WLS News – April 3, 2009

In our WLS News report for April 3, 2009, find out about a gene that is turning carbs into fat; discover how prenatal exposure to the insecticide DDT may play a role in the obesity epidemic; and learn why Boston authorities are expressing concern about the weight of EMS recruits.

Plus, we’ll tell you what researchers have discovered about the health risks of even moderate obesity after reviewing data on nearly a million people, and explain how experiments on drugs for Parkinson’s disease may lead to the development of a medication to treat obesity. And our Internet gal-on-the-go, Yvonne McCarthy, will highlight a brand new social networking site specifically for weight loss surgery patients. Click the player below to see this week’s newscast!

Organizations mentioned in this week’s news:

• University of California Berkeley
• Roger H.F. Wong (graduate student – UC Berkeley)
• Michigan State University
• Occupational and Environmental Medicine (medical journal)
• Dr. Janet Osuch, Professor of Surgery and Epidemiology, MSU College of Human Medicine
• Boston University School of Medicine
• Boston Medical Center
• Harvard Medical School
• Cambridge Health Alliance
• NAWLS – National Association for Weight Loss Surgery
• Bariatric Girl (Yvonne McCarthy’s WLS support site)
• University of Florida McKnight Brain Institute
• Ronald Mandel, Assoc. Professor of Neuroscience, Univ. of Florida
• Bariatric Advantage (nutritional supplements)