Title: When and Where of Weight-Loss Surgery May Affect Vitamin D Levels
Category: Health News
Created: 12/28/2015 12:00:00 AM
Last Editorial Review: 12/29/2015 12:00:00 AM

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By Shereen Lehman (Reuters Health) – – Certain types of weight loss surgery may weaken bones, increasing the risk of breaks, according to a recent study from Taiwan. Weight loss procedures like gastric bypass help obese patients lose weight by reducing the amount of food the body takes in. “The commonly lost nutrients are vitamin D and calcium, which are related to the development of osteoporosis,” Huang said by email.

The liver-derived hormone FGF21 suppresses mouse and primate appetite for sugar; the findings could help regulate diet to prevent or treat diabetes.

By Kathryn Doyle (Reuters Health) – For women in midlife, risk factors for heart disease and diabetes tend to become more common, and social factors may influence who is most vulnerable to developing them, a new study from Korea suggests. Body fat around the waist, higher blood pressure, high blood sugar and abnormal cholesterol levels are all features of so-called metabolic syndrome, which in turn raises a person’s risk of developing cardiovascular disease and diabetes, and even some cancers, researchers note in the journal Menopause. Based on following 1,200 healthy Korean women for an average of four years, researchers at Yonsei University in Seoul and Hallym University in Chuncheon found that body weight, exercise levels, education level and income predicted which ones were most likely to develop metabolic syndrome near the menopausal transition.

By Andrew M. Seaman (Reuters Health) – Aerobic fitness is generally tied to a longer life, but the same can’t be said for obese people, according to new research. In a study of nearly 1.3 million young Swedish men, the least fit normal-weight men were still less likely to die over the next few decades than the most fit of the obese men. The new findings suggest it’s more important to be a normal weight at a young age than it is to be fit, said senior author Peter Nordstrom, of Umea University in Sweden.