Tonsillectomy Causes Obesity?

MSNBC published a story on Feb 1, 2011 regarding a new study suggesting a link between childhood obesity and tonsillectomy . What they found was a greater than expected weight gain in both normal weight and overweight children after tonsillectomy over a 6-12 month period of time. In one study, the average body mass index of the kids increased by about 7 percent. In another analysis of 249 children, 50 to 75 percent of kids had weight gain after surgery. While most weight gain happened in …

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Antihistamines Associated With Weight Gain!

Yale researchers have found an association between obesity and antihistamine use based on data from the 2005–2006 National Health and Nutrition Examination Survey (NHANES). In the study , adults taking prescription H1 antihistamines were matched by age and gender with controls and compared on the basis of body measurements, plasma glucose, insulin concentrations, and lipid levels. What does tbis mean? It means that there is an association and not necessarily a cause-and-effect between we…

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