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		<title>Primum Non Nocere*</title>
		<link>http://www.downeyobesityreport.com/2011/11/primum-non-nocere/</link>
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		<pubDate>Mon, 28 Nov 2011 03:50:16 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>MorganDowney</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[Childhood Obesity]]></category>
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		<description><![CDATA[Many media outlets are reporting on the removal of a 200 lb. 8 year old from his family in Cleveland. Cleveland is, of course, the home of Toby Cosgrove, MD, head of the Cleveland Clinic, who proclaimed his desire to not hire workers who were obese. This came a year or so after the American [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Unspoken: The Childhood Sexual Abuse &#8211; Obesity Connection</title>
		<link>http://www.downeyobesityreport.com/2011/11/unspoken-the-childhood-sexual-abuse-obesity-connection/</link>
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		<pubDate>Mon, 14 Nov 2011 22:11:13 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>MorganDowney</dc:creator>
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		<guid isPermaLink="false">http://www.downeyobesityreport.com/?p=2251</guid>
		<description><![CDATA[For the past week, shocking news has come out of Penn State University of alleged child sexual abuse by a former football defensive coach, Jerry Sandusky. The scandal has taken down the university’s president and its famed head coach, Joe Paterno. The school’s credit rating has been downgraded;  federal and state agencies are investigating. Most [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Cancer and Obesity Explored</title>
		<link>http://www.downeyobesityreport.com/2011/11/2186/</link>
		<comments>http://www.downeyobesityreport.com/2011/11/2186/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Thu, 03 Nov 2011 23:26:09 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>MorganDowney</dc:creator>
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		<category><![CDATA[hyperinsulinemai]]></category>
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		<category><![CDATA[intensive behavioral counseling]]></category>
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		<description><![CDATA[The Institute of Medicine’s National Cancer Policy Forum this week convened a two-day workshop, “The Role of Obesity in Cancer Survival and Recurrance.” So this is a good opportunity to re-visit the relationship between these two deadly diseases. Susan Gapstur of the American Cancer Society noted the growing list of cancers associated with obesity. For [...]]]></description>
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		<title>AHRQ Seeking Comments on Bariatric Surgery</title>
		<link>http://www.downeyobesityreport.com/2011/10/ahrq-seeking-comments-on-bariatric-surgery/</link>
		<comments>http://www.downeyobesityreport.com/2011/10/ahrq-seeking-comments-on-bariatric-surgery/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Fri, 21 Oct 2011 14:18:57 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>MorganDowney</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[Bariatric Surgery]]></category>
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		<category><![CDATA[metabolic conditions]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Type 2 diabetes]]></category>

		<guid isPermaLink="false">http://www.downeyobesityreport.com/?p=2117</guid>
		<description><![CDATA[The federal Agency for Healthcare Research and Quality is seeking comments on an evidence report comparing bariatric surgery to other modes of treating adults with obesity with a BMI between 30 and 35 with metabolic comorbidities, such as type 2 diabetes. The draft report finds moderate strength evidence for Roux-en-Y, laproscopic gastric banding and sleeve [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Book Review: Fat Shame by Amy Erdman Farrell</title>
		<link>http://www.downeyobesityreport.com/2011/06/book-review-fat-shame-by-amy-erdman-farrell/</link>
		<comments>http://www.downeyobesityreport.com/2011/06/book-review-fat-shame-by-amy-erdman-farrell/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Sat, 18 Jun 2011 21:09:51 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>MorganDowney</dc:creator>
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		<category><![CDATA[stigma]]></category>
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		<guid isPermaLink="false">http://www.downeyobesityreport.com/?p=1663</guid>
		<description><![CDATA[Book Review:  “Fat Shame; Stigma and the Fat Body in American Culture” by Amy Edrman Farrell, New York University Press, 2011 This book, by the John and Ann Curley Faculty Chair in Liberal Arts at Dickinson College in Pennsylvania, might have made an important contribution to our understanding the origin and expression of stigma against [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Does Bariatric Surgery Reduce Mortality?</title>
		<link>http://www.downeyobesityreport.com/2011/06/does-bariatric-surgery-reduce-mortality/</link>
		<comments>http://www.downeyobesityreport.com/2011/06/does-bariatric-surgery-reduce-mortality/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Wed, 15 Jun 2011 11:07:51 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>MorganDowney</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[Bariatric Surgery]]></category>
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		<guid isPermaLink="false">http://www.downeyobesityreport.com/?p=1651</guid>
		<description><![CDATA[A study out today will revive questions of the long term effect of bariatric surgery on reducing mortality. A study from Veterans Affairs programs published in the Journal of the American Medical Association found no difference after six years between those who had surgery and those who did not. Survival Among High-Risk Patients After Bariatric [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Understanding Bariatric Surgery</title>
		<link>http://www.downeyobesityreport.com/2011/05/understanding-bariatric-surgery/</link>
		<comments>http://www.downeyobesityreport.com/2011/05/understanding-bariatric-surgery/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Sat, 28 May 2011 13:58:30 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>MorganDowney</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[Bariatric Surgery]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[MANAGING OBESITY]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Treating Obesity]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Arya Sharma]]></category>
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		<guid isPermaLink="false">http://downey.kinetiscape.net/?p=1535</guid>
		<description><![CDATA[If you or a loved one or colleague are considering bariatric surgery, you owe it to yourself to click on Dr. Sharma&#8217;s Obesity Notes. Go to his five-part series, Why I support Bariatric Surgery. It is an excellent description not only of how the surgery works but also how to assess the risks and benefits [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Time for Obesity in Health Care Reform</title>
		<link>http://www.downeyobesityreport.com/2009/09/time-for-obesity-in-health-care-reform/</link>
		<comments>http://www.downeyobesityreport.com/2009/09/time-for-obesity-in-health-care-reform/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Sun, 27 Sep 2009 19:14:32 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>LHill</dc:creator>
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		<guid isPermaLink="false">http://www.downeyobesityreport.com/?p=351</guid>
		<description><![CDATA[January 30, 2009 :: By Morgan Downey These are exciting times for health care reformers. We seem to have a President who is truly committed to reform of the health care system with the political strength to get his program enacted, at least a good part of it. What is the President’s program and how [...]]]></description>
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		<title>A Diet for the New Administration</title>
		<link>http://www.downeyobesityreport.com/2009/09/a-diet-for-the-new-administration/</link>
		<comments>http://www.downeyobesityreport.com/2009/09/a-diet-for-the-new-administration/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Sun, 27 Sep 2009 19:12:55 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>LHill</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[December 30, 2008 By Morgan Downey At this time of year, millions of Americans are hoping the new Administration will solve our seemingly intractable problems at home and abroad. Millions are also hoping to lose weight in the New Year. The two are not unrelated. Over the past three decades, obesity has increased among all [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Downey Fact Sheet 7 – Bariatric Surgery</title>
		<link>http://www.downeyobesityreport.com/2009/09/fact-sheet-7-bariatric-surgery/</link>
		<comments>http://www.downeyobesityreport.com/2009/09/fact-sheet-7-bariatric-surgery/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Sun, 27 Sep 2009 18:37:29 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>LHill</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[Printable PDF Most chronic diseases, if they have a treatment, can be better addressed at early stages before the disease process has established itself. The longer and more severe the disease, the less effective treatments there are. Obesity does not follow this model. For the most severe cases there is actually a very good and [...]]]></description>
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