese-people-dont-realise-theyre-over-weight/articleshow/5064500.cms

MONDAY, Sept 28, 2009 (The Times of India) - The poll, carried out by YouGov for Slimming World, found that almost a quarter of the 2,000 people questioned had measurements, which would place them squarely in the obese camp.

However, there were only 7% of those asked, who classified themselves as so.
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The following abstract was taken from a systematic review of the literature Physical Activity, Fitness and Fatness: Relations to Mortality, Morbidity and Disease Risk Factors published on September 9, 2009 in Obesity Reviews: An Official Journal of the International Association for the Study of Obesity by Mikael Fogelhom from the Academy of Finland, Helsinki.

For the full article, please visit the following link http://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/19744231

The purpose of this systematic review was to study the relative health risks of poor cardio-respiratory fitness (or physical inactivity) in normal-weight people vs.
obesity in individuals with good cardio-respiratory fitness (or high physical activity). The core inclusion criteria were: publication year 1990 or later; adult participants; design prospective follow-up, case–control or cross-sectional; data on cardio-respiratory fitness and/or physical activity; data on BMI (body mass index), waist circumference or body composition; outcome data on all-cause mortality, cardiovascular disease mortality, cardiovascular disease incidence, type 2 diabetes or cardiovascular and type 2 diabetes risk factors. Thirty-six publications filled the criteria for inclusion. The data indicate that the risk for all-cause and cardiovascular mortality was lower in individuals with high BMI and good aerobic fitness, compared with individuals with normal BMI and poor fitness. In contrast, having high BMI even with high physical activity was a greater risk for the incidence of type 2 diabetes and the prevalence of cardiovascular and diabetes risk factors, compared with normal BMI with low physical activity. The conclusions of the present review may not be applicable to individuals with BMI > 35.

Sheraton Toronto Airport Hotel & Conference Centre May 15th 2010

Written By: Clarissa Aznar

The venue for the Surgical Weight Loss Centre’s 3rd Annual SWLC Symposium has just been announced. The anticipated event of the year is scheduled to take place on May 15th 2010 at the Sheraton Toronto Airport Hotel & Conference Centre located at 801 Dixon Road in Toronto. The newly renovated full service airport hotel provides an on-site car rental and a complimentary Airport Shuttle Service. Hotel services include complimentary fitness facility, business centre, sundry shop, restaurants and indoor heated pool & whirlpool. Guests at the hotel can experience nearby attractions such as the Woodbine Racetrack and Casino, Sherway Gardens Shopping Mall, Toronto Congress Centre, Playdium Entertainment Complex and Downtown Toronto.

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Weight-loss Surgery Worthwhile for Diabetes

Link to article | http://www.reuters.com/article/healthNews/idUSTRE5374BC20090408

WEDNESDAY, April 8, 2009 (Reuters Health) - As a strategy for treating type 2 diabetes in obese individuals, gastric surgery to induce weight loss is effective and worth the cost, investigators in Melbourne, Australia, report.

A recent clinical trial showed that “surgically induced weight loss leads to the remission of type 2 diabetes in the majority of obese patients,” Catherine L. Keating at Monash University and others note in the medical journal Diabetes Care.
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Lap Band Weight Loss Surgery Reduces Teens’ Risk Factors For Heart Disease, Diabetes

Link to article | http://www.sciencedaily.com/releases/2009/06/090611142409.htm

MONDAY, June 22, 2009 (Science Daily) — In teenagers, laparoscopic gastric banding surgery for treatment of extreme obesity can significantly improve and even reverse the metabolic syndrome, a new study found. The results were presented at The Endocrine Society’s 91st Annual Meeting in Washington, D.C.

An increasing number of obese adolescents have the metabolic syndrome, said a study co-author, Ilene Fennoy, MD, MPH, a pediatric endocrinologist at New York City’s Columbia University Medical Center.
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Obesity Surgery May Be Long-Term Diabetes Solution

Link to article | http://www.ctv.ca/servlet/ArticleNews/story/CTVNews/20090624/diabets_surgery_090624?s_name=&no_ads

By CTV News Staff

WEDNESDAY, Jun  24, 2009 (CTV.ca) - New research is revealing that obesity surgery does more than simply help patients lose weight; it may also “cure” type 2 diabetes for five years or longer.

In two new studies presented at the annual meeting of the American Society for Metabolic and Bariatric Surgery, researchers have found that both “lap band surgery” and gastric bypass surgery can help eliminate diabetes.
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Link to article | http://www.usnews.com/articles/science/2009/09/02/obesity-surgerys-benefits-extend-to-next-generation.html

By Nathan Seppa, Science News

WEDNESDAY, Sept 2, 2009 (US News) – Children born to women who have achieved drastic weight loss through stomach surgery are healthier than children born to severely obese moms, a new study shows. The findings suggest that obesity creates an unhealthy environment for a fetus that has ramifications later on, scientists report in the November Journal of Clinical Endocrinology & Metabolism.
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