Different Types Of Obesity Mean Same Weight Loss Approaches Don’t Work For All
There are many forms of cancer. That is also true for obesity, researchers say. And that may explain why it can be so hard for some to lose weight, since a plan that works for one person may not for another. In other dietary news, daily water intake guidelines are debated.
The New York Times:
One Weight-Loss Approach Fits All? No, Not Even Close
Dr. Frank Sacks, a professor of nutrition at Harvard, likes to challenge his audience when he gives lectures on obesity. “If you want to make a great discovery,” he tells them, figure out this: Why do some people lose 50 pounds on a diet while others on the same diet gain a few pounds? Then he shows them data from a study he did that found exactly that effect. (Kolata, 12/12)
San Jose Mercury News:
Original Fake News Of Medicine: Drinking Eight Glasses Of Water A Day
Drinking eight glasses of water a day is a health myth and it is one of the hardest to undo. It is the original fake news of medicine. How it began isn’t really known, however some medical sleuthing published in the American Journal of Physiology in 2002 and in the British Medical Journal in 2007 suggested that it came from a 1945 Food and Nutrition Board recommendation that the body uses about 85 ounces of water a day. (Gunter, 12/12)
The Mercury News:
San Jose Drinking Water To Receive Fluoride, Years Behind Other Bay Area Cities
San Francisco has had it since 1951, Oakland since 1976. Los Angeles and San Diego, along with Contra Costa, Marin and San Mateo counties, have it too. And starting Monday, large sections of San Jose — the nation’s biggest city without fluoride in its drinking water — finally will begin to receive the additive. The move comes several years after a push by dentists, the Santa Clara County Public Health Department, the Silicon Valley Leadership Group and Lucile Packard Children’s Hospital, who contend that fluoride can help reduce high rates of cavities, particularly in low-income children with limited access to dental care. In 2011, they persuaded directors of the Santa Clara Valley Water District, the area’s wholesale water provider, to vote 7-0 for the $6.2 million project to retrofit the district’s three drinking-water treatment plants. (Rogers, 12/10)