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		<title>AHRQ Seeking Comments on the USPSTF Obesity Recommendation</title>
		<link>http://www.downeyobesityreport.com/2011/10/ahrq-seeking-comments-on-the-uspstf-obesity-recommendation/</link>
		<comments>http://www.downeyobesityreport.com/2011/10/ahrq-seeking-comments-on-the-uspstf-obesity-recommendation/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Wed, 26 Oct 2011 16:04:33 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>MorganDowney</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[DAILY DOWNEY]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Featured]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Federal Government]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[MANAGING OBESITY]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Treating Obesity]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[adult obesity]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[AHRQ]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[US Preventive Services Task Force]]></category>

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		<description><![CDATA[The Agency for Healthcare Research and Quality has opened for public comment an update to the U.S. Preventive Services Task Force Recommendation for the screening and management of  adults with obesity. The comment period is open until November 28, 2011. See U.S. Preventive Services Task Force: Draft Recommendation Statement   The USPSTF recommendations are particularly [...]]]></description>
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		<title>AHRQ Looking at Comparative Effectiveness for Prevention Wt. Gain in Adults</title>
		<link>http://www.downeyobesityreport.com/2011/09/ahrq-looking-at-comparative-effectiveness-for-prevention-wt-gain-in-adults/</link>
		<comments>http://www.downeyobesityreport.com/2011/09/ahrq-looking-at-comparative-effectiveness-for-prevention-wt-gain-in-adults/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Mon, 05 Sep 2011 19:30:10 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>MorganDowney</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[DAILY DOWNEY]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Federal Government]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Prevention]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[adults]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[AHRQ]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[weight gain]]></category>

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		<description><![CDATA[The Agency for Healthcare Research and Quality is undertaking a comparative effectiveness review of approaches to weight maintenance in adults. Information is available at Approaches to Weight Maintenance in Adults: A Comparative Effectiveness Review &#124; AHRQ Effective Health Care Program The paper cites a recent Cochrane review of workplace diet and physical activity which found a [...]]]></description>
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		<title>AHRQ Seeks Comments on Effectiveness of Childhood Obesity Programs</title>
		<link>http://www.downeyobesityreport.com/2011/07/ahrq-seeks-comments-on-effectiveness-of-childhood-obesity-programs/</link>
		<comments>http://www.downeyobesityreport.com/2011/07/ahrq-seeks-comments-on-effectiveness-of-childhood-obesity-programs/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Sat, 09 Jul 2011 16:51:12 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>MorganDowney</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[Childhood Obesity]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[DAILY DOWNEY]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Federal Government]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[AHRQ]]></category>

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		<description><![CDATA[The Agency for Health Care  Research and Quality is seeking comments on their new paper, Comparative Effectiveness of Childhood Obesity  Intervention Programs. Comments are open until August 5, 2011. Comment Key Questions &#124; AHRQ Effective Health Care Program]]></description>
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		<title>Managing Obesity</title>
		<link>http://www.downeyobesityreport.com/2009/09/managing-obesity/</link>
		<comments>http://www.downeyobesityreport.com/2009/09/managing-obesity/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Sun, 27 Sep 2009 19:04:21 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>LHill</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[MANAGING OBESITY]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[AHRQ]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[evaluating weight-loss programs]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[NHLBI]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[NIH]]></category>

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		<description><![CDATA[January 5, 2011 A new paper from the Agency for Healthcare Quality and Research finds limited evidence for long-term changes  in body weight through lifestyle interventions for Type 2 diabetes,  breast cancer, Metabolic Syndrome and Prostate cancer. Comments are being accepted until January 13, 2011. http://www.ahrq.gov/clinic/ta/lifeintrvrev/lifeinterv_draft.pdf                                                                                                                                                                     Overall Reviews and Assessements of Treatment Options [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Childhood Weight Management</title>
		<link>http://www.downeyobesityreport.com/2009/09/childhood-weight-management/</link>
		<comments>http://www.downeyobesityreport.com/2009/09/childhood-weight-management/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Sun, 27 Sep 2009 18:55:44 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>LHill</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[Childhood Weight Management]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[MANAGING OBESITY]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[AHRQ]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[obesity]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[screening for childhood obesity]]></category>

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		<description><![CDATA[Effectiveness of weight management programs in chi&#8230;[Evid Rep Technol Assess (Full Rep). 2008] &#8211; PubMed Result AHRQ Screening recommendations for childhood obesity Screening and interventions for childhood overweig&#8230;[Pediatrics. 2005] &#8211; PubMed Result AHRQ Screening recommendations for childhood obesity Screening and interventions for childhood overweig&#8230;[Pediatrics. 2005] &#8211; PubMed Result Effectiveness of weight management programs in chi&#8230;[Evid [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Primary Care</title>
		<link>http://www.downeyobesityreport.com/2009/09/primary-care/</link>
		<comments>http://www.downeyobesityreport.com/2009/09/primary-care/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Sun, 27 Sep 2009 18:50:47 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>LHill</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[MANAGING OBESITY]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Primary Care]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[AHRQ]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[CDC]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[comorbid conditions]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[doctors and attitudes toward overweight patients]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Medicare]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[patient]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[physicians]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[primary care BMI]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[William Dietz]]></category>

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		<description><![CDATA[Primary care practice in medicine does a very poor job of treating obesity. In a 2009 paper, researchers analyzed 696 million physician office visits of adults over 18 years old. In only 50% of these were both height and weight taken (so Body Mass Index could be determined) This was usually due to not taking [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Downey Fact Sheet 2 &#8211; Quick Facts</title>
		<link>http://www.downeyobesityreport.com/2009/09/fact-sheet-2-quick-facts/</link>
		<comments>http://www.downeyobesityreport.com/2009/09/fact-sheet-2-quick-facts/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Sun, 27 Sep 2009 18:47:08 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>LHill</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[FACT SHEETS]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[adipose tissue]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[adults]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[African-Americans]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[age and obesity]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[AHRQ]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[biomedical research]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[BMI]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[calories]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[cancer]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[cardiovascular disease]]></category>
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		<category><![CDATA[children]]></category>
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		<category><![CDATA[food]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[HIV/Aids]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[life span]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Mexican-Americans]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[National Institutes of Heallth]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[NIH]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[overweight]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[overweight Americans]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[prevalence]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Surgeon General]]></category>

		<guid isPermaLink="false">http://www.downeyobesityreport.com/?p=319</guid>
		<description><![CDATA[Printable PDF ADULT OBESITY The adult obesity rates have risen dramatically from 1960 to today; rates of overweight (BMI &#62;30) have doubled, rates of obesity (BMI 30-39.9) have nearly tripled and rates of extreme or morbid obesity (BMI &#62;40) have nearly increased seven fold. ADULT (age 20-74) Prevalence 1 Overweight (BMI 25-30) Percentage 1960-1962 31.5% [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Federal Government</title>
		<link>http://www.downeyobesityreport.com/2009/09/federal-government/</link>
		<comments>http://www.downeyobesityreport.com/2009/09/federal-government/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Sun, 27 Sep 2009 16:07:39 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>LHill</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[Federal Government]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[POLICY]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[ADA]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[advocacy]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[AHRQ]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Bariatric Surgery]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[calories count]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[CDC]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[child nutrition]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[clinical trials]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[CMS]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[consumer information]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[costs]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[David Satcher]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Department of Defense]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[disability]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[EEOC]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[FDA]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[food and nutrition]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[IRS]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Look Ahead]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Medicaid]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[NHLBI]]></category>
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		<category><![CDATA[NIH]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[RESEARCH]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[SSA]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[STOP Obesity Alliance]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Surgeon General]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[USDA]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Veterans Administration]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[WIN]]></category>

		<guid isPermaLink="false">http://www.downeyobesityreport.com/?p=228</guid>
		<description><![CDATA[Federal Programs on Obesity For an excellent overview, see http://www.stopobesityalliance.org/research-and-policy/research-center/gw-research/ and F as in Fat: How Obesity Policies Are Failing in America 2008 &#8211; RWJF National Institutes of Health NIH is the preeminent research organization in the United States and the world and have a number of research programs related to obesity. Weight Information Network [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Health Effects</title>
		<link>http://www.downeyobesityreport.com/2009/09/health-effects/</link>
		<comments>http://www.downeyobesityreport.com/2009/09/health-effects/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Sun, 27 Sep 2009 01:27:01 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>LHill</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[HEALTH & STIGMA]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Health Effects]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[ADD-HD]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[adverse health conditions and obesity]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[AHRQ]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[allergy]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Alzheiner's disease]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[asthma]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[asthma and obesity]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[atrial fibrillation]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[birth defects]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[breast cancer]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[breast cancers]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[cancer]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[cholesterol]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[chronic disease]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[depression]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[drug induced weight gain]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[elderly]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[epidemic]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[erectile dysfunction]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[gallbladder disease]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[gallstones]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[GERD]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Gestational diabetes]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Gum disease]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[heart disease]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[heat disorders]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[hypertension]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[incontinece]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[incontinence]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[inflammation]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[insulin resistance]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[kidney]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[kidney disease]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[macular degeneration]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[mental illness]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[metabolic syndrome]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[migraines]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[mobility]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[musculosketelal disorders]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[NAFLD]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[NASH]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[ob/gyn]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[obesity association with diseases]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[osteoarthrities]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[pain]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[PCOS]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[pregnancy]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[sexual dysfunction]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[sleep apnea]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[stroke]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Type 2 diabetes]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[urinary incontinence]]></category>

		<guid isPermaLink="false">http://www.downeyobesityreport.com/?p=211</guid>
		<description><![CDATA[Obesity is now recognized as one of America’s most serious and growing epidemics. As expected, the prevalence of numerous, adverse health conditions flowing from obesity has also increased. For some of these conditions, obesity appears to be a strong causal factor, others are mentioned in the literature as associations or as causing additional complications: asthma, [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Research</title>
		<link>http://www.downeyobesityreport.com/2009/09/research/</link>
		<comments>http://www.downeyobesityreport.com/2009/09/research/#comments</comments>
		<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 [...]]]></description>
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