more idiotic food industry spin on obesity to confuse the issue

TC · medicine forum Guru Joined: 02 May 2005 Posts: 1814

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10 things contribute to obesity, experts say

June 27, 2006

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Why are so many people fat? It's not only Twinkies, contends a report
published today in the International Journal of Obesity.

David Allison, a University of Alabama biostatistician, invited 19
other scientists in the United States, Canada and Italy to examine more
than 100 studies that looked at what contributes to obesity besides
diet and exercise. The researchers concluded there was some support for
10 contributors:

Inadequate sleep. Average sleep amounts have fallen, and many studies
tie sleep deprivation to weight gain.

Endocrine disruptors, which are substances in some foods that may alter
fats in the body.

Nice temperatures. Air-conditioning and heating limit calories burned
from sweating and shivering.

Fewer people smoking. Less appetite suppression.

Medicines that cause weight gain.

Population changes. More middle-agers and Hispanics have higher obesity
rates.

Older birth moms. Age correlates with heavier children.

Genetic influences during pregnancy.

Darwinian natural selection. Fat people out survive skinny people.

Assortative mating, or "like mating with like," as Allison puts it.
Translation: Fat people procreate with others of the same body type,
gradually skewing the population toward the heavy end.

Not that people necessarily should try to alter these factors, Allison
said. For example, "We would never recommend that people start smoking
to reduce their body weight."

The same for medications that can lead to weight gain, though doctors
may want to consider alternatives if a patient piles on pounds, said
Dr. Louis Aronne, a Weill-Cornell Medical School nutrition expert. He
is past president of the Obesity Society, a leading research group.

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David B. Allison, Ph.D., Professor of Biostatistics, Head of the
Section on Statistical Genetics and Director of the Clinical Nutrition
Center, University of Alabama, Birmingham. (Formerly) Obesity Research
Center, St. Luke's Hospital, New York, NY. Received $350/hr to serve
as an expert witness to Lockheed Martin in a civil case where
plaintiffs sued for the company's toxic contamination of the
groundwater in the city of Redlands, California. (Roslyn Carrillo v.
Lockheed Martin Corporation, 131 Cal.Rptr.2d 1; 63 P.3d 913; on file
with CSPI) Member of the Kraft Foods Worldwide Health & Wellness
Advisory Board. (http://www.kraft.com/obesity/09032003.html; accessed
9/24/03) Consultant to Millennium Pharmaceuticals on the role of
genetic influences on obesity. Consultant to Amgen on the clinical
study of leptin as an anti-obesity therapeutic, 1999. Consultant to
Regeneron Pharmaceuticals on issues related to the treatment of human
obesity, 1999. Consultant to Wilentz, Goldman, & Spitzer, Attorneys at
Law regarding OTC weight-loss product claims litigation, 1999.
Consultant to Decision Resources on the pharmacological treatment of
obesity, Oct. 1999. Member of Ad Hoc Expert Panel for the Life Sciences
Research Office of the American Society for Nutritional Sciences (part
of the Federation of Societies for Experimental Biology) for an
FDA-commissioned report on "Alternative and Traditional Models for
Safety Evaluation of Food Ingredients," Dec. 1998. Member of the Wheat
Council's panel of experts, 1998-2001. Consultant to Fisons Corporation
and Mediva Pharmaceuticals regarding anti-obesity drug litigation,
1998. Consultant to Spadoro & Hilson, Attorneys at Law regarding
actuarial lifetable estimation for obese decedents, 1998. Study on
hydroxycitric acid and weight-loss funded in part by Thompson Medical
Company. (J. Am. Med. Assoc. 1998;280:1596-600) Member of "Panel of
Evaluators" for Current Drugs Ltd., a company that provides information
on drugs under research and development, 1998. Consultant to McKenna &
Cuneo, L.L.P., Attorneys at Law regarding anti-obesity drug litigation,
1998-Present. Consultant to the journal Patient Care on an article
regarding the pharmacological treatment of obesity, 1997. Consultant to
Eli Lilly on weight gain with neuroleptic medication, 1997-Present.
Consultant to Pfizer Central Research on obesity related issues,
1997-Present. Consultant to Knoll Pharmaceuticals on the
pharmacological treatment of obesity, 1996-97. Consultant to Research
Testing Laboratories, Inc., regarding clinical trial of a weight-loss
preparation for Slim America, 1996. Consultant to Corning HTA (for a
project sponsored by Wyeth Ayerst) regarding the economic benefits of
obesity treatment, 1996-97. Consultant to Glaxo Pharmaceuticals
regarding the pharmacological treatment of obesity, Sept. 1996. Member
of the United Soybean Panel's nutrition advisory board, 1996-Present.
Consultant to (and temporary voting member of) FDA Food Advisory
Committee that evaluated olestra, Nov. 1995.
(http://cpmcnet.columbia.edu/dept/obesectr/NYORC/DACVframe.html#industry;
accessed 9/17/03) Member of the International Food Information Council
(IFIC) expert committee, 1995-2001. Statistical consultant to ILSI and
recipient of the Future Leaders Award from ILSI ($30,000), 1995-96.
Member of the nutrition advisory board for Nabisco, Inc. (a company
that used olestra), 1994-2001. (Resume received 01/03/96; on file with
CSPI)

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This a*****le is one of the most corrupt "researchers" in the country.

TC

outsor@citynet.net · medicine forum Guru Joined: 11 Sep 2005 Posts: 569

Yes, and all 10 items are based on the unstated fact of biology, if one
consumes more calories in excess of energy needs, then weight gain will
occur.

Mr-Natural-Health · medicine forum Guru Joined: 01 May 2005 Posts: 1807

TC wrote:

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Mr. Natural-Health wrote:

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TC · medicine forum Guru Joined: 02 May 2005 Posts: 1814

idiot

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