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	<title>The Downey Obesity Report &#187; RESEARCH</title>
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		<title>Research</title>
		<link>http://www.downeyobesityreport.com/2009/09/research/</link>
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		<pubDate>Sun, 27 Sep 2009 00:40:41 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>LHill</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[RESEARCH]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[AHRQ]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[appetite]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Bariatric Surgery]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[clinical trials]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Columbia University]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[confounders]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[drugs]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[funding]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[funding sources]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[gut hormones]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Harvard University]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[NIH]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Obesity Research]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[smoking]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[statistics]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[statistics on obesity]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Type 2 diabetes]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[University of Alabama]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[University of Colorado]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[University of Minnesota]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[University of North Carolina Chapel Hill]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[University of Pittsburch]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[University of Washington]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Washington Univesity]]></category>

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		<description><![CDATA[Research is fundamental to understanding, preventing and treating obesity. And yet research reports are often not accepted by the public or policy-makers. One reason is that almost every adult is their own self-study of weight control. A study might have the most precise protocol, a powerful sample size and control for a variety of factors [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Genetic Basis of Obesity</title>
		<link>http://www.downeyobesityreport.com/2009/09/genetic-basis-of-obesity-2/</link>
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		<pubDate>Sun, 27 Sep 2009 00:39:51 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>LHill</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[Genetic Basis of Obesity]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[RESEARCH]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[appetite]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Behavior]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[BMI]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[brain]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[cooking]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[eating rate]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[endocrine organs]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Environment]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[evolution]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[fat tissue]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[food environment]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[FTO gene]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[gene therapy and obesity]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[genetics]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[genome]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Obesity Research]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[phenotype]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Physical Activity]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[taste]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[tendency to overeat]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[thrifty gene]]></category>

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		<description><![CDATA[Often one hears it stated that obesity is not a genetic disease. If by that the speaker is saying that obesity is probably not due to a single genetic change they are not quite right. There are some rare forms of obesity which are due to a single gene change. Genetic obesity syndromes. [Front Horm [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Inheritance Factors</title>
		<link>http://www.downeyobesityreport.com/2009/09/inheritance-factors/</link>
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		<pubDate>Sun, 27 Sep 2009 00:30:19 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>LHill</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[Inheritance Factors]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[RESEARCH]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[breastfeeding]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[chemicals]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Childhood Obesity]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[DNA]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Dutch famine]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[endocrine disruptors]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[epigenetics]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[feeding styles]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[fetal origins of obesity]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[fetus]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[gestational weight gain]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[India]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[infancy feeding]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[inheritance and obesity]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[intrauterine environment]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[maternal weight gain]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[nutrition]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[nutrition in the womb]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[phenotype]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Prevention]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[smoking]]></category>

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		<description><![CDATA[Genes are not the only way characteristics may be passed from generation to generation. Researchers are actively pursuing what is called epigenetics. Epigenetics refers to changes in appearance, or phenotype, which is not due to changes in the DNA, which regulates genes and their expression.
Intrauterine Environment
The intrauterine environment (the womb) has been shown to affect [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Brain and Gut</title>
		<link>http://www.downeyobesityreport.com/2009/09/brain-and-gut/</link>
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		<pubDate>Sun, 27 Sep 2009 00:28:05 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>LHill</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[Behavior]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Brain and Gut]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Is Obesity A Disease?]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[MANAGING OBESITY]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[RESEARCH]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[adiponection CI tract]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[adipose tissue]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[appetite]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[brain]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[brain structure]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[calories]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[cephalic response]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[food environment]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[food visual cues]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[ghrelin]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[gut]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[gut hormones]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[healthy body weight]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[hungry]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[hypothalmus]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[insulin]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[leptin]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[nervous system]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[neurogenetics]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Neuropeptiedes]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[orexin]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[reward]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[stress]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[visual cues and food]]></category>

		<guid isPermaLink="false">http://www.downeyobesityreport.com/?p=197</guid>
		<description><![CDATA[Frequently, when persons with obesity are depicted in the media, they are headless forms (butts and guts I call the pictures) for we think of obesity in terms of body fat accumulation. But obesity really starts in the brain with multiple signals coming from  the gut. Adipose tissue itself generates hormones such as leptin [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Behavior</title>
		<link>http://www.downeyobesityreport.com/2009/09/behavior/</link>
		<comments>http://www.downeyobesityreport.com/2009/09/behavior/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Sun, 27 Sep 2009 00:25:01 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>LHill</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[Behavior]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[RESEARCH]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[addiction]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[control]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Environment]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[food choice]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[gene-behavior connection]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[genes]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[hunger as addiction]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[overeating]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[parental control]]></category>

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		<description><![CDATA[Understanding the gene-environment-behavior connections Implications of gene-behavior interactions: preven&#8230;[Obesity (Silver Spring). 2008] &#8211; PubMed Result
Some see eating as an automatic behavior over which individuals have less control than they think Eating as an automatic behavior. [Prev Chronic Dis. 2008] &#8211; PubMed Result
While controversial, the view of eating or hunger as an addiction has many interesting [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Environment</title>
		<link>http://www.downeyobesityreport.com/2009/09/environment/</link>
		<comments>http://www.downeyobesityreport.com/2009/09/environment/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Sun, 27 Sep 2009 00:24:06 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>LHill</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[Environment]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[RESEARCH]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[access to supermarkets]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[adolescents]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[built environment]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[convenience foods]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[fast food]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[fast-food outlets]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[food environments]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[green spaces]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Los Angeles CA]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[neighborhood safety]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[neighborhoods]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Physical Activity]]></category>

		<guid isPermaLink="false">http://www.downeyobesityreport.com/?p=193</guid>
		<description><![CDATA[The modern built environment may send cues to individuals for eating. Obesity and the built environment: changes in envi&#8230;[Int J Obes (Lond). 2008] &#8211; PubMed Result
The local number of fast food outlets is associated with higher BMI, as is car ownership. Body mass index, neighborhood fast food and restau&#8230;[J Urban Health. 2009] &#8211; PubMed Result
Better [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Is Obesity a Disease?</title>
		<link>http://www.downeyobesityreport.com/2009/09/is-obesity-a-disease/</link>
		<comments>http://www.downeyobesityreport.com/2009/09/is-obesity-a-disease/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Sun, 27 Sep 2009 00:22:03 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>LHill</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[Is Obesity A Disease?]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[RESEARCH]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[disease]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[disease deminiton]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[federal agencies]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[HIV/Aids]]></category>

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		<description><![CDATA[It is a sign of our confusion about obesity that the issue of whether obesity is a disease or not is hotly debated. I have written extensively that it is a disease and helped persuade some federal agencies that it should be described as a disease. I think the reason to consider obesity is a [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Obesity A-Z</title>
		<link>http://www.downeyobesityreport.com/2009/09/obesity-a-z/</link>
		<comments>http://www.downeyobesityreport.com/2009/09/obesity-a-z/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Sun, 27 Sep 2009 00:15:41 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>LHill</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[Obesity A-Z]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[RESEARCH]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[adherence]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[adipose tissue]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[adolescence]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[agricultural subsidies]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[breastfeeding]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Canada]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Child abuse]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[cuba]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[deaths]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[disparities]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[eating]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[eating disorders]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[elderly]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[fat or fit]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[food]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[glycemid index]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[hunger]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[intensive care]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[marketying]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[microorganisms]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[military]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[mortality]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[nursing homes]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Obesity Research]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[oral bacteria]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[pets]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[portion control]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[public health]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[reimbursement]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[social networks]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[soda tax]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[stress]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[sugar-sweetened beverages]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[taste]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[taxes]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[technology]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[television]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[virus]]></category>

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		<description><![CDATA[There are numerous issues involved in understanding, preventing and treating obesity. Specific diseases are treated in the Health Effects section. Below are a number of other issues. The citations are not meant to be exhaustive but merely to help the reader begin the search for various sources of information. MD
Adherence
Adherence can also be called willpower [...]]]></description>
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