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Findings at the European Obesity Summit 2016
posted by Admin User at 2016-06-21 10:06:00
The European Obesity Summit of 2016 has come to a close in Sweden. During the 5-day event, researchers and medical professionals presented and discussed the findings of current studies relating to obesity and obesity management. Important items covered in the summit will have a large impact on the medical treatments on weight-loss.
Obesity rate rising in Swedish adults
A study presented and conducted by Anu Molarius, PhD, an epidemiologist at the Competence Centre for Health, Västmanland County Council, has found that obesity rates are increasing in adults in Sweden- this is significant as Sweden has traditionally been a country with some of the lowest prevalence of obesity.
“Obesity is still increasing in the majority of the adult population in our study area in Sweden, especially among the middle-aged and persons with secondary education,” said Molarius. Significant cost-savings after bariatric surgery in the UK Patients struggling with obesity and type 2 diabetes could possible save approximately £95,000 in their lifetime, according to the U.K. National Health Service.
“Data from our small cohort of type 2 diabetes patients, having undergone bariatric surgery, highlights that there are substantial potential savings to the local health economy, as a result of reduced need for inpatient and outpatient diabetic care and medications,” Samantha Chambers, MBChB, MRCS, BSc, of Royal Worcestershire Hospital in the United Kingdom, told Endocrine Today.
Colon cancer risk increases in 13-year olds with high BMI’s upon reaching adulthood
Britt Wang Jensen, PhD, MSc, of the Institute of Preventive Medicine, Bispebjerg and Frederiksberg Hospital in Denmark, and his colleagues found that Danish 13-year olds with an increased BMI had a higher risk of colon cancer in adulthood.
“BMI in childhood was associated with the later risk of colon cancer, whereas there were limited indications of associations with rectal cancer,” said Jensen. “These findings suggest that BMI in childhood may influence the risk of colon but not rectal cancer in adulthood.”
High BMI and waist circumference linked to risk in aggressive prostate cancer
A study by Aurora Perez- Cornago, MSc, PhD, of the cancer epidemiology unit, Nuffield department of population health at the University of Oxford in the United Kingdom, and his colleagues evaluated data from the European Prospective Investigation into Cancer and Nutrition (EPIC) study on 142,239 men. They found an increased risk among men with a higher BMI and waist circumference than those with lower measurements.
