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Obesity Medicine e-Weekly |
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News
United Health Foundation releases annual America's Health Rankings
 According to United Health Foundation's 2012 America's Health Rankings, Americans are living longer due to several medical advances, but unhealthy behavior and preventable illness threaten quality of life. While premature, cardiovascular and cancer deaths have declined since 1990 by 18 percent, 34.6 percent and 7.6 percent, respectively, Americans are experiencing troubling levels of obesity (27.8 percent of the adult population), diabetes (9.5 percent of the adult population), high blood pressure (30.8 percent of the adult population) and sedentary behavior (26.2 percent of the adult population). America's Health Rankings is an annual comprehensive assessment of the nation's health on a state-by state basis. It is published jointly by United Health Foundation, American Public Health Association and Partnership for Prevention. Click here to review the 2012 report and commentaries. |
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Advocacy
STOP Obesity Alliance's Weight and the States bulletin released this week  The fourth and final 2012 installment of the Strategies to Overcome and Prevent (STOP) Obesity Alliance's Weight and the States policy research bulletin was released this week. Click here to download the bulletin and read about key obesity-related trends from 2012, including state-level trends in Affordable Care Act implementation, obesity prevention and legislation. Some predictions about trends for 2013 are also included. |
Resources
Obesity Updates: Click titles to view articles
Achieving normoglycemia is the target of glucose-lowering therapy in people with diabetes. Patients are often initially managed with lifestyle modification, then the majority of people with type 2 diabetes will require glucose-lowering therapy. Guidelines recommend metformin monotherapy as the initial therapy of choice, but if metformin fails to maintain target glucose control, the choice of second-line therapy is challenging. This study compared clinical outcomes using common alternative regimens and found that metformin plus pioglitazone had significantly lower adjusted hazard ratios for all-cause mortality, and it appears to provide superior clinical outcomes compared with the most commonly used regimen, metformin plus sulfonylurea.
Sexual Functioning and Obesity
Obesity is associated with erectile dysfunction in both prospective and cross-sectional studies. Weight loss is associated with improved sexual functioning in both men and women; however, the relationship between female sexual functioning and obesity has not been adequately described. This review explores the literature on the relationship between obesity and sexual functioning, and emphasizes the importance of addressing sexual functioning both in general practice and in weight-loss programs.
Effect of Diet Composition and Weight Loss on REE in the POUNDS LOST Study
The Preventing Overweight Using Novel Dietary Strategies (POUNDS LOST) study, conducted at the Harvard School of Public Health and Brigham & Women's Hospital and the Pennington Biomedical Research Center, compared the effects on body weight of four energy-reduced diets that differed in their targets for macronutrients. A recent analysis from this trial found that resting energy expenditure (REE) in this large study declined with weight loss, and the decline can be accounted for by the decrease in body weight. Macronutrient composition of the diet assignment did not influence the changes in REE at six months, but there were suggestive changes relating body weight to the higher fat diets. There was an adaptive metabolic response to weight loss at six months that had disappeared by 24 months. |
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Education
Save the Date for ASBP Spring Obesity Conference in San Diego on April 24-28
 Save the date for the ASBP 2013 Spring Obesity Conference in San Diego on April 24-28 at the Manchester Grand Hyatt. Further details will be announced in the near future; however, online registration is now open, or you may download and complete a PDF registration form for return via fax or USPS mail.Hotel reservations can be made online and start at $199 +taxes(single/double).
Practicing in Texas? Then, don't miss ASBP lectures during the TABS Annual Meeting in Dallas on Jan. 26
 For the first time, ASBP has been invited to offer topical obesity medicine lectures in cooperation with the Texas Association for Bariatric Surgery (TABS) Annual Meeting, which is on Saturday, Jan. 26, in Dallas. Engage with your fellow obesity care colleagues, and let's strive together for evidenced-based comprehensive obesity treatment coverage in Texas! Click here to read more information about this exciting opportunity.
Obesity Basic Medical Treatment Course 2013 dates
 The Obesity Medicine Association, a division of the Society, recently announced a partial list of 2013 dates and locations for the popular Obesity Basic Medical Treatment Course. Attendees earn 7 hours of continuing medical education, plus ASBP offers a $30 discount on the second and subsequent registrations received from the same office. The registration fee is $199, if received by the Wednesday prior to the course date. The course provides basic clinical information and tools to effectively treat obese patients and their related conditions. Learn more by downloading a PDF brochure. Click here to download a registration form and read details about the course. Online registration is available for these dates and locations:
- Jan 19: Columbus, Ohio 
- Jan. 26: Independence, Mo.
- Feb. 2: Birmingham, Ala.
- Feb. 23: Raleigh-Durham, N.C.
- March 2: Buffalo, N.Y.
- March 9: Oklahoma City
- March 16: Richmond, Va.
- March 23: Louisville, Ky. |
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