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For many years, health policy in developed countries has rested on the assumption that health-care consumption does relatively little to produce better health. This new study shows that it is time to rethink conventional wisdom, particularly regarding consumption of pharmaceuticals. In this sequel to their 1999 book, The Productivity of Health Care and Pharmaceuticals: An International Comparison, Richard D. Miller Jr. and H. E. Frech III extend their analysis to quality of life, disease-specific life expectancy, and the impact of obesity. This is possible because of newly available data from the World Health Organization and the Organisation for Economic Co-operation and Development (OECD) on disability-adjusted life expectancy, obesity, and disease-specific death rates.

Employing a logical econometric model, Miller and Frech focus on eighteen member countries of the OECD. They find that pharmaceutical consumption is even more powerful in improving the quality of life than in improving the length of life. They find variation by cause of death and by age. For individuals under seventy, pharmaceutical consumption lowers circulatory disease mortality but has little effect on mortality due to either cancer or respiratory disease. At later ages, pharmaceutical consumption generally has a stronger impact.

The fact that pharmaceutical consumption produces better health lends support to proposals to increase coverage of drugs in both public and private health insurance systems. Most fundamentally, it shows that policy should no longer be based on the assumption that health-care consumption does not improve health, but rather on a new understanding that such consumption—especially pharmaceutical use—does matter. ... Read more

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Obesity can be expected to be among the major health burdens of the 21st century. Within the USA, the prevalence of obesity (defined as having a BMI >25 kg/m2) has increased to almost 65 per cent of the adults. The case numbers in Europe, Australia and affluent countries of Asia are far from different. Unfortunately, behavioural and dietetic interventions have proven to be ineffective concerning their long-term success in the most cases and medical interventions are not only expensive, but are also compromitted by side-effects. Thus, the attitude of many physicians towards obese people is frequently characterised by frustration and accusation, since, up to now, the most cases of obesity are regarded as the result of overnutrition, sedentary lifestyle and lack of physical activity in general. However, our conscience has evolved, that things may be not always be that easy to explain. During the last years, several new molecules playing important roles in lipid metabolism and energy homeostasis were identified and have profoundly enhanced our understanding of obesity.Furthermore, the identification of monogenetic forms of obesity, sometimes causing the lack of one single substance involved in lipid metabolism as e.g. leptin or receptor deficiencies for these molecules have helped us in understanding some of the mechanisms resulting in an obese phenotype. In this book, the authors try to characterise rare forms of obesity with overeating genetically determined, or forms of obesity not caused by overnutrition at all. Apart from the description of the rare forms of obesity, the book also encompasses new insights into the strengths and weaknesses of dietary intervention, approaches to prevent obesity, further reasons of obesity and the regulation or dysregulation of appetite behaviour. All articles represent the state of the art and will hopefully help the reader to gain profound insights into the rapidly expanding field of obesity research. ... Read more

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Obesity has become a major epidemic that now rivals smoking as a risk to public health. The ensuing epidemics of diabetes, vascular disease and other complications are set to overwhelm the healthcare systems of wealthy and poorer nations alike. The need for effective pharmacotherapy has never been greater. This book takes a new look at the many potential targets for drug development for regulation of body weight, placing them in the context of the chequered history of drug development for obesity and currently available therapies.

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Childhood obesity is one of the most serious problems facing the developed world. It is damaging to the medical and psychological well-being of the child and casts a shadow on their future health, leading to serious illness and ultimately premature death. Management of Childhood Obesity provides practical, realistic and easily implemented advice on sensitive approaches to children and their families in a very accessible form for all practitioners involved in the care of overweight children. Changes to diet and activity are reviewed in detail but also with the whole spectrum of eating within the family and community, including sedentariness and the significance of sleep in preventing overweight. ... Read more

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As obesity has become a serious health problem globally, more attention is needed about nutritional problems in the overweight and obese population, especially about vitamins and oxidative stress. Scientific studies have found close relationships between vitamins and obesity. For example, childhood obesity is often associated with an increased risk of low vitamin B12 concentration.
The condition of deficiencies in several vitamins is especially serious in those with non-alcoholic fatty liver disease and after gastric bypass surgery. Individuals with deficiencies in some vitamins are more difficult to lose fat mass, and burn less fat during fat burning exercises. Low levels of certain vitamins may perturb cellular functions and impair insulin action, glucose metabolism and other metabolic processes.
Weight loss interventions are often associated with reduced intake of micronutrients, such as vitamin B6, calcium and vitamin E.Several vitamins have been found to play important roles in food intake and weight control. Supplementation of these vitamins may be helpful not only for weight loss, but also for the prevention of diabetes and other obesity-related diseases.
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This unique and authoritative book presents an up-to-date overview of the many aspects of energy balance and its relationships to disease processes resulting from excess energy consumption and storage. It provides a comprehensive treatment of important research and clinical aspects of energy metabolism and obesity. It will be a valuable resource for endocrinologists, diabetes specialists, internists and family practitioners.

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Abstract: Obesity is a global health problem that is increasing in prevalence. The World Health Organization characterizes obesity as a pandemic issue, with a higher prevalence in females than males. Thus, many pregnant patients are seen with high body mass index (BMI). Obesity during pregnancy is considered a high-risk state because it is associated with many complications. Compared with normal-weight patients, obese patients have a higher prevalence of infertility. Once they conceive, they have higher rate of early miscarriage and congenital anomalies, including neural tube defects. Besides the coexistence of preexisting diabetes mellitus and chronic hypertension, obese women are more likely to have pregnancy-induced hypertension, gestational diabetes, thromboembolism, macrosomia, and spontaneous intrauterine demises in the latter half of pregnancy. Obese women also require instrument or Cesarean section delivery more often than average-weight women. Following Cesarean section delivery, obese women have a higher incidence of wound infection and disruption. Irrespective of the delivery mode, children born to obese mothers have a higher incidence of macrosomia and associated shoulder dystocia, which can be highly unpredictable. In addition to being large at birth, children born to obese mothers are also more susceptible to obesity in adolescence and adulthood. Prevention is the best way to prevent this problem. As pregnancy is the worst time to lose weight, women with a high BMI should be encouraged to lose weight prior to conceiving. During preconception counseling, they should be educated about the complications associated with high a BMI. Obese women should also be screened for hypertension and diabetes mellitus. In early pregnancy, besides being watchful about the higher association of miscarriage, obese women should be screened with ultrasound for congenital anomalies around 18 to 22 weeks. The ultrasound should be repeated close to term to check on the estimated fetal weight to rule out macrosomia. Obese pregnant women are screened for gestational diabetes around 24 to 28 weeks. During the second half of pregnancy, one needs to closely watch for signs and symptoms of pregnancy-induced hypertension. Once in labor, an early anesthesia consultation is highly recommended irrespective of delivery mode. When Cesarean section is performed, many obstetricians prefer an incision above the pannus to avoid skin infection. However, the incision should be decided upon the discretion of the surgeon. Peripartum, special attention is given to avoid thromboembolism by using compression stockings and early ambulation. ... Read more

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The causes and pathomechanisms of obesity from the perspectives of both Chinese medicine and biomedicine designed to help practitioners develop a well-rounded approach to treating obesity. ... Read more

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Few Americans are aware that obesity contributes to 300,000 deaths a year in America. Now medical journalist Michael Fumento--himself a veteran of the diet wars--turns his searing eye to the institutions, corporations, and individuals whose quick-fix weight-loss programs misinform the public while feeding a multibillion dollar industry.

Scouring thousands of scientific studies and interviewing dozens of health experts, Fumento exposes the diet industry for what it is, explodes the myths of genetics and low metabolism, and dismisses the low-fat-food fib, showing how "lite" is loaded with unwanted calories and "non-fat" makes us fatter. Most important, he offers honest, healthy, and helpful information about how important it is to lose excess weight, and how to keep it off forever. ... Read more

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Obviously the author hates fat people
I wasn't even through the introduction when the author equated thin with handsome.The rest is just another rant on how fat people can't be healthy or beautiful. The author is just another self-hating former fat person, without a dose of reality in his work.

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Very shady and one sided
On page 12 Fumento responds to Gaesser's claim that being overweight offers benefits for lung cancer and breast cancer victims (Gaesser claims the overweight and obese fare better with breast and lung cancer). Fumento's retort is that being obese increases risk. However, Fumento says that `those who are 40% overweight have a higher risk of dying of cancer'. Gaesser never mentioned those who are 40% overweight, he mentioned those who had BMIs in the 28+ range, being 40% overweight requires a BMI of 35 or higher and only 8% of the American public has a BMI of 35 or higher, while about 57% of the public has a BMI of 25-35. Someone who didn't read between the lines and both books would think Fumento had disproven Gaesser's claim. Fumento did not; he just focused on the 8% of extremely obese Americans and ignored the 55% of moderately overweight/obese Americans that Gaesser was referring to. Fumento distorted what Gaesser said, he didn't disprove it. Fumento has a pattern of doing this in his book, passing off the health risks of those who are `40% overweight' as a health risk of obesity for various other issues. This is unfair as 89% of those labeled overweight are not 40% overweight, and these health effects do not apply to them. Someone who isn't critical and who doesn't read both sides of the story wouldn't catch onto that subtle tactic. Whenever you read the term `40% overweight' in this book, realize only 1/8th of overweight people are that heavy, and for 89% of overweight people that risk doesn't apply to them.

Fumento claims obesity is tied to increased risk of birth defects. However the studys he used found that 0.2% of ideal weight women had NTD birth defects, and 0.4% of overweight and obese women had NTD birth defects. This is a statistically insignificant increase as 3-4% of all births involve some kind of birth defect, and the authors of one of the study admitted they didn't know what caused it or if weight loss would prevent it. By contract alcohol consumption can increase birth defects by several hundred percent.

On page 168 Fumento addresses Glenn Gaesser's claim that weight loss is unhealthy and can increase death risks. Fumento's retort is that `this could be due to the fact that weight loss is unintentional, as if a result of cancer or heart disease, giving a higher death rate for those who lose weight'. He leaves the argument at that as if he solved it and moved onto something else. However Gaesser addresses this claim five pages into chapter 7 (the chapter in question) under the heading `unintentional weight loss cannot explain findings' by showing several studies, one of which involved close to a million people and was sponsored by the ACS showing intentional weight loss was dangerous and increased mortality risks by 7-167% even when disease is factored out. Fumento either quit reading Gaesser's book 5 pages into the chapter or withheld info from his readers because if they learned this info they might disagree with his conclusions and because he couldn't disprove Gaesser's claims intellectually. Suffice it to say, Fumento literally ignored hundreds of scientific studies on obesity and health that didn't support his claims when he wrote this book, probably because he couldn't counter most of them (when he does counter them he sometimes uses subtle manipulations like the `40% overweight' one I listed above, or relying on statistically insignifigant effects from obesity like the NTD birth defects tactic). That isn't slander either but anyone who reads this book (and this book alone) will have no idea what the medical literature actually says as endless studies are not covered in this book since they disagree with Fumento.

Fumento holds up the Mexican Pima as an example of nurture trumping nature since the Pima are genetically prone to obesity. Even though the Mexican Pima are thinner, they still have a borderline overweight BMI of 24.9 on average (the men are overweight by BMI standards on average). They also have a 13% obesity rate (similar to Canada's) and a diabetes rate of 6-11% (higher than Americas). They also are probably stunted (stunting is a medical term meaning malnutrition makes you shorter) since according to Fumento's BMI and weight statistics they are roughly 2" shorter than the Arizona Pima. They also have a life expectancy of 40 compared to the Arizona Pima's 67. They are not a good example of lifestyle overcoming genetics, being 20-30% thinner in exchange for a lifestyle of being poor, stunted and having a life expectancy 27 years shorter isn't worth it. Despite their high fiber diet and endless exercise the Mexican Pima still have a high obesity rate anyway, but they die far too young for any studies to be run on how their long term health compares to the Arizona Pima.

I could point out endless other examples of this kind of shady conduct, but my entire review already has 1800 words to it, there is not enough room to disprove everything.

Fumento generally can't hold his own in debates on the health effects of obesity from what I've seen. I have seen Paul Campos and Sandy Szwarc (critics of the obesity war) disprove most of his claims, while he was by and large unable to disprove any of their claims during debates.If you look at Amazon's reviews for Campos's book `the obesity myth' you'll see several references to Fumento making 1 star reviews, but no 1 star reviews by Fumento are seen in the 47 reviews. What happened was when the book first came out Fumento made several 1 star reviews filled with very weak science (the nurses study IIRC) showing obesity was dangerous. These claims were disproven pretty thoroughly in Campos's book a few pages into chapter 1 and the reviews disappeared. Either Fumento deleted his own reviews since his science was so weak as to be an embarrassment or Amazon did since he was using multiple handles, I don't know which.

Obesity is correlated with several unhealthy behaviors and characteristics. Those in the lowest economic quintile (10k income) have twice the obesity rates of those in the highest (80k). Obesity is also correlated with a low fiber diet, lack of education, sleep deprivation, physical inactivity, binge drinking, being an ethnic minority, yo yo dieting and chronic stress. It also results in endless medical and social discrimination. A good deal of the health effects of obesity are tied into these things and not the fat cells themselves. Anyone can tell you that a poor person, who eats a low fiber diet, is non white, has no education and is mistreated by the medical profession and society at large will be sicker than someone who isn't. However this person is also several times more likely to be obese, so we don't know for sure how much of their health effects are due to being fat, and how many are due to things associated with being fat. That's not to say fat cells have no health effects, but we don't know for sure how much of the problem is due to the fat cells themselves. Correlation is not causation, as Fumento himself points out in his book bioevolution.

Even if obesity is a major health threat and has been increasing rapidly in the last 20 years, it is not the only health threat that has been growing that cuts into life expectancy. The latest study on obesity and life expectancy shows roughly a 4-9 month decrease in life expectancy (the author, Allison, claimed 2-5 years in his paper, but when pressed admitted that was not really a reliable figure, it is closer to 4-9 months). Studies have shown married men live on average 5 years longer than single men. Homosexuals have been shown to die 20 years earlier than straight people. Children of divorce live on average 4 years less than children of parents who stay together. Devoutly religious people live on average 6 years longer than atheists. The rates of agnosticism/atheist, divorce, the single life and tolerance for homosexuality has also gone up dramatically in the last 20 years. The reality is a fat straight man lives longer than a thin gay man, a fat religious devout lives longer than a thin atheist, a fat married man lives longer than a thin single man, and a fat child of non divorced parents lives longer than a thin child of divorced parents. Shall we start nagging the public to marry, not divorce, adopt Christianity and condemn homosexuality in the name of health? No, but you have to draw the line somewhere. Why condemn obesity so harshly but allow all these other traits to prosper? Who makes the rules over what lifestyles we are allowed to condemn and which we are not? Why should I give Fumento a 5 star review for condemning the health effects of obesity by using insults and harassment if I can't force my neighbor to convert to Christianity to add 6 years to his life? Who draws that line in the sand saying one attempt to force lifestyle changes for health is ok but another isn't? You can't do nothing about health, but who draws that line in the sand?

Despite the dire predictions of obesity killing hundreds of thousands of people from cancer, diabetes & cardiovascular disease (the 300k figure refers to these 3 diseases) during the obesity epidemic (1990-today) the rates for cancer, cardiovascular disease and diabetes complications have dropped dramatically in the last 15 years. Even if large fat cells in and of themselves is a major threat (which is not very well proven if you actually read the literature), medical care is advancing so rapidly to make the health effects will be minor. During the obesity epidemic (aka 1990-today) complications rates from diabetes dropped by 60% due to better education and medicine despite the predictions of everyone dying of diabetes from being too fat. Cancer rates have dropped by 0.5-1% a year since 1990, cardiovascular death rates are down 27% since 1990. These dire '300k' predictions are based on the assumption taht we do nothing about our health. The reality is even basic preventative medicine will compensate for the dangers of obesity. Claiming obesity kills '300k a year' is like claiming bacterial infections kill 100 million a year. They would, if we did absolutely nothing about them. But basic preventitive measures like sanitation cut the death risk by 99%. Suffice it to say during the obesity epidemic complication and disease rates fell. Being fat is only one of hundreds of factors when it comes to cardiovascular disease and cancer, and it is actually one of the weakest that is also the hardest to change. According to the ACS 60% of cancer deaths could be avoided with exercise, good diet, proper screening and smoking cessation. If we took the mental energy and economic funds we spend trying to lose weight for health reasons and instead used them to encourage people to do these four things instead we'd literally save half a million lives a year from cancer, diabetes and cardiovascular disease because we devoted our energy to something more productive. Anyone gets their info from Fumento and Fumento alone wouldn't know that his advice is among the weakest and least effective ways to improve health. PS, eating health and exercising are not guaranteed to lead to substantial weight loss, only calorie restriction is guaranteed to do that. They are not the same thing.

I'd also like to know Fumento' response to the latest CDC report on obesity. The latest report found that a BMI of 25-30 was healthier than a BMI of 18.5-25 (this was after pre-existing diseases were factored out), that mortality from obesity doesn't become major issue until BMI hits 35 (only 1/8th of overweight people have a BMI of 35 or more, the 90% of overweight people actually have lower mortality than those in the 18-25 range when taken as a whole) and that the ties between death and weight were statistically insignificant since they had a correlation of less than 2 (2 is the cutoff for statistical significance, the ties were 0.8-1.7)

However by all means read Fumento's book. Just understand he is to healthcare and obesity what Limbaugh is to politics. His views are biased by personal preference and many are weak and untrustworthy when examined closely. If you read Fumento and Crister, be sure to also read something by Paul Ernsberger, Paul Campos, Glenn Gaesser or Sandy Szwarc. Sandy Szwarc's 11 part special `weighing obesity' at tech central station is a good start, and available online (google the phrase `szwarc mikey doesn't like it' to read it). There are too many holes in Fumento's arguments for me to address them all in a short Amazon review. They'd do a much better job.

That's not to say there are absolutely no health risks of obesity. But the issue is far more complex than the simplistic picture Fumento paints. Anyone who reads this book and reads nothing else before making a decision will be as informed as someone who gets all their info on international politics from Rush Limbaugh.

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Agressive, but warranted tone and an excellent read
Fumento's "Fat of The Land" is excellent, as he is realistic about the growing epidemic of obesity in America.Many feel his aggressive tone is unwarranted, but I merely think he is speaking as a medical journalist trying to spread the word to Americans of all the lies and fake diets that are only escalating the problem.And he's trying to help people understand - this is an inexcusable problem.
I simply don't think that he's attacking people's visual looks or trying to intentionally hurt feelings when he attacks obesity.He's merely pointing out how it's NOT okay to accept it, because it is such a health problem in our society, it has approached tobacco as the leading preventable cause of death in America.Instead of forming groups justifying the unhealthiness, we need to be working on how to solve it.
He justifies all of his points well with concrete data.An estimated 600,000 deaths influenced by obesity occurred while he took the two years to write the book.One in ten heart attacks can directly be attributed to obesity alone.
There is quite a bit of data, as he needs to support all of his arguments, yet he writes in a way that is still very readable and enjoyable to page through.He's been there, struggling with his weight for quite some time in his life, so to me its genuine - making it even more readable.
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Obesity is a hugely expensive and increasing problem worldwide, leading to disability, reproductive problems, depression and accelerated metabolic and vascular diseases in a large proportion of men, women and children. The ABC of Obesity is a new guide which will aid its effective management, addressing issues such as dieting, exercise, self esteem, drug treatment and surgery. Recent evidence is used to highlight frequent problems, successful treatment options, and the most common causes.

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The high prevalance of obesity in people up to age 80 makes this an essential issue in our Clinics in Geriatric Medicine series.Obesity contributes to poor mobility and various diseases such as Diabetes Mellitus, Syndrome X, Hypertension and Heart Disease.The authors for this issue provide information on dietary management, exercise, the role of pharmacologic strategies in weight management and functional decline in the elderly.The issue places an importance on the need to clinically assess and manage geriatric overweight and obese patients to improve their function. ... Read more

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It was an interesting book.
I liked the book a lot.I helped me find what exercises I could use to help my sister, but also,it gave me some ideas for my lacrosse team to keep them in shape.The book was alittle bit confusing in some parts forme, but other than that I think it was pretty good.I think this book isvery good if you are trying to understand obesity and also learn newthings. ... Read more

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Abstract: Obesity is the result of a long-standing imbalance between energy intake and energy expenditure, aided by a complex biologic system that regulates appetite and favors intake. New knowledge about substances that stimulate or inhibit appetite offers hope that drug-based solutions will be found for the current high prevalence of obesity in the United States. In this article, Dr Bessesen highlights some of the new molecular and genetic discoveries related to obesity and outlines the hypothalamic neural pathways involved in regulating food intake. ... Read more

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