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The
Health Zone Newsletter In
this issue: Fat
Chance For Fat Moms’ Kids Children born to obese women are more than twice as likely to be overweight by age 4, according to a new study that indicates prevention efforts should begin at - or even before birth. While obesity is known to run in families, the study appears to be the first to follow children from birth until preschool to see how early the problem develops, said the study's author, Dr. Robert C. Whitaker, a pediatrician at Princeton, N.J.-based Mathematica Policy Research. The study in the journal Pediatrics of nearly 8,500 women found that by 4 years of age, 24 percent of children were obese if their mothers had been obese during the first trimester of pregnancy, compared with 9 percent of children whose mothers had been of normal weight. Weight
Might Affect Prostate Cancer Test A new study suggests a man's weight may affect the accuracy of a common test to detect prostate cancer, leading researchers to warn that doctors could be missing the dangerous cancer in obese men. Researchers at the University of Texas Health Science Center in San Antonio studied 2,779 men without prostate cancer between 2001-04. In the study released online Monday in the journal Cancer, they reported finding that the more obese the men were, the lower their levels of prostate-specific antigen or PSA. A PSA of 4.0 or lower usually means no cancer. Previous studies have shown that prostate cancer is more aggressive in obese men than in men of average weight. The researchers wanted to see if the cancer's detection was somehow being delayed in obese men. The Texas study found that the most morbidly obese men had about 30 percent lower PSA levels than men of normal weight. "That tells us it's likely or it's possible that prostate cancer detection may be delayed in overweight or obese men," said Jacques Baillargeon, associate professor of epidemiology at the health science center. The research may encourage many doctors to take a closer look at the tests of obese men. "For sure, I will be more vigilant in my patients who are obese in evaluating their PSA," said Dr. Nelson Stone of Mount Sinai School of Medicine, who was not involved in the study. "We may be losing some of the sensitivity of the test in the obese patient in our ability to detect prostate cancer. We may have to set our sights lower." The antigen used in the screening test is made by normal prostate cells and is measured in blood. The higher the antigen level, the more likely the chance of prostate cancer, as the cells multiply uncontrollably, according to the American Cancer Society. But having high PSA levels is not a definitive diagnosis of cancer, which is why the Atlanta-based society recommends men with high PSA levels have a biopsy. The latest study builds on previous research released in May in the New England Journal of Medicine that found that men with a "normal" PSA actually had cancer 15 percent of the time and that two-thirds of those men with cancer had aggressive cases. The Texas study did not explain why obese men have lower PSA levels. But doctors believe obese men produce more estrogen, which drives down testosterone levels and could affect cells that produce the antigen used in the test.
I'm Eugène, 58 years of age. As a child I never had weight-problems, but when I went into the service I gradually started gaining weight, although I didn't have a lot of physical problems. My belly got rounder;- I always fancied food. As I got older, I gained and gained weight. At that time I wasn't yet aware that it threatened my health and that something had to be done. One time I'd become so heavy that I couldn't work anymore and had to have my work done by employees. I suffered terribly of pains in the knees, back and neck and could no longer function normally. My weight was 152 kg. My former pleasure in life was reduced to a minimum. In December 2003 I came into contact with a Herbalife distributor and she advised me to use the products. Although being very sceptical, I started on Jan. 6 2004. What a miracle! It was unbelievable what happened then. One week later I'd lost 4 kg, 11.5 kg after a month, after 8 months 42 and now 47 kg! I
sleep like never before, have an enormous amount of energy, all my complaints
regarding knees, back and neck have completely disappeared. I feel 100%
man again and my former lust for life has come back. My life has a completely
different value thanks to Herbalife!!
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